so far, i've told you about two very famous men who met abraham lincoln. i want to tell you about a few who are not as famous. alexander augusta was born in my neck of the woods and awful, virginia in the 1820s to a free black family. at some point in the 1830s his family moved to baltimore in the wake of nat turner's rebellion when virginia authorities clamped down on the rights of free black families in virginia. agusta became a barber, he really wanted to become a doctor. he applied to the university of pennsylvania medical college and was denied admission on account of his race. he moved to toronto where he attended trinity medical school, he became a medical doctor and for the next 6 years practiced medicine in toronto and trained other young black doctors. in 1863 agusta saw that lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation and authorize the use of black soldiers had a week later agusta sent this letter to lincoln. in this letter, agusta talked about how he left the country to gain an education but wanted to return and join the military as a doctor.

abraham lincoln -- african-american letter to abraham lincoln which was published in 2021. among his other works of the award-winning emancipation, the union army and the reelection of abraham lincoln in 2014. midnight in america, darkness sleep and dreams during the civil war. that was a really interesting book. i read it and bought it. and he co-authored our little monitor in 2018. so, without further ado jonathan teweitz. thank you catherine. thank you all for being here. today i'm going to talk about o the two most recent books that i published foror the first one is to address you as my friend african-american letters to abraham lincoln. sometime around 2014 i did give collecting letters of black men and women sent to abraham lincoln during his presidency. i ended up about one or 25 letters assigned fight hundreds of people. overall petitions with as many as 1000 signatures. black men and women for thent first time in the history of the country believed they had a president who might be interested in their concerns. claim the first amendment right to petition the gover

abraham lincoln african-americans letters to abraham lincoln, which was published in 2021. among his other works are the award winning emancipation. the union army and the reelection of abraham lincoln. in 2014, midnight, america, darkness, sleep and dreams during the civil war. and that one was a really interesting book. i read it and bought it and he coauthored our little monitor in 2018. so further ado, jonathan white. well, thank you, katherine and thank you all for being here. today, i'm going to talk about these two most recent books that i published. the first one is called to address you as my friend african-america man's letters to abraham lincoln. sometime around 2014, i had the idea to start collecting letters that black men and women sent to abraham lincoln during his presidency and ended up finding about 125 letters signed by hundreds of people overall. some of them were petitions with as many as a thousand signatures. and i found black men and women for the first time in the history of the country, believed that they had a president who might be interested. th

they are working to digitize -- abraham lincoln. every letter or document that was sent to or from lincoln or any piece of paper he might have touched at some point. they have found tens of thousands of documents at the national archives and the library of congress, , they put them online. thee problem with the database, and is over 81,000 of these documents at the website. if you go to my website jonathan white diet or i link it to. it's easy. --.org. if you can search by name of correspondent or you can browse group.rd what i did was i thought about what might african-americans. writing about and how might those be routed to the federal proxy and double check those groups because each record group correlates with the branch or division or agency of the federal government. i was come none of them are transcribed. i just had to go in and read through them and i would just read letters andt if i found a letter and it wasn't sure if those of white writer or a black writer i would go to the senses and try to find the person to figure i

abraham lincoln. and our answer, of course. well, harold, no one on the planet except for possibly who live by the tweet and are used to writing far less. but harold wasn't daunted. and in a few days we received actually it almost like a few minutes. we had harold's 272 words, which i'd like share with you now. his essay was titled long remembered provide the essence of the gettysburg address in 272 words. quite a challenge. for a while, lincoln used, but two sheets of paper to compose it. historians have slaughtered entire forests to expound on it. yet the glittering essence lincoln's perhaps america's speech is magnificent economy. invited to deliver only a few appropriate remarks, lincoln summoned the rhetorical that revolutionized political oratory replaced the traditionally written with a new birth of simplicity and made virtue of brevity. of course, it's oh, i can memorize this length does not begin to explain its enduring. did it reinvent america as some have claimed? probably not. we've come a

