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gettysburg. appomattox. bill and transcribed kelly's with generals grant sherman sheridan sickles webb slocombe, hancock warren chamberlain and many. he published in bronze interviewing the commanders of the civil war in 2005 and the civil times magazine called it a blockbuster history the civil war. so it gives me great, great pleasure to introduce bill thank you. thank you thank you all for having me. thank you to hall and thank you all for coming out this we're going to talk about a little bit of james kelly and his art and his writings. james kelly. is born in 1855 in new york city. so was only six years old when the civil war. but from his front doorstep, young jimmy kelly would watch ten of thousands of union soldiers off to the war and inside the kelly home, his father would be reading aloud the depictions of reports of the battlefield and also the kelly. subscribe to the illustrated magazines of the day. harper's frank, leslie's and young jimmy kelly would would pore over these of these sketches and
gettysburg. appomattox. bill and transcribed kelly's with generals grant sherman sheridan sickles webb slocombe, hancock warren chamberlain and many. he published in bronze interviewing the commanders of the civil war in 2005 and the civil times magazine called it a blockbuster history the civil war. so it gives me great, great pleasure to introduce bill thank you. thank you thank you all for having me. thank you to hall and thank you all for coming out this we're going to talk about a little...
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so gettysburg the famous the famous disagreement with lee gettysburg lee's strategic offensive into pennsylvania in the summer of 1863. longstreet to lee's tactical decision is famously july 2nd, july 3rd to to go on tactical offensive and to attack a federal position on on cemetery ridge. longstreet believes that that those attacks that lee plans and calls for are ill considered and longstreet propose is famously again on the evening of july 1st looking forward to second that the confederates themselves from the disadvantageous this low ground and and move around the left flank of the yankee army get between it and richmond find some a strong position of their own some high ground and invite the union army to attack them. and he has in mind a repeat of fredericksburg essentially. so he proposes this to lee not once, but many times and lee rejects his advice. longstreet is hurt by the fact that lee rejects his advice, and this is all a matter record so and we'll come to origins of the scapegoating of longstreet. but let me just make a few more observations. so longstreet's hurt that lee waves of
so gettysburg the famous the famous disagreement with lee gettysburg lee's strategic offensive into pennsylvania in the summer of 1863. longstreet to lee's tactical decision is famously july 2nd, july 3rd to to go on tactical offensive and to attack a federal position on on cemetery ridge. longstreet believes that that those attacks that lee plans and calls for are ill considered and longstreet propose is famously again on the evening of july 1st looking forward to second that the confederates...
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on november 19th in gettysburg, but he's got 15 days to write this message. and i think it's not in his handwriting because he just didn't have the strength write most of it. but what he says in it is, transformative. he wants a federal program to encourage an act to encourage immigration. no one has ever proposed that to before. he proposes establishing first federal bureau of immigration which occurs in lodging the castle garden immigrant landing station lower manhattan, which preceded ellis island as the largest landing spot in the u.s. for four germans, an irish particular lee, as he puts it while jobs are going unfulfilled in the u.s., tens of thousands of persons destined to of occupation are thronging our foreign consulates, offering emigrate here if essential but very cheap assistance can be afforded him this noble effort demands the aid and support of the government. what was his effort behind the scenes? he tells congress he would like the federal government to underwrite the ocean voyages of new immigrants. never suggested and never again. republic
on november 19th in gettysburg, but he's got 15 days to write this message. and i think it's not in his handwriting because he just didn't have the strength write most of it. but what he says in it is, transformative. he wants a federal program to encourage an act to encourage immigration. no one has ever proposed that to before. he proposes establishing first federal bureau of immigration which occurs in lodging the castle garden immigrant landing station lower manhattan, which preceded ellis...
