of life of the narrative frederick douglass. this is one of the most, he is one of my most interesting of the abolitionists, i think. away onebly by far and , of the most accomplished and articulate of the abolitionists. if you read his slave narrative, which is an abolitionist tract, if you read his slave narrative, you will learn about his life in slavery, and you will learn that he runs away from slavery and he writes this book. there is a passage in here where there is this overseer. just tell you this quickly. it is kind of interesting. he talks about this mean and nasty overseer bothering him and finally, one day, and whipping him. and one day, he had enough. and according to the narrative, frederick douglass hit him back. what do you think is the consequence for a slave striking an overseer? yeah? >> it would be death. prof. harris: could be, could be death. a black man is never supposed to strike on white man in slavery. and here you have an account of frederick douglass striking a slaveholder. and anyway, it is kind of

we have got frederick douglass. does anybody know who this dude is? we will talk about that in just a he is douglass' mentor, second. is william lloyd garrison. a name i want you to know. let me show you a picture of him. william lloyd garrison. i will come back for a moment, there he is. he lives in boston, he writes the most prominent abolitionist rag of his day called the liberator. it is a newspaper. he publishes the liberator. something i want you to know about garrison, he is a pacifist. what does a pacifist in mean? >> somebody who typically avoids violence at all costs. professor harris: does not like violence. let me show you something you should think about for a moment. why would there be a lot of violence with these abolitionists? there is a lot of violence. tell you guys a quick story. when i was growing up on the east coast, most of you know i am from the east coast, i grew up near the home of the leading abolitionist of the day. he went to school in might local community, his name is elijah lovejoy. he went to colby college, a local scho

frederick douglass realized just the opposite. he said the sensor and the tyrant cannot allow free-speech, they cannot allow freedom of thought. freedom of speech is how you liberate minorities by pushing back against absolute power. >> host: we hear politicians say about the us that our diversity is our strength. >> guest: what goes by diversity now is a misnomer. it is a fraud. what diversity means is preferential quotas. nobody would object to achieving maximum diversity if standards are maintained. as a end in itself, through the means of lowering standards and having quotas, that will destroy our society. it is now spreading diversity ideology in the stem field, national governments, national science foundation is pressuring every academic department in engineering and computer science, math and physics to hire not based on merit but based on gender and race. guess who doesn't care about that definition of diversity. china. as long as they pursue science excellence without regard to gender and race, if a laboratory was female

and then if i had to put frederick douglass somewhere and i might put them somewhere in between. because douglass is not a pacifist, but he is not willing to commit acts of bloodshed, at least going into the confederate states. all right, so, i want to end today in the time that we have left with the last part here. this is the third part of anti-slavery reform. and these are guys we call "free soil." these are guys we call "free soil." i give you an example of a prominent free soiler. anyone see a contradiction in what i have shared with you today? with lincoln? what did we say at the onset of the hour with lincoln? >> he's a gradualist. professor harris: he's a gradualist. is it possible to be a gradualist and a free soiler simultaneously? >> yeah. sure, lineup? -- why not? professor harris: i guess people can hold dual ideas. >> take views from both sides. professor harris: yeah. the idea with a free soiler is in the 19th century -- let me show you a map here. in the 19th century, americans are spreading westward. we're going to talk about manifest destiny soon. but americans a

>>host: you quote frederick douglass. >> he was mobbed at austin. the abolitionists they did not want and to shut them down. it is still the assumption that certain types of speech to and are unacceptable. the two and slavery would break every chain to understand far from oppression which is something that the most bizarre and tragic if there is frederick douglass said the sensor and the tyrant cannot allow free speech. and how you liberate minorities to push back against absolute power. >>host: we hear politicians say that diversity. >> that what the by diversity now is a misnomer there without preferential quota nobody would object to achieving diversity but what is she to lower the standards and have quotas to destroy society. and with that ideology. and with that them feel the national government and the national science foundation pressuring every academic out there with computer science not to base upon merit but gender and race. passive death care? china. as long as they pursue excellent without regard to gender and race if a laboratory is al

