when i was a priipal at frederick douglas high school, i felt it was important that our studen begino experience college even while they were in high school. and so i worked with our parents to make sure that weot students from frederick douglas high school to the community urg the day. they would take classes at the school for half a day. i'd use the school bus and get them to the community college and the parents were responsible for picking them up at the end of the day. >> all right. dr. monica goldson, we will continue talking to her about her pla ges system ince in this coming -- in this current sch >>> continuing now our talk wh dr. monica goldson. dr. goldson, you said transpar and accountability are very importantwho you. do you feel are the most significt ste tu need to take to achieve, achieve those? h it's my job to make sure that when a situation happens, that get in front of it, that we tell them the facts. if we've made mistakes, we own it and te'k about what going to do to improve. part of that accountability and transpar fm holding ourselves accountable. so we're cre

antislavery movement and described leaders of the movement including william lloyd garis onand frederick douglas and discusses narratives and this class is about 50 minutes. >> let's get to work today, today's discussion is called three types of antislavery reform. and hopefully before, the hour is up today

antislavery movement and described leaders of the movement including william lloyd garis onand frederick douglas and discusses narratives and this class is about 50 minutes. >> let's get to work today, today's discussion is called three types of antislavery reform. and hopefully before, the hour is up today i want to hear you to three kinds of reforms with regard to slavery. if you're to look at america in 19th century they have lots of things they want to change. if you think of things to change, each could cup um with things we'd want to see changed so today we want to talk about one of the most-important changes. you can see the public school system, education is part of the reform just think for just a moment. how are thing kids educated? yes? >> you have to go to university or college. >> yeah. how many do you think are going to college? a couple? few? wealthier families? yes. yes. in 18th century, there is not a system of public education. in those days they just have private schools so in this case here, they didn't have public schools at the time of the revolution so there is a bunch of

frederick douglas said that 5 years of free speech would end slavery, would break every chain in thesouth, he understood that far from being oppression which is something that the pamona students was the most bizarre and tragic ignorance, they said that free speech was means of oppressing minorities, fredrik douglas realized the opposite, he said the sensor and tyrant cannot allow free speech. they cannot allow freedom of thought and freedom of peach is how you liberate minorities by pushing back against absolute power. >> host: we often hear politicians say about the u.s. that our diversity is our strength. >> guest: well, of course, but what we -- what goes by diversity now, that's a misnomer, it's a fraud, what diversity actually means is prifortial -- quotas. but it's achieved through the means of lowering standards and having quotas, that is actually going to destroy our society, it is now spreading the diversity ideology is spreading in the stem field, the national government, the national science foundation is pressuring every academic department out there in engineering and c

frederick douglas said famously in 1878, quote, there was a right side and a wrong side in the late war which no sentiment ought to cause us to forget. and to that van lew would have said amen. he felt, however, like douglas did, in 1878 that americans in her lifetime and in post-war period were forgetting that basic truth. she was appalled to watch richmond become the hub of the lost cause cult. did, in 1878 that she would write after the unveiling of the lee statue on monument ache in 1890, quote, ever since the lee unveiling i have felt this was no place for me. it was that moment, not all the other things she had suffered and endured that really made her feel that there was no place for her. after she dieness 1900, richmond whites have -- confederate sympathies will remember her as a maligned spirit literally haunting her old neighborhood of churchill. interestingly, at the very same time that stories of crazy bet are circulating in the press, elizabeth's oldest friend, a fellow unionist, long-time neighbor, co-worker in the post office, a woman named eliza nonald, was trying in vai

let me mention one more thing on frederick douglass. douglas is one of the most inspiring figures in the entire libertarian tradition. he liberated himself from slavery. his story is told in two autobiographies and is extraordinarily inspiring. what a human being he was and what he accomplished. really uninspiring 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 i only cared about me, i wouldn't be doing this. a lot of other things i can do for me, instead of trying to bring freedom to all of you, as well. to be a libertarian doesn't mean i 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 to brazil on a statue, engraved. he dedicated his life to eliminating slavery in brazil. the last country in the americas to eliminate slavery. educate

calhoun and frederick douglas. they study the speeches of fdr rshs lbg, ronald reagan, barack obama, and clarence thomas. students are taught to expect to engage in arguments, including arguments with cl they probably vehemently disagree. a side result of this, i believe, is intellectual moderation. when students know there are good arguments on the other side, even if they're not persuade by those arguments, 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. a group of my students, including one of my most politically progressive students, asked me if my capacity as program director to facilitate a private student-only conversation with murray. they proposed that leaders of the campus democrats, republicans reasoned a few other groups be invited in the was not to be a public event, it wasn't going to be advertised, only those who were invited would even know about it. there was only one ground rule. stud

you have an account of french of douglas striking a slaveholder. -- frederick douglass striking a slaveholder. it is an audacious thing to do. do you think he made it up? some scholars think he did. if he made it up, this is the fun part, we cannot resolve this issue. if he made it up, punching his overseer, why would he make it up if he made it up? that is the more interesting question, i suppose? why do think he would write about it after he is free? positively a form of propaganda. the fact is this individual in it this book, if you can fight an overseer, so can others and lead the uprise. professor harris: well said. take slavery into your own hands and defend yourself, even through violence am a even through violence and -- violence, even through violence, it makes you more independent. chance, ir get a would encourage you to read this narrative. there is a lot of abolitionists literature that comes out of this period it is one of my favorite. it is not a hard thing to read. if you have a chance, definitely worth looking at. let me give you another one. before i do that, let me tell you

the actions flew in the face of celebrated black abolitionists frederick douglass and william wells brown. douglas and brown advocated 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. they don fancy close -- donned fancy clothes like white women. men drank alcohol, and even though it broke from the thinking of important black individuals -- soldiers continued to use alcohol as a means of liberation. for demon wester -- whiskey also freed his body. being captured by police and civi

another core course, they read the founders and debate with lincoln and douglas, and john c calhoun, and frederickdouglass. 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