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who stephens likely met in gettysburg. get the seminary there and and they were apparently sitting around talking about thaddeus stevens and what great loss it was that he had died. and the bishop said, among other things, i guess, that he lived with a colored woman as his wife, without marrying, not a good. so it wasn't wasn't a racial thing, obviously. it was just a regular old thing. they were just shacking up. people didn't like it and and so later when stephens is done that much longer to to live on this mortal coil blanchard is in conversation with stephens. he asks him who of all the great men of your time, henry clay, daniel webster. who are you most like? do you think? and stephens says, thinks about it. and he he discounts all the other guys and tells tells plants why they were inferior or didn't measure up, in his opinion. and he finally says richard johnson. you know, richard, jim johnson was this is proof that being vice president doesn't get you much. he was he was the vice president under martin van buren. i
who stephens likely met in gettysburg. get the seminary there and and they were apparently sitting around talking about thaddeus stevens and what great loss it was that he had died. and the bishop said, among other things, i guess, that he lived with a colored woman as his wife, without marrying, not a good. so it wasn't wasn't a racial thing, obviously. it was just a regular old thing. they were just shacking up. people didn't like it and and so later when stephens is done that much longer to...
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and was one of the first to help create the national military battlefield park at gettysburg. and he, colonel marquand, was well known throughout the armies which grant commanded as the originator of the army mail system. it was more wonderful in its workings than the mail service of today. those faithful servants of the public the letter carriers do their work in the face of storm and heat and bitter cold. but under general mark, system letters were often collected and delivered under fire as well. thank you. so we'll take questions both in the room. i'll have you raise your hand. and my colleague alison will bring a microphone over so that everybody on zoom can hear you. and those who are zoom, please continue to put questions and the question and answer box and we'll start with one online. susan, please thank you very much candy the first question that's come in online is i've heard that post office inspectors were the first federal police force. what other historians you come across? we're working on the history the post office within a policing history. and how did the te
and was one of the first to help create the national military battlefield park at gettysburg. and he, colonel marquand, was well known throughout the armies which grant commanded as the originator of the army mail system. it was more wonderful in its workings than the mail service of today. those faithful servants of the public the letter carriers do their work in the face of storm and heat and bitter cold. but under general mark, system letters were often collected and delivered under fire as...
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good afternoon, everyone i peter carmichael the director of the seaboard institute here at gettysburg college. it's my pleasure to introduce dr. ashley whitehead luskey. she is the assistant director of the civil war institute here at the college. she works there's a wide range of science. i think one of her great contributions is with the cwi fellows program and our students. she oversees a wide range of research projects. they do. many of them are online or on the blog. they do videos. they do original research. she's also our students to the vast professional network in, the history field. what she does is something that you can't get at most institutions, and that is connection to professional historians she is deeply involved with. and in fact, she had, i think maybe 12 fellows this spring. and when we looked at their projects, she was basically doing an independent study with each student and it was an extraordinarily rewarding experience for each of them before they came here. she spent some time me at west virginia university. she was my graduate student briefly before i came
good afternoon, everyone i peter carmichael the director of the seaboard institute here at gettysburg college. it's my pleasure to introduce dr. ashley whitehead luskey. she is the assistant director of the civil war institute here at the college. she works there's a wide range of science. i think one of her great contributions is with the cwi fellows program and our students. she oversees a wide range of research projects. they do. many of them are online or on the blog. they do videos. they...
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had anticipated that statement of the first principles would become a preamble in the same with the gettysburg address. one of the statements by any american writer and of course adams could not have anticipated that at a much later date it would become one of the most controversial in its claim that all men are created equal. adams never got over it. jefferson was pressured to get it written quickly. there wasn't much time. we don't know about which days he wrote and how many days he spent revising, what papers and works he had with him that's partly known. he had a copy of course of henry lee's june 6 declaration, resolution of independence. he had a copy of the draft constitution that he had writtee before leaving williamsburg to come to the country in june where with thatt draft he hoped to get back as quickly as possible to become the dominant draft. he had that with him and that contained a lens for the indictment of george the third and an amplified list of grievancesan. clearly jefferson drew extensivelyly on his draft the constitution and his own review of british america. he also dre
had anticipated that statement of the first principles would become a preamble in the same with the gettysburg address. one of the statements by any american writer and of course adams could not have anticipated that at a much later date it would become one of the most controversial in its claim that all men are created equal. adams never got over it. jefferson was pressured to get it written quickly. there wasn't much time. we don't know about which days he wrote and how many days he spent...