arthur frederick douglass and dolls. there is a woman in boston -- there are some french of douglas dolls.ederick douglass -- there is a woman in boston who sews this. what do you think about propaganda? what do you make of this one here? how would you describe his clothing? his face? >> [inaudible] doesn't thisris: guy look like a slave or this one? >> both. professor harris: how would you describe the clothes? i wonder if you could get these on ebay. >> the one on the left has no shoes while the one of the writer does. the 1 -- one on the right does. show -- www.c-span.org -- [indiscernible] professor harris: this is more raggedy? do the clothing look like they fit? a little different. what to do think about this? to makeis own tailor sure they fit right. the messagesppose that this abolitionist woman is trying to convey by selling ewing these-- s dolls? >> that african-americans can become citizens and not fitssarily fit in but can in and be normal people of society. professor harris: ok -- come fromy can slavery and i

anyone point out frederick douglass in this image? here. right here. what do you make of the fact that a woman is at this lecture? what do you make of that? is this something women are doing in the 19th century? probably not right? we've got a woman here. he's a mentor. i want you to know he's a pacifist. let me show you something that you should think about for just a moment. why would there with a lot of violence? most of you know i'm from the east coast and grew up near an abolitionist. he moves to illinois later on. and love dijoy comes under assault from people that like his message. who do you suppose and what is your family and livelihood right? including garis onare targeted. this is a woman that grew up not far from where i grew up. she's going to write this novel one of the most powerful, riveting stories of date. she'll say later how can i write a book about slavery? and never been to the south before? what else is she learning in reading? give you a hint. she's reading slave narratives. she's able to construct this book. at the risk of spoi

our look at this week new releases continue with david biography of frederick douglass. in cyber war, kathleen hall jamieson. anna berg public policy center weighs in on russia's interference. and then we are the nerds. journalist christina gloria chapman reports on the growth and culture of the website read it. look at these titles and bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on book tv on c-span two. c-span launched book tv 20 years ago. we have more than 50,000 hours of programming of authors and book festivals. the late christopher hitchens appeared nearly 40 times. in 2007 he was on book tv and depth. >> the most notable would be vladimir putin. the president said i looked into his eyes and saw he was wearing his crucifix. i thought what a great man this must be and what a friend i've got. i think the president must regret saying that by now. knowing what we know. much of what we knew then. i would like to know something, by the way. putin seeing wearing that crucifix ever again. did his advisor tell them that the president of

frederick douglass said there was a right side and a wrong side in the late war. to that, she would have said a man -- amen. lifetime andher the postwar. were forgetting the basic truth. she was appalled to watch richmond become the hub of the lost cause. she would write on the lee statue, ever since the lee unveiling, i have felt this is no place for me. otherhat mullah, not all things it she suffered made her feel that there is no place for her. 1900, thedied in confederate sympathies or remember her as a spirit haunting her old neighborhood of churchill. at the very same time that circulated in the press, her oldest friend, a woman namedist, a eliza noland, was trying to publish her own account of families life. van loo, to portray the zest -- believed slavery to be a blot on the nation. patrick henry stood old saint john's church and shouted to me liberty or give me death. the walls of the van loo mansion echoed. her heart caught up the refrain and said give them liberty or give me death. love for her family sustained her and her child through life. . that int

frederick douglass says, there was a right side and a wrong side in the late war. to that, van lew would have said amen. she felt that americans in her lifetime in the postwar. were forgetting that basic truth. she was appalled to watch richmond become the hub of the lost cause cult. she would right after the ineiling of the the statue 1890, ever since the unveiling, i have felt this was no place for me. all the otherot things she had suffered and entered made her feel there was no place for her. 1900, richmondin whites with confederate sympathies will remember her as a maligned spirit haunting her old neighborhood. interestingly, at the very same time that stories of crazy veterans are circulating, a fellow unionist and longtime coworker and neighbor was trying in vain to publish her own account of van lew's life. she wrote, in a few brief pages, i will try to portray the character of van lew. van lew believes slavery to be a blot on the nation. when patrick henry stood in old st. john's church, the walls of -- van lew mansion at code took heart,an lew crying give