abraham lincoln. even from the grave still beckons us to the unfinished work so that we and future of americans may enjoy the fruits of a more perfect union. and abraham lincoln was and still is a great american hero. a hero who saw the united states as the last, best hope of earth. he was committed to making america live to the principles espoused by our founding in the declaration of. our constant. in our bill of rights. he was committed to our nation having. a new birth of freedom. so that government of the people, by the people. for the people would not perish from the earth. he understood that the mighty scourge of war that come upon our nation was just the manifestation of our nation's to live up to its own lofty principles. washington was. the father of our country. but lincoln. lincoln was the savior. and his story continues be revealed and revered as the russian author leo tolstoy once wrote. the greatness of napoleon caesar or washington is only moonlight by the sun of lincoln. his example i

abraham lincoln was and still is a great american hero. a hero who sell the united states as the last best hope of earth. he was committed to making america live up to thetous principles founded by our founding fathers in the deposition independence but our constitution, our bill of rights. he was committed to a nation have not new freedom so that the government of the people, by the people, for the people would not perish from the earth. he understood the mighty scourge of war that i come upon our nation was a physical manifestation of our nation's failure to live up its own lofty principles. washington was the father of our country. but lincoln, lincoln was the savior. his story continues to be revealed and revered. as the russian author leo toy story wrote the greatness of napoleon, caesar product for washington is a moonlight by the son of lincoln. his example is universal and will last thousands of years. he was bigger than his country. bigger than all the presidents together. lincoln lived and died a hero as era great character he wi

many consider the gettysburg address to be abraham lincoln's greatest speech. it would be difficult to argue otherwise. you might askha yourself, what could he have written that possibly rivalal debt? and while you would be good to stand your ground were you to argue your case for the gettysburg address, other scholars, lincoln enthusiast and armchair historians might argue that lincoln's cooper union speech or a second inaugural might be evenev greater. as you probably know, lincoln's cooper union speech was delivered about two miles south of here at the cooper institute, which is now known as the cooper union. it was a speech which in part launched abraham lincoln's political career on the broader national stage. the speech delivered in februari of 1860 when our nation was on the brink of civil war brought as the often quoted words, let us have faith that right makes might, and in that they let us to the in there to do our duty as we understand it. lincoln's second inaugural address which is in great at the lincoln memorial onia the wall opposite the gettysbu

>> all of us love abraham lincoln and if we have it in this nation, it is abraham lincoln and in politics religion and so on, is an ultimate good has to be an ultimate evil because lincoln chased douglas so long and dark was somi strong, mid- 1850s he s the most powerful democrat in the nation and had beaten james buchanan so he takes a backseat to abraham lincoln. i would say douglas new in 1856 he cannot be elected in 1860. one might wonder why. the reason was the republicanpu party less than two years old. it's first national candidate for thee presidency, people knw him and his wife wrote this wonderful journal which sold hundreds of thousands of copies, there were no copyright laws. john one the electoral votes of pennsylvania 27 and electoral votes of either illinois or indiana ten votes, that would have made john freeman 15th president of the united states. douglas saw number one, the north quickly in 1860 the start of the house, the south saw the same thing and people like edmund, william, robert beutler -- confused about that in any case, they knew self-control of the governmentr

the trump administration accomplished the abraham accords working with israel. israel accomplished that but we worked with them. and to a person who is supportive of the abraham accords, we think that was an excellent policy. have passed resolution by mr. snyder that we will pursue that. we have a resolution that is pending asking for a special representative to make sure that the government is represented to accomplish that objective. and we have made that clear to the israeli officials who obviously are very enthusiastic about adding additional arab countries and they have a great deal of optimism about the ability to do just that. >> new york times. in an interview yesterday with israel, you were quoted saying if president biden does not invite from minister netanyahu to the white house, you will do so to congress. was that accurate and does that remain the case? >> yes. i have a long relationship with the prime minister of israel. i think two rate nations that have strong bonds should continue to work together. i have invited president herzog to give a joint