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if he anticipated that his statement reverse principles with the preamble to the constitution is the gettysburg address, one of the three most widely quoted statements by any american writer.f and of course come adams could not have anticipated that it much later date, he would become one of the most controversial explained that moment are created equal. adams never got over it never got over it. he got quite - later in life why didn't i do that. and jefferson was under pressure to get everything quickly was no much time we don't know very much about on mondays he actually wrote how much would each and how many days he spent revising with papers and books he had with him is partly known that he had a copy of course of henry these june 6th declaration resolution of independence and he had a copy of the draft constitution that he had written before leaving williamsburg to come to philadelphia in june which with a draft he hoped to get back as quickly as possible to quickly as possible to become the dominant draft and he had that in with them and that contained a forensic environment of george the
if he anticipated that his statement reverse principles with the preamble to the constitution is the gettysburg address, one of the three most widely quoted statements by any american writer.f and of course come adams could not have anticipated that it much later date, he would become one of the most controversial explained that moment are created equal. adams never got over it never got over it. he got quite - later in life why didn't i do that. and jefferson was under pressure to get...
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i was partly attracted to lincoln as a writer because the gettysburg address, the second inaugural address, were part of the schooling with which i was brought up. also because my father had a book called the perfect tribute which had been given to him by his fourth grade teacher in public school on the lower east side for deportment. so somehow that got me thinking about my father and about lincoln and about lincoln as a writer. when you have a life of your own and you're a scholar, a writer, you are always looking for subjects, whether you are thinking consciously or not, what can you do that can bring a contribution that will be distinctive? i wrote lincoln, the biography of a writer. a lot of people liked it. they liked that book, maybe i can do another one. wells is a writer who is not a writer? a profession like dickens and swain and so on. they are fascinated by presidents. writing about lincoln, i became very conscious of john quincy adams. that had to do with lincoln as the great emancipator. adams had a long life, born into the revolution and almost lived it to the civil war. you
i was partly attracted to lincoln as a writer because the gettysburg address, the second inaugural address, were part of the schooling with which i was brought up. also because my father had a book called the perfect tribute which had been given to him by his fourth grade teacher in public school on the lower east side for deportment. so somehow that got me thinking about my father and about lincoln and about lincoln as a writer. when you have a life of your own and you're a scholar, a writer,...
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the gettysburg address, one of the three most widely quoted statements by any writer. and, of course, adams could have anticipated that at a much later date it would become one of the most constant a virtual in its claims that all men are created equal. adams never got over it. never got over it. he's got -- about later in life. why didn't i do it? i didn't let him do it. yeah. jefferson was i was pressured to get, to get, get it written quickly. there wasn't much time we don't know very much about on what days actually wrote, how much at each sitting, how many days he spent revising, what papers or book and books. he had with him. that's partly known. he had a copy, of course, of richard henry lee's june six declaration resolution independence. he had his copy of the draft constitution he had written before leaving williamsburg to come to philadelphia in of which you are very with that draft he hoped to get as quickly as possible to williamsburg. so his draft could become the dominant draft he had that with him and that contained a lengthy forensic indictment of georg
the gettysburg address, one of the three most widely quoted statements by any writer. and, of course, adams could have anticipated that at a much later date it would become one of the most constant a virtual in its claims that all men are created equal. adams never got over it. never got over it. he's got -- about later in life. why didn't i do it? i didn't let him do it. yeah. jefferson was i was pressured to get, to get, get it written quickly. there wasn't much time we don't know very much...
