. >> american history tv was recently in ford theater for the hosted byl symposium the abraham lincoln institute. talks about the 16th presidents relationship with immigrant groups. this is just under one hour. great pleasure for me to introduce jason silverman, i first met him and bring field, illinois when i heard him deliver a sparkling lecture on abraham lincoln and immigrants at the state capital. he is the author or editor of 11 books, he just told me his book out there, that is

the incoming president of the abraham lincoln institute -- john white whose opinion carries a lot more than mine has written a review of stephen's work. let me quote from john's review that will be published later this year. nationng to save the will stand for years as the book about lincoln and the union governors. it is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how the north mobilized to win the war. to presenteasure professor stephen engle. >> thank you. what a wonderful introduction. of a you for the preview review that i hoped to receive in a few months. i want to thank everyone here who has made my stay an absolute delight. it is my first time on stage so if i appear a little nervous, this is a real stage. it is not any stage. in any case i want to thank the staff here. i am delighted to be here. i can tire that i am probably the least lincoln scholar here given the illustrious crew that you always assemble and the people who are part of your institute. not halfy this, i am of professor harris's age. i am envious of his productivity. i thought bob would take the book o

i want to thank the abraham lincoln institute for posting this, it is a dream come true. i can tell you i grew up in alexandria which is just across the potomac, washington, dc was always a place where field trips came and went. they always held a very dear spot in my heart. i would be remiss if i didn't tell you that i have been interested in with abraham lincoln since the fourth grade. it is an act of defiance on my part. my fourth grade teacher for parents night decided that we were going to have silent vignettes. you still there and they look at you, maybe you did famous figures, one of the ones they chose was a lincoln-douglas debate. i got my hopes up tremendously. she said you cannot be abraham lincoln, you are not tall enough. you have to be stephen douglas. well, it was on that day that i decided i was going to be interested in abraham lincoln out of defiance if nothing else. now i am completing my 33 yard -- year at the university where i have taught about him in rooms full of pack south carolinians. please forgive me if i look up at the box and say mr. presiden

i want to thank abraham lincoln institute for inviting me and ford's theatre for hosting. this is a dream come true for me to be here today. i grew up in alexandria, virginia, just across the potomac. washington, d.c. was always a place where field trips came and theatred where ford's and lincoln memorial and all of those things always held a very dear spot in my heart. i would be remiss if i didn't tell you that i have been interested in abraham lincoln since the fourth grade. i must confess, it was an act of defiance on my part. , forurth grade teacher parents night, decided we were going to have silent vignettes. in other words, you just stood there and the parents look that you. it was a historical vignette. maybe dated amelia ehrhardt, iwo jima. the ones they chose was the lincoln douglas debates. i got my hopes up tremendously until she said, you can't be abraham lincoln. you are not tall enough. [laughter] you have to be stephen douglas. it was on that day i decided i was going to be interested in abraham lincoln out of defiance, if nothing else. i am completing my

for the 20th annual symposium hosted by the abraham lincoln institute. and the ford theater society. next, stephen engle, author of "gathering to save a nation: lincoln and the union of the war of governors." they talk about the 16th president's relationship with union governors and their role in the civil war. it is just over 50 minutes. bob willard: i am bob willard. i used to work for a texas congressman when he wanted to knowledge to help you got from others, he would use the old observation. if you ever see a turtle on the top of a fence post you know he , didn't get there by himself. the man we all revere would be the first to admit that his success was due to the contributions of many others. we know about his team of rivals. about the members of the federal legislature. sometimes helpful, sometimes less so. about the generals and the hundreds of thousands of troops, including those soldiers newly emancipated. now thanks

american history tv was recently at ford's theater for the 20th annual symposium hosted by the abraham lincoln institutend the ford's theatre society. next, jason silverman, author of "lincoln and the immigrant." he talks about the president's relationship with immigrant groups. this is just under an hour. >> is a great pleasure for me to introduce jason silverman. i first met jason last year in springfield, illinois, when i heard him deliver a sparkling lecture on abraham lincoln and immigrants at the old state capitol. he is the author or editor of 11 books. there,k is for sale out you can go look for it. ellison capers palmer junior professor of history at winthrop university, where he has taught for 30 years.