and to a person we are supportive of abraham accords. we think that was an excellent policy. we have passed overwhelmingly a resolution on mr. snyder that we ought to pursue that. we have a resolution that is pending, and asking for a special representative to make sure what the government is representing to accomplish that objective. he had made it clear to the israelite officials who are very enthusiastic about aiding the additional arab countries. they have a great deal of optimism about the ability to do just that. >> new york times. in an interview yesterday with israel, you were quoted saying, if president biden does not invite the prime minister to the white house, you will do so to congress. was that quote accurate? and does that remain the case? >> yes, look, i have a long relationship with the prime minister. the longest-serving prime minister of israel. i think, two great nations that have strong bonds should continue to work together. i have invited the president to come and give a joint session inside congress. we are working on the day and that could work very s

congress has supported the dramatic breakthroughs ever the abraham accords. last week we passed a bipartisan resolution celebrating the 75th anniversary of commending the abraham accords as well. [applause] >> i towel -- i actually have that resolution with me here, and signed. [applause] >> now, it states in absolute terms that the u.s. stands with israel, supports the abraham accords and upholds that israel has the right to defend itself. [applause] my friends, congress stands ready to work with israel to broaden and deepen those accord, working for sustainable peace with all of israel's neighbors, but as we welcome peace, we cannot ignore the threats to peace in our region. those threats have one primary cause, the rogue iranian regime. most of the turmoil in this region of violence and instability can be traced back to that source, which continues to fund terrorism, arms its proxy militia. >> it wants to entrench, and the organization of hezbollah and lebanon and fueling a brutal civil war in yemen. and among all of this aggression, it seeks to encircle i

well, all of us love abraham lincoln. and if we have a civil state in this nation, it is abraham lincoln. and i think in the union. yeah. politics as in church as in religion and so on. there's an ultimate good and there has to be an ultimate evil because lincoln chased douglass so long and douglass was so strong. in fact, in the mid 1850s, he was the most powerful democrat in the nation. having beaten james buchanan over the issue of the fraudulent la compton constitution. so i think he takes kind of a backseat to the apotheosis of abraham lincoln. i would say that douglass actually knew in 1856 that he would not be elected in 1860, and one might wonder why. well, the reason was the republican party is less than two years old. it puts up its first national candidate for the presidency in john c, fremont, the great explorer. people knew him and his his wife, jesse, wrote this wonderful journal about his exploration in the west, which sold hundreds of thousands copies. there were no copyright laws, and so newspapers serial

of john maryman emancipation union army and reelection of abraham lincoln a finalist for the lincolnze most recent books include midnight in america, darkness sleep and dreams during civil war, tohe address you as my friend, african-americans letters to abraham lincoln, and a house built by slaves african-american visiters to the lincoln white house he'swh published more than 100 articles essay and reviews and he's been a frequent forum presenter including the 2019 in 2019 when he and coauthor anna holloway spoke on our little monitor greatest invention of the civil war hopefully we have time to have a panel discussion. [laughter] so now let me tush turn it over to john white who will be your moderator. [applause] thank you michelle. i think we've got about five minutes until we break for lunch. [laughter] i wanted to start off by acknowledging some of the ways that politics in the 19th century differs from our politics today. and so i wanted to start with harold and ask can you talk a little bit about how the political party press was different in the 19th century what was it like d

abraham lincoln or enter norma's this is a bipartisan support. he had done such amazing work on this because politics was brought to bear even in the encampments. you could end on them. i just not make it a clear discussion but more complicated. >> many scholars 70% of the soldiers voted for lincoln. it is clear indication those soldiers had adopted emancipation. and abraham like it if you're voting for lincoln you are doing so in my book emancipation union army and the election of abraham lincoln's lot of democratic soldiers who looked at the democratic party in 1864. we cannot vote for this part b1864 the democratic party called the war a failure in the party platform. for the presidency. they pick a piece democrat for the nominee. what happens if mcclellan dies and pendleton becomes president? everyone up here in the bookshop one of the important insights of how he talks about the fluidity of something i found among union in the spring of 84. the summer of 1864 the same men are writing home they are ready for the war to be over. they cannot vo