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we also see fraternization in the film gettysburg as wel and here's little me back in my parkerce airand this is me, a tour on the sunken road at fredericksburg. and i talked about these exchanges of coffee and tobacco and this was a exhibit in the fredericksburg visenter, if you can peep, the title of the exhibit that the title of my book. was a little wink to my time at fredericksburg getting opic. but as you can see, it'sh a good, you know, the oxymoron itself makes us really think about how could these m this? and so this is an exhibit in the in the visitor's cet fredericksburg and. oftentimes when we talk about yeah, exchange coffee and tobacco yeah they, they were nice. they did things together and even pulls itself up to the great war. and as many of us have heard about the 1914 christmas eve truce on the western front and when we look at soldier fraternization, what i've always tried to do is to think about what this for the individual soldier right? why did he do it? and us today like general williams in 1864 are just so kind of flawed by how men could compartmentalize rather qu
we also see fraternization in the film gettysburg as wel and here's little me back in my parkerce airand this is me, a tour on the sunken road at fredericksburg. and i talked about these exchanges of coffee and tobacco and this was a exhibit in the fredericksburg visenter, if you can peep, the title of the exhibit that the title of my book. was a little wink to my time at fredericksburg getting opic. but as you can see, it'sh a good, you know, the oxymoron itself makes us really think about how...
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he does a terrific keynote address at gettysburg, pennsylvania, talking about black citizenship and dignity. once he becomes president on november 22, 1963, the next few days, he's talking to roy wilkins and dr. martin luther king jr., whitney young, and many other civil rights leaders about what needs to be done. he really uses the president's death to galvanize what he envisioned as a great society, a society that is a continuation of fdr's new deal that enhances freedoms for everyone and all people. and, certainly, lyndon johnson, alongside the lobbying efforts done by king and thousands of grassroots organizations is very, very pivotal to getting the votes needed, especially in the senate because you need 67 votes in the senate at that time, not 60, to get legislation passed. so he really uses the presidency in extraordinary ways, but he is also the washington insider who had worked for franklin delano roosevelt, who had been a congressman, a senator, he understands the hard driven transactional politics that are behind the scenes in washington, d.c., and he does everything in his power
he does a terrific keynote address at gettysburg, pennsylvania, talking about black citizenship and dignity. once he becomes president on november 22, 1963, the next few days, he's talking to roy wilkins and dr. martin luther king jr., whitney young, and many other civil rights leaders about what needs to be done. he really uses the president's death to galvanize what he envisioned as a great society, a society that is a continuation of fdr's new deal that enhances freedoms for everyone and all...
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however, that he returned to the city on july 12th from a frustrated effort to cover the battle of gettysburg. and years later he told his bioer if that he had witnessed -- biographer that he had witnessed and sketched some of the violent events. if any of the 11 harper's engravings of the riot were basedded on nast's work, it was the full-page illustration featured in the august 1st issue. nast knew the asylum neighborhood well having lived on west 44th street u 1862. with andditnal week for publication and production for publication, the dramatic and detail thed illustration captured the scale of the asylum's groundsntin fifth avenue and was more evocative of the events than the pictures in leslie's and the illustrated news. its delineation of the rioters and victims and the narrative it conveyed, however, was less reliable. in accordance with the story-telling strategies of news engravers, the picture both compressed and extendedded the narrative of the event into one image. but aside from the very few women shown among rioters and and spectators in the foreground, the engraving presumably
however, that he returned to the city on july 12th from a frustrated effort to cover the battle of gettysburg. and years later he told his bioer if that he had witnessed -- biographer that he had witnessed and sketched some of the violent events. if any of the 11 harper's engravings of the riot were basedded on nast's work, it was the full-page illustration featured in the august 1st issue. nast knew the asylum neighborhood well having lived on west 44th street u 1862. with andditnal week for...