let me mention one more thing on about frederick douglass. cato just published a book by my frederick douglass, "self-made man ". douglas is one of the most inspiring figures in the entire libertarian tradition. he liberated himself from slavery. his story is told in two so many autobiographies, there are so many books about him, he is extraordinarily inspiring. what a human being he was and what he accomplished. an inspiring figure. if you want a good read, read tim's book and after that, pick up one of his autobiographies. but this notion, the libertarian creed which is so frequently misstated by our critics, they say it is about selfishness. all you care about is you. if all i cared about was me, i wouldn't be doing this. there are a lot of other things i can do for me, rather than spend my time trying to bring freedom to all of you as well. to be a libertarian doesn't mean that i just want freedom for me. most people want that. it is when i want freedom for you, that is what matters. that was expressed so beautifully. i saw this on a trip

frederick douglass said famously in 1878, there was a right side and a wrong side in the late war, in which no sentiment ought to cause us to forget. to that, van lew would have said amen. she felt, however, like douglas did, that americans in her lifetime in the postwar period were forgetting that. she was appalled to watch richmond become the hub of the lost cause cold. she would write after the unveiling of the lee statue, ever since the lee unveiling, i had felt that this was no place for me. it was that moment that really made her feel that there was no place for her. after she dies in 1900, richmond rights of confederate sympathies will remember her as a maligned spirit haunting her old neighborhood of churchill. at the very same time that stories of crazy bette are circulating, elizabeth's oldest friend, a fellow unionist longtime neighbor, a woman named eliza noland, was trying to publish her own account of van lew's life. "in a few brief pages i propose to expose the patriotic characteristics of van lew. she believes slavery to be a blot on the nation. when patrick henry stoo

the actions flew in the face of celebrated black abolitionists frederick douglass and william wells brown. advocatedd brown temperance, like prominent reformers who believed of staining from alcohol could improve the individual and the nation. douglas and brown further argued that alcohol function as a cheap release that rob black men of their will to resist oppression. slave men understood drunkenness as a means of liberation, and slaves in the army continued indulging in this protest. during slavery, enslaved men and women escaped the totalizing oppression of plantations by throwing parties beyond controlling masters. the parties allowed enslaved people to take control of their bodies in ways that the slave owners did not intend. women reclaimed their bodies primarily through dressing up. donnedn fancy close -- fancy clothes like white women. and even alcohol, though it broke from the thinking of important black individuals -- soldiers continued to use alcohol as a means of liberation. whiskey alsoter -- freed his body. being captured by police and civilians clothes after new orleans ni

circulated read publicly, even in churches so that jordan anderson along and articles about haiti frederick douglass-- it radicalize his -- it radicalize s things. now, here were all of these black political figures that overnight showed children they have a chance. vision andchilds' was of jordan anderson moving faster than congress was. -- know the movie "lincoln" they dramatically pass the 13th amendment abolishing slavery right at beginning of 1865, january but it takes almost a whole year to get it ratified. kentucky is a holdout. the union holdout. until to preserve slavery the last. finally, in 1865, that 13th amendment -- but it has to come in stages. three consecutive amendments. the 14th amendment because you have a radical republican majority in congress that and thes andrew johnson presidency and we of the 14th amendment ratified in 1868. and then have the 15th amendment ratified in 1870 which gives african-american men the vote. it will take another 50 years to give women the vote. anderson along with --visionia child they also print "romance of the republic." it becomes a very popular

progress was inevitable tell that to john lewis or rosa parks or elizabeth cady stanton or frederick douglass or harriet tubman or surgeon or truth. tell them that this will work out. we need to remember history to honor those who gave the ultimate price to have something worth defending. so if we act as if history is a myth if everything works out in a land far far away to foreclose the possibility of learning from it. but they are just like us. i write history and biography not because it was more reassuring but imperfect yet they got through it and made progress and with all of their imperfections with her appetite and ambition and racism and sexism that he created a more perfect union and surely all of us driven by those same forces. and then to simplify this it is sometimes sometimes it is absolutely clear but that is the exception not the rule and the nation is defined i think in the august terms that the nation is a multitude of rational beings ignited by the common objects of their love. again. a multitude of rational beings ignited by the common objects of their love. so what do we l