host: i understand you are the cochair of what is called the congressional abraham accords. tell us about that and your goal. guest: the abraham accords are in agreement between israel and initially, the united arab emirates. morocco joined. sudan is in the process and we are hoping to expand. the middle east is an important region. we see challenges with their support of terrorism. we need to work with our allies. the abraham accords are part of that process, an opportunity to bring peace to the region and prosperity to the people who live there. host: the court -- abraham accords or created in support finally working to expand? >> absolutely. president trump facilitate the accords. they were signed on the white house lawn in 2020. you seen this administration carry it forward. discussion last week that there is hope, maybe we can bring saudi arabia into the accords. but that doesn't happen without the involvement of the united states. seven countries came together on a regular basis on a variety of issues. so yes, the united states committee is still important. host: you a

we have dw special corresponding to abraham, here in the studio with us. and the, the arab league says that it's inviting before l. a sub back to the summit. and it's all about this as an opening, a channel of communication. can you explain to us the reasons they have? so read missing syria and, and what do they want to talk to them about? i mean, will they say that this is, you know, the way to help syrians living remaining in the country and that, that would open up channels to help them and to give them a better life. but i mean, there are a lot of outstanding issues that air leaders would want to discuss with president bush charlotte site. i mean, we just saw these pictures of the iranian counterpart visiting him and so curbing iranian influence in the region will be something that concerns the saudi arabia, the host of the summit. there's also the, you know, the cap to gun tree that has really flourished in syria under this current regime. and, you know, of course, the issue of returning searing refugees who, you know, this has a conflict that's been

they don't use abraham. thank you very much for your 40 ukraine's president, florida. mister lansky has condemned the latest russian missile attacks on his country holding them crimes against humanity. at least 2 people were killed on friday and more than a dozen wounded with russian missiles in a hospital in the ne pool. it was the 2nd wave of attacks on the central ukrainian city in less than a week before have seen many, a dark since the start of the war. but the brutality of this one has strong people in the city and across ukraine. the dog, it was a medical facility and a veterinary hospital ukraine's president has called the crime against humanity. so, so those are the store, i said is appeal atrocity. a russian ballistic missile against a hospital in a veterinary clinic means that almost we will do everything possible. now everything impossible to feed up the supply of more uh, defense systems of a higher quality to ukraine. these littering issue working on with all the hotness daily in the regional government says a 69 year old possible life was among those kil

they don't use abraham . thank you very much for your 40 russian officials say to drones cause an early morning explosion that struck the administrative building of an oil pipeline. the blasts for around 10 killer, because from the border with bellows near the village of if in the oval moscow has previously blamed ukraine for similar incidents, keith has not acknowledged the tax against targets inside roger. ukraine's president's alarm is lensky has condemned the latest russian missile attacks on his country holding them crimes against humanity. at least 2 people were killed on friday and more than a dozen and wounded when rushed themselves hit a hospital in april. it was the 2nd wave of the tax on the central ukrainian city in less than a week to meet pro has seen many a dark since the start of the war. but the boot ality of this one has strong people in the city and across ukraine. the dog, it was a medical facility and a veterinary hospital ukraine's president has called the crime against humanity. so, so

i don't a we spoke to w, a special correspondent at abraham. she told us more about the people who support at one end. this election being company, president, president, are the ones to enjoys huge popularity. i mean, just looking at the turn out at some of his rallies, it's undeniable that there are a lot of people in turkey that want to see him continue being in power. and you know, even according to polls, any predicted when for his, his opponent is predicted with a very, very soon margin. but i would say that people across the board, whether it's, are the one supporters or opposition supporters want to see that change of the differences is that the 3rd one, supporters say, well he is the man to deliver change. they look at his track record for over 20 years and are able to see some progress. and that has to be said, and they say, well, you know, we do have an economic price. but their argument is the 3rd one is demand for the job. we're likely to vote for the opponent tomorrow, so we just need different races and that's how we're going to g