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yeah, there's kind of a funny story about he was retired to gettysburg by the time he got his license and he was gettysburg is most recognizable citizen and he would get behind that thing and there was still a little military led left in his foot and he he'd go flying through the battlefields of gettysburg right. and he'd get stopped almost every time. and they they'd just go, you know, please, sir, please, you know, give us a break. you know, they never they really arrested him. but day we were at the farm and chief of police drops in and they go back to grant is kind of the equivalent of a man cave. it was one room my grandmother let him have and they had some iced tea there in a they came back out and, you know, shook hands and the chief of police left and all that said, what was that all about? and he said, he suggests, i find a different hobby hobby, but he there were a lot of things that he created that kind of were systematic, you know, you know, he was he was into civil rights and that type of thing, too. but, you know, hawaii in. alaska became states on his watch and. well, i
yeah, there's kind of a funny story about he was retired to gettysburg by the time he got his license and he was gettysburg is most recognizable citizen and he would get behind that thing and there was still a little military led left in his foot and he he'd go flying through the battlefields of gettysburg right. and he'd get stopped almost every time. and they they'd just go, you know, please, sir, please, you know, give us a break. you know, they never they really arrested him. but day we...
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first of all, john from gettysburg asks did anybody offer pieces to the white house as a result of the tour? >> yes, sure, things in the white house came through the kennedy administration. there were a lot of things going on. you saw the story also publicized in newspapers. so from early on, ordinary americans would find things in the attic that would send them to the white house for consideration by mrs. kennedy and the curators of her committee. some of those things were kept and deemed to be of enough so historical significance that they should be in the white house collection. a lot of things that were sent an unsolicited would have been returned, but everyone was graciously thanked for thinking of the white house. even asked the item is returned, misses kennedy so appreciated the patriotism of all americans. just wanted to share their history with the white house. so for sure, the nationwide and worldwide tour was broadcast, more donations came in, absolutely. >> this is kind of a related question but also asking for your personal opinion. jim asked what do you think is the most
first of all, john from gettysburg asks did anybody offer pieces to the white house as a result of the tour? >> yes, sure, things in the white house came through the kennedy administration. there were a lot of things going on. you saw the story also publicized in newspapers. so from early on, ordinary americans would find things in the attic that would send them to the white house for consideration by mrs. kennedy and the curators of her committee. some of those things were kept and...
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he often quoted to me abraham lincoln's getting her dressed -- lincoln's gettysburg address, the part of the goes of the people and for the people. he says those are noble words. they are what makes american democracy great. but he said the weakness of american democracy is in those words too, because he said people are fallible human beings. even a president is a fallible human being. he said he admir psident roosevelt back in the 1930's, when we were in the depths of a crushing economic depression. people were unemployed, homeless, hungry, and the spirit of america was broken, and the president had to galvanize, get the people going to bring the economy up, and he told them there's nothing to fear but fear itself. and the people were revitalized and the economy was revitalized by that. but when pearl harbor was bombed, that great president became fearful. the president who said there's nothing to fear but fear itself. he saw that the west coast was just like pearl harbor. it was open, unprepared and vulnerable, and living on the west coast, with people that looked just like the peop
he often quoted to me abraham lincoln's getting her dressed -- lincoln's gettysburg address, the part of the goes of the people and for the people. he says those are noble words. they are what makes american democracy great. but he said the weakness of american democracy is in those words too, because he said people are fallible human beings. even a president is a fallible human being. he said he admir psident roosevelt back in the 1930's, when we were in the depths of a crushing economic...
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so first of all, john from gettysburg, did anybody offer to the white house as a of the tour? yes. yeah, actually, short things came in to the white house. all through the kennedy administration. there was a lot of publicity early on. you saw the life magazine story also publicized in newspaper was so from early on, ordinary americans would find in the attic and would send to the white house for consideration by mrs. kennedy and the curator in her committee. some of those things were kept. they were they were deemed to be of historical enough significance that they should be in the white house collection. as you can imagine, a lot of things were sent in unsolicited. would been returned. but everyone was graciously for thinking of the house. and even if their item was returned. mrs. kennedy so appreciated the patriotism of all america and you know, just wanting to share you know, their history with the white house. so for sure, after on the nationwide worldwide tour was broadcast, more donations came in. absolutely. and this is kind of a related question, but also asking your person
so first of all, john from gettysburg, did anybody offer to the white house as a of the tour? yes. yeah, actually, short things came in to the white house. all through the kennedy administration. there was a lot of publicity early on. you saw the life magazine story also publicized in newspaper was so from early on, ordinary americans would find in the attic and would send to the white house for consideration by mrs. kennedy and the curator in her committee. some of those things were kept. they...