do we want to silence frederick douglass? or do we believe in the power of rhetoric and persuasion to challenge hegemonic power? i think again, the core problem here is the victim knowledge he -- victimology narrative. it is having consequences and how we to -- and how we define speech. as eugene properly brought up, to say well, we have not seen six dozen instances of somebody challenging racial preferences being shouted down. that is because there is a mess of informal censorship going on on campuses. most professors have their heads down. there are very few remarkably courageous students who are willing to have -- to stand up and challenge the orchid -- orthodoxies. i can promise you that fewer and fewer people are willing to subject themselves to what brett weinstein and nicholas kristof gets experienced at yale and evergreen state university. >> if i can respond briefly. we are really in agreement on the need to protect all speech, including offensive speech. and why it is important for people who do not have power over

elite african- american beach community in highland -- maryland that was originally founded by frederick douglass. so he wasn't wealthy but by the standards of his day for african-americans, he was doing pretty well -- pretty okay. >> he got launched on the book and was collecting stuff before 1935. there was a scandal in 1935. the dates are from 1938 and the book was in the production process for most of 1940 and he worked on it intensely for a few years. >> [questioner off mic] >> i think the story from hannah brooks about being around when the book was written was quite an amazing story. there is another evocative story from washington's own memory of his grandmother's friends who remembered being in a -- on the night of december 31, 1862, as it was about to become january 1, 1863, the day of the emancipation proclamation. during the civil war -- especially with a couple of ame -- white dignitaries like to go to these churches to see what was going on there and get some of the vibe. he had heard that there would be important white people there and black -- there and he wanted to be part of it

look at this week's new releases continues with history professor david blight's biography of frederick douglass in cyber war, kathleen hall jamison, director of the university of pennsylvania's annenberg public policy center, weighs in on russia's interference in the 2016 election. and in "we are the nerds," journalist christine chapkin reports on the growth and culture of the web site reddit. look for these titles in bookstores this coming week and watch for many of the authors in the near future on booktv on c-span2. >> in between the chapters, there are these little interstitial chapters that tell a story. or a couple of stories, actually. one of them is called inside the oval office: a tragedy in five acts. [laughter] and in each one of these little interstitial stories, i tell -- in one of them i tell the story of a, of a hypothetical white house appointee, a cabinet appointee. and i'll read you one of the pieces now. act iv. one by one they're all gone. spicer, bannon, gorka, the mooch -- [laughter] sure, jared and ivanka are still around, but these days they keep to themselves. like till

american history tv, colorado's state university professor -- teaches on abolitionism including frederick douglass. lectures in history at 8 pm and midnight eastern. right here on c-span 3. >> join us monday for a special labor day -- at 5 pm eastern, a profile on the book with editorial director with adam bello. also, a discussion with the librarian of congress. at 8:30, in-depth addition with -- watch on c-span 2 book tv. >>> next, military historian, mark snell on his book, gettysburg's other battle. he explained how the famous civil war battlefield was used as a world war i training camp in 1917 in 1918. named camp cold, it's man -- commander was a young dwight eisenhower. at the eisenhower national historic site . we are here to commemorate world war i as well as to understa

many, many, actually, samuel adams spoke here, frederick douglass, lucy stone, and also this hall and this area was where slaves were auctioned and peter was a slave merchant and it just reminds us that 250 years later, we're still struggling because where are we as a country? >> america's original sin. >> and we're still feeling it. >> one of the things i've said for a long time as a black man, as a former civil rights lawyer, is that we struggle in this country to acknowledge both the extraordinary progress we have made on civil and human rights, much of it during my lifetime, and the progress that remains to be made. you know, we have had -- it was remarkable to me when barack obama was elected president, how many of the pundits said we have know reached a post-racial society. and it was an extraordinary accomplishment for him and for the nation, but it was not -- it wasn't the end, because we are about perfecting our nation, not being a perfect nation. and we've seen, as in other times in our history, that there's been some retrenchment and some reaction. >> yeah, impacted wanted

that is one of the reasons you see frederick douglass settled in rochester and publishes newspapers in rochester because the first women's rights convention was in seneca falls. those were the moral crusaders that came out of the revivals. to what isurn probably the best-known and most imaginative of all of these characters. joseph smith. familyas from a poor like many of the settlers along the canal. they lived in new england. they had a farm in vermont and they lost their farm. i mentioned the tedious work that went into creating a farm out of a forest. if you could not pay your mortgage, you did not get credit for that work. when you lost the farm, you lost up to 10 years of labor. suddenly it was gone. so they moved down to new york which straddles the canal. doing theyo work labor. -- day labor. oilcloth toainted to scrape up money for a down payment on a farm. joseph's contribution to the family funds in part came from acting as a scriber. powerss somebody who had to find lost objects. particularly, to lead a treasure hunts. which wereure hunts very popular at the time, not just