i love i am abraham.i see you have it there because abraham lincoln is the one who lives up to the hype. i wrote these books to give my kids better, to look up to, to teach them how to kind, to teach them generosity, to them. perseverance to teach them humility. remember, humility was a great american value, right? we've lost that. we now pay attention on social media to people who write in all caps and exclamation points. i'm tired of. that nonsense, right? we need to teach our kids better values. and i wrote this book series just to give my kids those heroes. so abraham, i love i also love. i'm helen keller. because in helen keller, when she goes blind, the pages of the book go black and it says, here's how i see the world. cover your ears. here's how i hear the world. and then put real braille into the book and it says, close your eyes. here's the braille alphabet is my name. my name is helen. what's your name? i watch my son with his eyes closed and he's feeling the dots and walk in as he's doing this

to w, a special correspondent, a abraham there. this week you create an athletes of boy creating the world into the championships and culture because the sports is allowing russians and bella russians to compete on to a new to a flag following ukraine's boy called the international due to federal federation, bought a to members of russia as a squad who will believe to, to be active. so we'll just see a to that similar case could occur across various boards. next is powers. olympics ukrainian athletes have won their fair share of titles in the sport of judo. some in the prime of their careers are now putting principles ahead of any potential prize by staying on the sidelines during the judo world championships and cutoff. yeah, it was interesting, but i understand that this was the chance to in the middle that the moment i'm very upset by the fact that we're missing the world championships and kept tough for me, which i totally support the decision. ukraine's position is clear. they want all russian and bella rosie an athlete banned

a, a d, w, special correspondent, abraham. they're reporting for us and east temple. thank you. some sports now and in the end be a the los angeles lakers half a end of the golden state warriors championship rain with a $120.00 to 211 victory in game 6 of the 2nd round playoff series. lebron james led the way for los angeles with 30 points 9, re bounce and 9. it says stephan curry, sports assess the 2 points for the warriors who were chasing their 5th championship and $96.00. it was late because we'll face the denver nuggets in the western conference finals starting on tuesday night. and then the women's and b a, a brittany griner has paid for the 1st time since being detained in russia. back in february 2022, brittany growing up late for the phoenix mercury against the los angeles fox in a preseason game of false who knows unexpected griner a to time olympic gold medalist was detained for nearly 10 months in russia on drug charges. she was released from a high proof of prison the exchange with united states last late last year. and now you were up to day to do state june. howev

congress has supported the dramatic breakthroughs of the abraham accords. last week, we passed the bipartisan resolution celebrating the 75th anniversary of commending the abraham accords. i actually have that resolution with me right here. [applause] estates in absolute terms that you stands with -- it states in absolute terms that the united states stands with israel. [applause] congress stands ready to work with israel to deepen those accords, working for sustainable peace with all of israel's neighbors. as we welcome peace, we cannot ignore the threats to peace in our region. those threats have one primary cause. the lone iranian regime. most of the turmoil in this region of violence and instability can be traced back to best source, which continues to fund terrorism and pursues nuclear weapons. iran seeks to destabilize iraq. it wants to entrench missiles in syria. it empowers terrorist organizations in lebanon and it is fueling a brutal civil war in yemen. among all this aggression, is seeks to encircle israel with hostile forces. we cannot allow iran

i don't believe to solve the problem to do abraham things.i think this is in a kind of -- i'm sorry to say this word. i think this is childish. because, we are talking about normalization. we have no problem with the israelis to normalize the situation. we talked with the israelis daily when i was in my office. they was having office here. even when we shut the office, we was talking to them from the intelligent to the foreign minister to the prime minister. and we can talk to them. but to, kind of, build a new idea with no vision or no target, peace target, not just to talk. it is too early to do all this unless you have a plan what to do. because what i am worried is within 10 years if there is nothing happened or maybe before that, we find ourselves in another intifadah, on the palestinian side, and we will find the arabs here, saying what are you doing as a government? david: the abraham accords have not been signed by qatar yet, or maybe they won't. you say that is not likely, because you say that is not going to solve the problems that

