edward ayres looks at the end of the civil war. >> we see the first convergence of the road that will become reconstruction in the summer of 1864, especially august 1864. that is a specific day. let me see if i can make the case for you. at the beginning of the summer no president of the united states had won a second term since andrew jackson. isn't that amazing? >> at 7:00 the congressional gold medal ceremony for civil over 50 yearst >> ago a summer preacher and educator, reverend frederick douglas read as president of the dallas county voters league invited reverend martin luther king, reverend ralph abernathy and the members of the seven christian leadership conferences to help lead some as voting right process. today, we bestow the congressional gold medal on the brave foot soldiers. .> sunday morning at 10:00 from the 1988 presidential campaign of jack cap, as he answered the questions from usa today. >> while i am conservative on , i am -- fiscal policy progressive with regard to my belief in the republican party being a lincoln party, a party of black and white and blue and w

eastern historian edward ayres was at the end of the civil war in the dawn of the reconstruction. >> the 1st convergence of the roads that will become reconstruction in the summer of 1864. that's a strangely specific date i realize. at the beginning of the summer of 1864 no president of the united states had won a 2nd term. >> the congressional gold medal ceremony to recognize the contribution of the soldiers. >> over 50 years ago a preacher and educator as pres.president of the dallas county voters league invited reverend martin luther king reverend ralph method and the members of the southern christian leadership conference to help lead the voting rights protest. the 1965 voting rights movement. >> sunday morning at ten in the 1988 presidential campaign of new york republican congressman as he answered questions from the editorial board. >> while i have conservative values and then conservative on fiscal policy and defense policy i am progressive with regard to my belief in the republican party being a lincoln party of black and white, white color and of all people; progressive con