frederick douglas had a lot to do with that. more -- she was most certainly the most respected confidant that lincoln had that could tell him what was in the slave and free black networks. he saved 4 million slaves with the stroke of a pen. frederick douglas was in that struggle from 1838 all the way until 1863 and then some. he was also involved in other rights movements. he was at seneca falls. in 1848. what happened there? the first women's rights convention. thank you. lucretia mott was the main speaker. elizabeth cady stanton had drafted a declaration of sentiment. frederick douglass was one of 400 people who came to this little town in upstate new york in july and he urged to include suffrage on the list of declarations. and they did. if he had not been there, it might not have happened. it makes it ironic to look forward to 1865 when the pivot settlement of the civil war did not include women's suffrage. -- they were like one in the same, the two movements. hour -- this the is the negroes hour. ladies, step aside and wait

frederick douglas did and his days here in washington. i will tell you about that in a moment. our friend sara jenkins has been to visit frederick douglass's home so maybe you could say a ew words about that later. frederick douglas described the great house of the plantation that he lived on as a boy in very, almost as a rembrandt painter. the swans. the carriages and the stables. the fruits of the garden. the tender asparagus. he had a gift of capturing the memory, a vanished way of life. an extremely privileged slave plantation life. i was able to visit the plantation where frederick douglass was born. the same family is living there. the 11th generation of the lloyd family. there were some stories that mrs. lloyd who is 87, she took me into her parlor and told me a few stories that they had kept handing down through the ages bout frederick douglass. he is very descriptive, not only with what was on the table but the sociology of the plantation. the aristocracy he said of the house servants. he was one of them or he was mostly in the great house. and how, working in the field

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 white collar and of all people. conservative,sive i am appeared defending the status quo. on real00 eastern america, the 50th anniversary of the gemini eight manned space mission. we will show the film, gemini eight. analyst in the program sit down and analyze the flight. they know it is a three-day mission. its mission include rendezvous in space with a target vehicle, the first docking in space, and a

in any event, what an honor it is for us to be here with frederick douglas reese, reverend.i was pleased to hear you speak in selma. you moved us then. i know you will today. thank you. reverend reese. what an honor it is for us each and every day to serve with john lewis in the congress of the united states. [ applause ] he is wearing two hats today. he's not wearing any, but he's wearing two hats today. one as a foot soldier and one as a congressman paying tribute to the foot soldiers. john, thank you for blessing our country with your service every day. [ applause ] as has been acknowledged and we all know, 51 years ago, thousands of men and women stepped forward to lay claim to the most fundamental right in our democracy, the right to vote. you faced diskrcrimination and intimidation. you suffered bigotry and brutality. still, you marched for justice, for equality and for the opportunity to cast a ballot and shape the future of our great country. and so, with so many movements of justice, the path leading was powered also by the determination of young people, students wh

frederick douglas in speculating how reconstruction would have evolved had lincoln lived. it's a what if scenario that has been pondered by lay historians for a century in a half but seldom in a skillful, thoughtful informed and reader friendly context. this morning i was remembering when the late professor william lee miller who was never a fan of what ifs, what if the south won the war talked about the time during the civil rights era when a student, very sincere young man approached him and said professor miller, what do you think lincoln would have had to say about bussing? and bill miller looked at him and said well, i believe mr. lincoln would have said what's a bus? [ laughter ] none theless, dr. major does it right and certainly has the credentials to support hypothesis. he's the author of eight books the distinguished professor of american studies and history at rutgers and elected member of the society of historians. he's the recipient of fellowships from the melon foundation and humanities and earned the trustees award for faculty excellence from trinity, the jo