i remember two instances where one time, ron dellums portrayed e iconic figure of frederick douglass in a play and i was so impressed with that. he was a member of the congressional baseball team and played first base. but whatever he did, he did it well. our families became close. and when i came back to this body as a member, our professional relationship continued. i was n i first met him, immediately impressed, not just with his powerful intellect, but with his fearless advocacy to end the war in vietnam, protect the right to vote, speak truth to power and in defense of our most vulnerable citizens and his unyielding demand that america must be a beacon for human rights around the world. during his first run for congress in 1970, former vice president expireo agnew branded ron dellums as a quote, dangerous radical for his vigorous opposition to the vietnam war. in response to that, ron said, and i quote, if it's radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the vietnam war, if it's radical to oppose racism and sexism and other forms of oppression and if it's radical o want to all

and i might put frederick douglass somewhere in between. isis not a pacifist but he not willing to commit acts of bloodshed, at least going into the confederate states. >> watch the entire class tonight at 8:00 and midnight eastern on our weekly series, lectures in history, only on american history tv. >> next on american history tv, a look at president woodrow wilson's decision in 1917 to enter world war i. englund is the author of "march 1917: on the brink of war and revolution." he talks about wilson's views on human rights, world affairs, democracy and the american role in the world. he spoke in gettysburg, pennsylvania. this is 40 minutes. welcome everyone. we are at the eisenhower professional historic site at gettysburg, pennsylvania. ofhave a complete program world war i reenactors and soldiers, reenactment programs as well as speakers. our next speaker is will englu nd. will is a veteran moscow correspondent for "the baltimore

he described the leaders including william lloyd garrison and frederick douglass. he describes the influence of abolitionist literature such as andatives by former slaves the novel "uncle tom's cabin." professor harris: let us get to work. today's session is three types of anti-slavery reforms. hopefully, before the hour is up, i want to introduce you to three times of reforms with regard to slavery.

martin luther king, frederick douglass, no clinton, reginald z,yne belts -- that's -- bet cornell westnd kobe bryant. why kobe bryant? zachary: because kobe bryant is like a cerebral assassin on the basketball court and he works incredibly hard. the one thing i admire about him more than anything is how hard he works. through his 20 year career, to be as dominant of the player as he was. this was a guy who watched animal planet just so he understood certain things about how to compete. this was someone who, you would hear crazy stories about how he was trying to shave a quarter of an inch off the soul of his shoe so he could turn around a little quicker on a fadeaway jump shot. hisltered his diet, it was work ethic and the way he played the game. brian: cornell west, you say you are a huge fan of cornell west. tell the story about meeting him and reading the 22 books and red bull. zachary: cornell west am a captivating figure. master communicator. i find out he's going to be speaking in d.c. at washington university and i want to see him speak. but i did not want to just see him speak,

the text in a different context was applied by figures such as frederick douglass to demand freedom for the enslaved africans. promised there. it does not say "all people like you." it says all human beings. to her go in and's great supporter of the american revolution and corresponded with them, required for them to --uce to the smallest number a very clear statement of limited government and it is implicit in the language of the declaration and the constitution. shall belative powers invested in the congress of the united states, which tells you clearly, some powers are not granted herein. it is a very clear and concise document of limited government. so, i am going to end with that because our next speaker will pick up the story. my goal is to give you some of the background. we have a little bit of time for discussion and we have microphones. if anyone does not feel sufficiently mobile, do not worry. you can raise your hand and my colleagues will bring the mic to you. thank you for your attention. and by my watch, we have 11 minutes for discussion. would anyone like to raise anythin