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dw special correspondent to abraham is covering the turkish elections from his tumble. and we asked her earlier about the obstacles faced by the opposition party trying to unseat or to one when you talk to supporters of the opposition. and also, you know, with the testament of a election observers, the general campaign, the general election is seen to be unfair. i mean, the incumbent at the incumbent president or dawn has been in power for 20 years. and in that time, media has been limited. a state institutions are widely seen to have a, you know, created favorable circumstances for president or the one. and so in light of all of the circumstances for that circumstance, for the opposition to, you know, to grab over 44 percent of that is seen as, you know, perhaps as a, as an accomplishment. but also as a sign that there are a lot of people here in turkey, do want to see some kind of change. abraham reporting they're moving on. the british prime minister richie soon hack has promised to send ukraine long range attack drones and extra missiles soon. ok, made the pledge af

so i've now to associate professor an international relations. abraham cut out this morning abraham. so the turn out for the 1st round was very high. but some western media outlets are claiming this was not the will of the turkish people, but rather a legit fines for non attendance. what's really behind the turn out to does nothing to do be defies phone on attendance yesterday to find the law box to it took a decent low is not meant to not was a high because the to these people are man made 6 is the only chance to speak decision making, can they know that the the have to wait for 5 or 5 more? yes. to explain these, these tests, then besides that and does matter as a problem, to buy clothes come 5 to see quite as much time, quite quite as much this time. article a position as a link to it, to the, to cost a much to take our from the present as well. and these 5 to this time. so they have to adapt are still willing to come to the the, the week, 13 mayoral elections offer a 2019 and cornerstone uh the crew, changing general elections to the that's my day. nice to model the boxes on the

abraham lincoln said that was -- i was about to curse, abraham lincoln said that was bull. thurgood marshall, 100 later, 120 years later after abraham lincoln's period when asked to take part in the celebration of the constitution, he declined because he shared the view of roger, not necessarily the purpose of the meaning that roger had, that believed that the constitution did not have any rights for blacks and i think that's actually true, but i think he celebrated that idea and his opinion in dread scott. but what thurgood marshall was saying in 1987 when former chief justice warren burger took place in a celebration in hawaii of all places to -- sorry, i didn't mean that. but to celebrate and we didn't commit ourselves to any kind of civil -- to any kind of i feel is rights or human rights to ending what you call the enclave of tyranny until after the civil war, the 14th amendment. that's when it really began. so he didn't see any points in the constitution that really exists until the 1860's. clarence thomas wrote an article in response to thurgood marshall's position,

it's promising to for millions of refugees on the con, the richard abraham is following. the selection for us from is then both as to how the issue of migration is being used in the campaign. while the issue of anti refugee and anti syrian sentiment specifically, ben has been present in turkey, even before the election church. turkey famously opened his door to the syrian refugees, letting in a little over 3000000 here in the country. and they were initially welcome. but then with the economic downturn, right, about 2018, we started seeing the refugees and the syrians being blamed for the country's economic struggle. then came the campaign, the election campaign about 2 months ago. and of course, this topic was very present on both camps. both president aired on and of course his opponent came out to it's that a little, you know, had made the plans or promises about returning refugees. back for the tone was very different. kimble could upset a little, the opposition candidates being more aggressive then president here to on. there was also a 3rd party, a candidates who wa

dw is abraham. thank you very much for your coverage. let's take a look at some of the stories making headlines. now. you as president joe biden says he's optimistic a deal to keep the government from defaulting on its bills as close. failure to reach an agreement could impact the global economy. congress needs to raise $31.00 trillion dollar debt ceiling 5 new deadline of june. 5th. driving footage has captured the smoke and ash billowing from mexico's bubble. got tape head of scientists predict more activity will cause trim is in the coming days of both boys, one of the world's most closely monitored volcanoes. it's just 70 kilometers from mexico, cities metropolitan area, which is home to more than 20000000 people. you guys, president blood of me, savanski has condemned the late his branch and miss all the tax on his country, calling them crimes against humanity. at least 2 people were killed on friday and bulls and a dozen wounded. when rushing, nissan see the hospital in the pool, it was the 2nd wave of attacks on the central ukrain