famed author and order frederick douglas. media magnate oprah winfrey. i'm talking about art so it's important we look at art, if you'll bear with me. lieutenant commander wesley anthony brown, the first african-american graduate of the u.s. naval academy. david dinkens, the first african-american mayor in new york city history. and supreme court justice authori thorogood marshall. simi knox himself was born august 18th, 1935, nearly 100 years after blanche k. bruce. he was born in alabama. the son of a carpenter and mechanic, knox grew up poor and with most of his family working as share croppers he, himself, took to the fields when he was old enough. in a 2004 abc news interview, simi recalled we worked literally from sun up to sun down, whenever there was work to be done. you didn't go to school. you worked on the farm. knox spent many of his childhood years in the care of other family members after his parents divorced and went on to live with his father and stepmother in mobile, alabama. there, knox loved to play baseball. a childhood friend of hank

the soma preacher and educator, reverend frederick douglas reese martin with arend cane hosea williams, and the members of the southern leadership congress to help lead the voting rights protests, and they were soon joined by a young man from troy alabama known as john lewis. studentof the nonviolent corner the committee mobilized the demonstrations -- coordinating committee mobilized the demonstrations. they were joined by a cast of thousands of men and women, known and unknown, black and white, who marched across the edwin pettis bridge for voter equality in america. peoplethe american bestow the congressional gold medal on the foot soldiers who dared to march in the 1965 voting rights movement. we are joined today by so many of these foot soldiers, and i know that the speaker and knowledge than already -- acknowledged them already. but, i want those who are here today to stand and be recognized one more time. [applause] rep. sewell: while we know that your comrades will accept this gold-medal on your behalf later in the ceremony, please know that this nation owes all of you a debt o

i should mention frederick douglas because he was a thread throughout her book. werenally him in gay friends, lecturing together. themas asked gay to help with a matter of wills he had with someone in boston. the problem was, douglas wanted to be an independent man, and he decided to publish his own newspaper. harrison did not want that. douglas went ahead and did it anyway. he also decided that the constitution was not a proslavery document, and garrison believes that it was, so that was another take issue. interestingly enough, douglas does not mention gay's underground railroad work, and gay never mentions douglas's underground railroad work, but in one of his narratives, cedric douglas meant -- frederick douglass mentioned louis napoleon. when he died at the age of 81, his death certificate had underground railroad agent as his occupation. the underground railroad has over for years but that was his badge of honor. in 1888, gay was working on and on biography of his friend, quincy. , they neveravery forgot the days when their differences for them apart. this

>> yeah, it is interesting when frederick douglas saw it, he said it was not fitting and it would have been better if the enslaved man, the black man depicted had been standing beside lincoln. i agree with that totally. it -- what it does is it reinforces the great emancipator i'm page. the great definition at least that lincoln did it alone

>> yeah, it is interesting when frederick douglas saw it, he said it was not fitting and it would have been better if the enslaved man, the black man depicted had been standing beside lincoln. i agree with that totally. it -- what it does is it reinforces the great emancipator i'm page. the great definition at least that lincoln did it alone with a stroke of his pen he freed. lincoln was central but african americans were there, as well as were many other groups of people it is true the bulk of the money came from black veterans, as well. i don't believe all of it did. the first person that supposedly gave the first $5 was charlotte scott freed by her owner before the proclamation had been issued. she lived in virginia. her owner was being pressured by his secessionest neighbors. he got to be too great for him. he moved to ohio and he freed her in the process. she went with them to ohio. i've always wondered why she did that but she was a 61-year-old who spent her life in slavery. where else was she going to go? yeah, it's problematic. it has always been problematic from the very begin

frederick douglas called the conflict a war for national reformation to and they understood that the fighting had hardly ended at appomattox. in some ways it was just beginning. [applause] we have time for questions, discussion, disagreement. please find my book, i'm still paying off a loan for a college daughter. [laughter] >> i want to ask a question about the situation in new orleans we were talking about a heard.l you had erecting a monument to james long street in new orleans. if you could comment on the back story about why that was proposed at all, and the prospects for it? douglas egerton: the really big back story, he was talking about the endless question, what might have happened if lincoln would not have gone to ford's theatre the night? when i was researching this book will it was another book that just came out about the same findings. rank-and-file confederates understand they lost in 65. letters from soldiers all across the south are saying they are linked and they know they are licked. anything we impose on the, they are done fighting with their cities are destroyed