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that was like the gettysburg address, complete with, like, a little bang of your fist on the arm of theis platform, in this new—style programme, to fly, to flap one's wings... 0k. ..across the news, across the land... just don't fly too close to the sun or we'll get in trouble. ..across the landscape of the news. anyway, so, darshini, we saw some of the consequences of all of this, i mean, straightaway on monday when rachel reeves did some pretty epic things, like saying the winter fuel payment to pensioners is going to be means—tested, something that i've watched be argued for and against for about 15 years. and shejust did it with the click of her fingers. i just clicked my fingers there to illustrate what that sounds like. it's a good click. and it's like, ok, right, massive consequence of this number. yeah, does that sort of pave the way for more sort of, you know, massive changes? now we hardly ever mention the f word, not even on the newscast, and by that i mean... which word? ..fuel duty. don't worry. that's two words. we are on radio four, we are behaving. that's two words, sorr
that was like the gettysburg address, complete with, like, a little bang of your fist on the arm of theis platform, in this new—style programme, to fly, to flap one's wings... 0k. ..across the news, across the land... just don't fly too close to the sun or we'll get in trouble. ..across the landscape of the news. anyway, so, darshini, we saw some of the consequences of all of this, i mean, straightaway on monday when rachel reeves did some pretty epic things, like saying the winter fuel...
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not an act of unthinking bravado, a kind of, forlorn charge like the brigade, or for matter picket at gettysburg. here it was a practical response to a swiftly unraveling situation. it was also absolutely the right decision. any decision would have led to chaos at a critical moment. once through the minefield without casualties. by the way, farragut squadron easily defeated the rebel squadron inside mobile bay and seized command of the bay, which cut off the city along with sherman's of atlanta, farragut capture of mobile bay helped. secure lincoln's reelection. arguably the most strategically decisive event the entire war. so it is easy for me to hold up farragut to midshipman as an example of good leadership for his faithfulness to his mentor his instructive and unblinking to his country, for his quick decision making in a crisis. so what about guy? i wanted to include in this conversation. i think he fits the point. i'm trying to make about and decision making, but also to be honest, because i recently wrote a book him and he's been on my mind. nimitz to interestingly is the son of in this ca
not an act of unthinking bravado, a kind of, forlorn charge like the brigade, or for matter picket at gettysburg. here it was a practical response to a swiftly unraveling situation. it was also absolutely the right decision. any decision would have led to chaos at a critical moment. once through the minefield without casualties. by the way, farragut squadron easily defeated the rebel squadron inside mobile bay and seized command of the bay, which cut off the city along with sherman's of...
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it as vice president in especially in 63 he's got the great chat with ted sorensen in following the gettysburg speech on may 30th, where he's talking, giving advice to ted sorensen and to give to jack. and he's talking about using the presidency as a bully. but he also mentions james. he mentions martin luther king jr, really an extraordinary and we have it at the lbj library. 25 pages he's at the june 22nd meeting with civil leaders and president kennedy. and he's really and then he becomes president. and so this idea of freedom and freedom sort of really freedom beyond emancipation and freedom beyond what what has been conceived. and i think the interesting thing lbj with freedom is that he's in creative tension with the social. okay. and i that's how democracies work. we were talking earlier about democracies being messy. so he doesn't agree with everything they say but he agrees with a lot. and so for instance, the freedom comes from people like james baldwin, the fire. next time, who gives us a whole new language on how to talk about race? 1963 truly extraordinary. if you take a look at s
it as vice president in especially in 63 he's got the great chat with ted sorensen in following the gettysburg speech on may 30th, where he's talking, giving advice to ted sorensen and to give to jack. and he's talking about using the presidency as a bully. but he also mentions james. he mentions martin luther king jr, really an extraordinary and we have it at the lbj library. 25 pages he's at the june 22nd meeting with civil leaders and president kennedy. and he's really and then he becomes...