do we want to silence frederick douglass?etoric and persuasion to challenge hegemonic power? so, i think again the core problem here is a technology narrative but it is deafly having consequences in how we define speech and finish as eugene properly brought up to say well, we have not seen six dozen instant sense of someone challenging racial preferences be jotted down and that is because there's a massive informal censorship going on on campuses. most professors have their heads down and there are very few remarkably courageous students who are willing to stand up and challenge the orthodoxies but i can guarantee you and promise you that fewer and fewer people are willing to subject themselves to what bret weinstein and niclas experienced at yale and evergreen state university. >> if i could respond briefly. we are really in agreement about the need to protect all speech including offense of speech and why that is important for those who don't have power or anyone else. what i'm talking about is a issue that is there an epid

course, they read the founders and debate with lincoln and douglas, and john c calhoun, and frederick douglass they study the speeches of fdr, lbj, ronald reagan, barack obama, and clarence thomas. engage inre taught to arguments, including those with they vehemently disagree. the side result is intellectual moderation, and students know there are good arguments on the other side, even if they are not persuaded, they become more respectful of them. i regret that not all notre dame students have this expectation, which was made apparent to me during charles murray's visit. one of my most politically progressive students asked me in my class to facilitate a private student only conversation with murray. the proposed leaders of campus democrats, republicans, and other political groups be invited. this was not to be a public event, or advertise. only those invited would know about it. there was only one ground rule, students could ask any question and pose any challenge they wanted, and it would not be made public until after the event. studentbeing a requested and initiated effort, none of the st

inspiring and had such importance through the ages, in different contexts it was applied by frederick douglass to demand freedom for the enslaved africans. it is promised there. it does not say all people like you. it is for all human beings. they are all entitled to these rights. limited government to secure individual rights became the widespread role. -- goal. a supporter of the american revolution and corresponded with them, he encouraged them to reduce the smallest number of kinds of affairs that the government of each state should take charge. very clear statement of limited government and indeed, it is implicit in the language of the declaration and later the constitution. all legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in the congress of the united states which tells you very clearly, some powers are not granted herein. it is a very clear and concise document of limited government. and so, i will end with that because our next speaker will pick up the story. my goal was to give you some of the background to the important and exciting stories that he will narrate. we have a little

the same meet at the library of congress, susan b anthony's papers, all these people people, frederick douglasssome of the things and cursive that literally young people and because of the writings, sometimes other people cannot read these documents. the library of congress is launching citizen storm and we even references it started with the national archives. we want people who are doing want to think about doing the other. >> were also working together on our history hub site where reference folks are providing reference service to anyone who is a particular reference question. we are fielding and sharing information from our own collections to solve the research needs of the people who are using history hub. and we are bringing the smithsonian on board with that. i noticed your folks are at the national archives last week for an edit a thought, we are working together on wikipedia. >> i also want to share what i know we have talked about a little bit, the concern about history going forward and records being created digitally and how we deal with storage issues, security, technology keeping

and so consistently we have been saying, and really before the civil war, frederick douglass was imploring the federal government to let the colored man fight for his own freedom. he was saying this is our country. and having to fight just to be recognized as americans. especially in world war i, even with the labor platoon and the army. some of them were not even issued uniforms. they were sent to work in overalls. the struggle to be recognized as american community, recognized as serving in the military, such that after world war i, the war department said we have to get everybody uniforms. we cannot have people walking around in uniforms dish overalls. -- overalls. that became a source of incitement to southern segregationists. the rare black men getting off these trains wearing the american uniforms. and they were attacked. and their senators from alabama and mississippi defended it. they said, let every colored shoulder -- soldier be on notice. it is having that no ordinary interest, having a greater interest in the outcome come to say that, no, we are americans and it goes back again

a veteran and hero of the modern civil rights movement, we are standing up for the america frederick douglassvisioned, that abraham lincoln and sojourner truth struggled to create, the america that family lou hamer worked for and james cheney and andrew goodman died for, the america that leaves in our hearts. the america we never, ever let slip away from us and we know we're not just in it for ourselves but for people all over the world. two weeks ago i had the honor of bestowing a bonds are star on my constituent bud english for his combat against nazi forces in world war ii. he set up communications behind enemy lines in the battle of the bulge and drove a jeep from which he clipped wires this had been said up by wires to decapitate and strangle allied troops. when i met him i thought of my uncle mel who flew bombing raids over germany and all the member who struggled to defeat fascism in europe. there are not many families that didn't send someone into that battle. our grandparents saw far itch waging war on democracy and they had no confusion about which side america would be on in that g