frederick douglas in 1848 said if black people had grown up in this country, we had water, tears, blood, we are born american. we belong to this country. we should not be forced to leave because we built it on our backs. and langston hughes added to that when he wrote my slate is clean. america never was america without me. there is hope america will be. this nation is our holy ground. werecognize the places where stood our ground, where we grew up, where we had to bend backward. we are fighting for justice in this land, or the cries of young brothers and sisters are coming up on the soil, and we have to remember the fight for justice is a long one. we have been fighting it for so long, 1863, defendant for justice. dr. king said in 1965, many of you remember when they asked him about selma, how long dr. king? how long before the crooked is made straight? because truthng will return to earth. and they said how long before we get what is coming to us? he said not long because no light lasts forever. -- live lasts forever. we want to take that moment for us. he said not long because the un

. >> over 50 years ago a selma preacher and educator, reverend frederick douglas reese, as presidentof the dallas county voters league invited reverend martin luther king, reverend ralph abernathy, hosea williams and the hemembers of the southe christian leadership conference to help lead selma's voting rights protest. today the american people, through their congressional representatives, bow stow the congressional gold medal upon the courageous foot soldiers who dared to march in the 1965 voting rights movement. >> sunday morning at 10:00 on "road to the white house rewind" from the 1988 presidential campaign of new york republican congressman jack kemp, as he answered questions from the editorial board of "usa today." >> while i have conservative values and i'm conservative on fiscal policy and conservative on defense policy, i am progressive with regard to my belief in the republican party being a lincoln party, a party of black and white, and blue collar and white collar and of all people. so i call it progressive conservative, in order to differentiate myself from the idea that

reverend0 years ago, frederick douglas greece as the president of the dallas county voters league invitederend martin luther king, reverend mark after nasty -- mark abernathy, and the leaders of christian -- bestow the congressional gold medal upon the courageous foot soldiers who dared to march in the 1965 voting rights movement. >> sunday morning at 10:00 on road to the re-house -- road to the white house rewind. he answereds questions from the editorial board of usa today. >> while i have conservative values and on conservative on domestic policy, i'm progressive in my belief with the republican party eating a party of all people. -- being a party of all people. myselfr to differentiate from the idea that i am standing and defending the status quo. eastern, them. 50th anniversary of the gemini eight. we will show a flight. >> they know it is a three-day mission that's primary purposes include rendezvous in space with docking vehicle, first in space, and a two hour spacewalk. >> for the complete american history tv schedule for the c-span.org. >> the senate judiciary committee held its

and -- >> [inaudible] >> as was pointed out this douglas when frederick gave his speech in 1865, where he said he heard lincoln call he limited black support, was so disappointed because it was so limited. that is an important speech because as it was pointed out this morning, douglas said lincoln learned his statesmanship in the school of rail splitting. you take a mall, a big hammer, and drive home the thick and of the wedge. we should have known what lincoln was doing was inserting a thin and -- inserting the thin end of the wedge. >> i think there is a bit of speculation. he would havet done had he lived longer? i don't think that is quite as clear. i think to some extent we have we say about this we have to hedge with some degree of uncertainty. it is quite possible or likely he would have done so. >> i am puzzled still and concerned that even now people seem to take a light -- take to light that-- take to lincoln was a racist. why does that attitude persists? >> i think there is some evidence for that statement in things i've said here. i think in some sense he was a racist. >> [

and -- >> [inaudible] >> as was pointed out this douglas when frederick gave his speech in 1865, where he said he heard lincoln call he limited black support, was so disappointed because it was so limited. that is an important speech because as it was pointed out this morning, douglas said lincoln learned his statesmanship in the school of rail splitting. you take a mall, a big hammer, and drive home the thick and of the wedge. we should have known what lincoln was doing was inserting a thin and -- inserting the thin end of the wedge. >> i think there is a bit of speculation. he would havet done had he lived longer? i don't think that is quite as clear. i think to some extent we have we say about this we have to hedge with some degree of uncertainty. it is quite possible or likely he would have done so. >> i am puzzled still and concerned that even now people seem to take a light -- take to light that-- take to lincoln was a racist. why does that attitude persists? >> i think there is some evidence for that statement in things i've said here. i think in some sense he was a racist. >> [