recently at ford's theatre in washington dc for the 20th annual symposium hosted by the abraham lincoln institute. engle, author of gathering to save a nation. they talk about the 16th president's relationship with union governors. 15 -- 50t over minutes.

bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> in 1865, the civil war drew to a close, president abraham lincoln established the friedman's bank, a institutiondence for formerly enslaved african-americans who would for the first time have wages to spend. the friedman's bank eventually closed in 1874 amid political opposition to post civil war reconstruction. but at a type the bank had deposits totalling more than $57 million. the bank's mission of financial inclusion remains a worthy goal that my next guest is committed to fulfilling. joining me now, john hope bryant, ceo and founder of operation hope, msnbc was proud to be one of the media partners of the organization's 2017 hope global forum this week where i just saw you recently. so good to see you again. >> you came to atlanta, i come to new york. >> absolutely. i appreciate you being here. so let's start by talking about the fact that you were able to convince the treasury department to rename the friedman's bank building as of last year, the treasury annex building. what was the importance of doing that? >> because the perception that african-americans were not -- were not industrious

belief on the part of the future confederate states that abraham lincoln is coming in and he is going to destroy their economic that isal institution most important to their hearts. tot: week say good morning paul. go ahead. caller: i have an outsider's perspective on top presidents. lincoln,n, ethically definitely franklin d roosevelt did there are others who were very good. truman, onesevelt, or two others. i know warren harding always comes out on this side of the pond is being one of the worst. that is just an outsider's perspective on it. host: we will look at the international relations category. franklin delano roosevelt is at the top of the list. george washington, abraham lincoln, james monroe which we mentioned earlier. george h.w. bush, ronald reagan, richard nixon. any response to our caller from the u.k.? guest: just on the international front, there is richard nixon making himself in that list as he was good at geopolitical thinking and the breakthrough with china in 1972 was a giant accomplishment. that, ather hand of disastrous war in southeast asia . it does a lot of damage to his relations. it's interesting to see

abraham lincoln is racket hea be least successful president. >>> via "los angeles times" has been putting on the festival of books from more than 20 years, and it's become an institution anin this part of the community. it's a way we can celebrate the notion of reading and today when the idea of there being called something fake news i think books help us celebrate the way that the words and facts are grounded in storytelling and history. >>> the american dream of the black women mathematicians that helped win the space race. here are her journey about writing the remarkable story that combines the rich intersection of the civil rights era, the space race, the

institution, andlibrarian of congress david area. >> it is 166 million objects and other things. >> presidential historians. david area. >> it isdiscussing the presidenl leadership. >> it is interesting that the greatest american president, american -- abraham lincoln is bracketed by arguably the least successful american president. >> this holiday weekend on c-span. ext, a discussion of k-12 education policy and charter schools with remarks from the former education secretary john king. this event was hosted by the american enterprise the dude. it is one hour and a half. >> good morning. welcome to the american enterprise institute. it's a beautiful day in washington for talking about governance of public schools. today, we have a great program for you. my colleague, andy, is going to present some ideas that he's had on updating accountability systems for urban public schools, what chartering can teach us. he's developed these ideas in a paper that he previously published with the national alliance for public charter schools, charter accountability for district-run public schools. this seems like a dry and technical discussion for many, but it really is a fascinating and provocative idea for the fundamental approach that we've taken in urban schoo

abraham lincoln said, show me the spot where mexican troops crossed the border, because without that spot you have no constitutional authority to act. people -- congress what institutionalnges would you suggest that would allow the constitutionalism in the congress? >> what your fellow brits bernard crick wrote a book called, in defense of politics, where he argued that politics is the way of free people govern themselves. politics is aa of great calling has disappeared. foxle who watch msnbc and -- ec politics now, it's about outcomes. it is not about process. what james madison was about was process, the constitution is about that too. it's a deliberative way in which we solve our problems together as a people. more and more in our society now, we have a sense that -- this came up earlier when we -- the left about now is suddenly against big government, they want states to make their own decisions. it's about what outcome are you trying to get? nor mentioned it, regular order, the way the congress could do about -- you have to go back to a system where you make your decisions not from the top down, not based on your party ideology, but let's sit down, look at what the