progress was inevitable tell that to john lewis or rosa parks or elizabeth cady stanton or frederick douglassor harriet tubman or surgeon or truth. tell them that this will work out. we need to remember history to honor those who gave the ultimate price to have something worth defending. so if we act as if history is a myth if everything works out in a land far far away to foreclose the possibility of learning from it. but they are just like us. i write history and biography not because it was more reassuring but imperfect yet they got through it and made progress and with all of their imperfections with her appetite and ambition and racism and sexism that he created a more perfect union and surely all of us driven by those same forces. and then to simplify this it is sometimes sometimes it is absolutely clear but that is the exception not the rule and the nation is defined i think in the august terms that the nation is a multitude of rational beings ignited by the common objects of their love. again. a multitude of rational beings ignited by the common objects of their love. so what do we lo

he describes some of the leaders of that movement including william lloyd garrison and frederick douglass also describes the influence of abolitionist literature such as narratives by former slaves and harriet beecher stowe's novel uncle tom's cabin. this class is about 50 minutes. prof. harris:

frederick douglass and the african-american seamstress who advocated for labor rights and telling those stories on the podcast is a great way to connect. telling stories is crucial and if we can do the james madison music, it will be great.>> he has a very sexy story. >> an amazing story. he has a wooden leg and the story was that he jumped out of the window after a carriage accident and >> the husband came home.>> he lost his leg and john adams said i have lost another appendage.>> he was searching for the original more perfect union.>> we've got the beginning of the musical right here.>> he married nancy randolph who was -- he was quite a character. you can definitely do something with him. >> let's talk about the many modern depictions of lbj since we are on a movie theme. how does the foundation respond if at all when they stray from the research? >> the dramatic depictions. the film by rob reiner called lbj. woody harrelson is playing lbj with very poor prosthetics. bryan cranston took robert jenkins play all the way to the small screen for the hbo production and did a marvelous jo

history have always been strong warriors for freedom of speech, including frederick douglass one of his' l eloquent quote by hear mcdonald. not only frederick douglasss, martin luther king, been true for many advocates in many other countries oppose censorship, supporting free speech, even for speech that's deemed to be hateful and hated, precisely from the perspective of advancing human rights. having observed the actual operation of hate speech laws in their own countries these experts and these include experts from the united nations and other international and regional human rights agencies, many of them have endorsed the u.s. approach. for example, in 2015 the european commission against racism and intolerrance concluded that counter speech and other noncensorial measures are much more likely than censorship to prove effective in ultimately eradicating hateful speech and conduct. much more likely. president obama repeatedly told campus activists that they should support free speech specifically because it is essential to promote their social justice causes. in his words, being an a

no longer being treated as frederick douglass said, as aliens, not citizens, but subjects. we're americans. that is why we insist that the american citizens in the district of columbia become citizens of the 51st state of the united states of america. mr. speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back. the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to section 1 of the library of congress trust it fund board act 2 u.s.c. 154 and the order of the house of january 3, 2017, of the following individuals on the part of the house to the library of congress trust fund board for a five-year term it. the clerk: mr. lawrence peter fisher of chevy chase, maryland. mr. gregory paul ryan of hillsborough, california. the speaker pro tempore: the chair announces the speaker's appointment pursuant to 20 u.s.c. 204-b and the order of the house of january 3, 2017, of the following member on the part of the house to the board of trustees of of the harry s. truman scholarship foundation. the clerk: ms. granger of texas it. the speaker pro tempore: the chair l

tell that to john lewis or rosa parks or martin luther king were elizabeth cady stanton or frederick douglass or harriet tubman told them this will all work out. we need to remember history to honor those who gave the ultimate price that we would have something worth defending.o the other is if we act as if everything worked out in a land far far away, then we foreclose the possibility to learn from that because it feels remote and thick. but they were just like us i write history and biography not because the past was perfect but it was so imperfect but they got through it and made progress with those protection and ambition and greed and sexism if for all of that to create a more perfect union all of us driven by those forces to learn from the past is to embrace complexity not airbrush it or simplify it it isn't always about good diversity but that is the exception of the rule. a nation is defined best i i think when we think of augustinian terms to write about the city of god a multitude of rational beings united by the common objects of their love. a multitude of rational being united by