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frederick douglass. he is a threat throughout our book. originally douglas and gay were friends. they lectured together. one-time douglas asked gay to help him in a matter of wills that he had with someone in boston. that douglasas wanted to be an independent man. he decided to publish his own newspaper. garrison did not want that. douglas went ahead and did it anyway. decided that the constitution was not a proslavery document. garrison believed it was. that was another big issue. interestingly enough, douglas does not mention gay's underground railroad work and gay never mentions douglas' underground railroad work. in one of his narratives frederick douglass mentions louis napoleon. when napoleon died at the age of 81, his death certificate was listed his occupation as underground railroad agent. the underground railroad had been over for years but that was his badge of honor. when gay died in 1888 he was working on a biography of his friend edmund quincy. when abolitionists closed ranks to defeat slavery, they never forgot the days when the differences for them apart. -- tore

his gracious introduction of validity fragrant douglas -- frederick douglass who spoke at length about speech. douglas said the president has expressed himself in favor of extending the rights of suffrage to two classes of colored men. first of those who served, the second the intelligent. the declaration on his part, though it seemed to mean but little, meant a great deal. it was like abraham lincoln. is --er shot presidents prejudices unnecessarily. use the thin edge of the wedge first. the fact that he used it first meant that he would, if need be, use the thick as well as the thin. conclusiont his about the death of lincoln. said, had abraham lincoln been spared to see this day, the negro of the south would have more than the hope of a franchise meant, and no rebels would hold the reins of government in any one of the late rebellious states. now, one can only lament to what could have then. -- could have been. whoever have mourned the loss of abraham lincoln, to the colored people of the country, his death is an unspeakable calamity. and unspeakable calamity. i think that we have t

and -- >> [inaudible] >> as was pointed out this douglas when frederick gave his speech in 1865, where he said he heard lincoln call he limited black support, was so disappointed because it was so limited. that is an important speech because as it was pointed out this morning, douglas said lincoln learned his statesmanship in the school of rail splitting. you take a mall, a big hammer, and drive home the thick and of the wedge. we should have known what lincoln was doing was inserting a thin and -- inserting the thin end of the wedge. >> i think there is a bit of speculation. he would havet done had he lived longer? i don't think that is quite as clear. i think to some extent we have we say about this we have to hedge with some degree of uncertainty. it is quite possible or likely he would have done so. >> i am puzzled still and concerned that even now people seem to take a light -- take to light that-- take to lincoln was a racist. why does that attitude persists? >> i think there is some evidence for that statement in things i've said here. i think in some sense he was a racist. >> [

frederick douglas hitchhiked on tommy's privileged schooling. he got a lucky break in other words as a young slave and that is something that harriet tubman never got carried she never had any exceptional privilege. like most people born into slavery, she remains illiterate her whole life. she signed her name with the x. fortunately for both, the state's large population of free blacks and the presence of sympathetic antes slavery lakers on the eastern shore made it easier to escape to freedom. delaware, the neighboring state was a slave state also. the goal was to get to the mason-dixon line between maryland and pennsylvania. that was the border between slavery and freedom. frederick douglass and tubman fled from bondage as young adults. he in 1838 and she in 1849. she walked and he took the train. tubman soon became a legendary conductor on the underground railroad and was the first woman to later execute an armed expedition in the civil war. as her biographer kate clifford larson put it, she worked by night in secret, silent cells navigating