. >> my hero frederick douglas talked about complicated relationship that he had with abraham lincoln newspaper and he was going war with the president. but in the end of it end of brokering deals together, he freed slaves through the emancipation proclamation and lost his life because of it and i'm sure you can talk about early days of lincoln say african slave i don't think country is ready. but you've got -- you can't tell part of the story. it seems like for loik and with american story as well. and we're talking about this earlier about like this idea of patriotism and where americas are and left is always disappointed in america because progressive successful rooted in grievance, and right is always disaupon thed in america because conservatism is always rooted in spnt and both done wrong by the masses on those two things. left feel look our prosperity is rooted in a oppression and right feels like we're ruining everything that brought us prosperity and maybe both right a little bit but i tell people i'm not interested in the facts of history as much as i am interpretation of th

frederick douglas gave the speech what does fourth of july mean to slaves?talked about how he loved the country, but he wanted the country to live up to his value system which is what people want to criticize today. america is not bad. there are evil people. there are people that do mid-do not live up to the founding document. we had a bad american that harmed innocent americans. we celebrate the good of america. we want america to live up to the founding documents, but we love this country. that's what we will celebrate all night. >> somebody didn't pick ronald reagan. conservative legend and a great communicator. somebody who stood for family values, deregulation, lower taxes. it feels like we are in a duplicate time of the carter administration where you have somebody in the white house saying don't worry. put a sweater on. maybe there will be a repeat of reagan come next presidential term. we will have to wait and see on that one. my favorite american is ronald reagan, but also dolly parton. >> everybody loves her. >> she's a perfect person. she is so ta

welcome to them frederick douglas with paul by this so are other blacks the lincoln invited the first delegation of african americans the white house in august of 1862. he asked them to to rally their communities a free blacks to leave the country. they said mr. president, we're americans where we're going. hey, we're gonna have to get used to us now. it's it's been argued that that lincoln was trying to temper the negative reaction that he expected the emancipation proclamation. he may have just felt that there was such such terrible racism that the communities couldn't live together. he said to that same group of blacks. no community has ever suffered worse harm than my people. he spoke of whites as my people not americans and my people has it on you. nonetheless frederick douglass said despite all the ways in which they or the policies in which they have lincoln said he disagreed with he said he was the first great man as he put it who never may be conscious of the difference of race. without i think we're going to open to some signings if anyone would like to get a book. thank you

if you want to look at thomas jefferson's collection or george washington's or rosa parks or frederick douglas's collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. thank you

if you want to look at thomas jefferson's collection or george washington's or rosa parks or frederick douglas's collection, i could go on and on you could do it from home. thank you to everyone who have stopped by the loc pavilion and of course everyone who stopped by our open house yesterday. we can't thank you enough your stories your work have completely inspired us from prison librarians to army librarians to of course children and youth young adult librarians. we were so inspired by all the stories. we were hearing. one thing that was spotlighted during the pandemic was the important role of libraries across the nation. people discover that librarians are frontline workers during this pandemic whether you were giving out free covid tests or doing contact tracing or just trying to help your communities get through that entire pandemic. so today's conversation is as vital as librarians you all have an important role in the release of proper information. so today that librarian of congress along with her with our esteemed colleague will be discussing this important topic. so it is my distingu

photograph of charles douglas, the son of frederick douglass when he entered the war and a photograph of his other son when he entered the war. we begin to see we need to read the sense of masculinity, the purpose, the purposeful poses and this is the first time we can see the love with a mother writing and explaining the story. then we see love through the relationship of lewis douglas and his fiancÉe, amelia. she writes to him and he writes to her i've been in two fights and i'm about to go to another. he says if i survive i will write you a long letter. jacob carter is missing, joe is wounded. and they are all in the hospital. here he says my dear girl, i'm away, do not fret. he's concerned about her welfare and the war and also informing her about the experiences of different people. so, when we think what i wanted to include in these letters because when i was in school we were told black people couldn't write, they didn't have a desire to read and write or even think about family. so, finding these stories that are in the archives and collections are central to the experience of

the range of images, a photograph of charles douglas, son of frederick douglass, when he entered the war! and a photograph of his other son, louis douglass when he entered the war. we begin to see the importance of photography, the importance of bravery as they pose. you really get the sense of masculinity, purpose, pose. the purposeful poses -- also love. this is the first time we could see mother love. a mother explaining and following his story. we see loved through the explanation of lewis and the kids beyoncÉ, and amelia. she writes to him, he writes to her. i have been into fights but i am on her. i'm about to go to another, i believe, tonight. he says, you know, if i survive i shall write you a long letter. george washington is missing, jacob carter is missing, charles reeves has been wounded. they are all in the hospital. he says, my dear girl, i am away. enough race of the death. he is caring and concerned about her welfare. he's concerned about the war. he is also informing her about the experiences of different people. when we think why i wanted to include these letters, w

brian: for frederick douglass, lincoln's win was all about hope. but when he didn't immediately free the slaves, douglasg lincoln to move as quickly as possible and at the same time you have to admire and respect lincoln's patience. brian: the white house looked a lot like it did in 1860. you could line up on that porch and hope the president would see you one-on-one. >> lincoln was smitten with douglass. he wanted to meet douglass. douglas traveled the nation recruiting blacks. >> one of the youth beauties of that recruitment effort included his own two sons who fought in the 54th. while they were being shot at, african-americans holding the flag, didn't want it to up the soil. it was important to defend the flag. brian: they would meet three times face to face. the union would go on to win the war and allow our nation to reunite. with so much work to do together, john wilkes booth assassination robbed frederick douglass of a partner to do that work with. >> frederick douglass outlived abraham lincoln by 30 years. his main mark on american history came alongside our 16th president. together they were u

as frederick douglass acknowledged and a little-known december 1865. speech. on that occasion douglas remarked that lincoln support for only limited like suffrage. disappointed him at first because of its limited scope. and it seemed to mean but little as douglas said but douglas soon realized that it actually as he put it met a great deal. he went on to say it was just like abraham lincoln. he never shocked prejudices unnecessarily. having learned statesmanship while splitting rails. he always used the thin edge of the wedge first. and the fact that he used it at all. man that he would if need be use the thick edge as well as a thin. 1964 lincoln had begun dealing with the issue of black suffrage. in march of that year inserted the thinage of the wedge by privately urging louisiana's governor as jonathan white pointed out earlier today to support the infranchisement of blacks who served in the military or or who were intelligent ie literate. the following spring and summer lincoln worked behind the scenes to persuade the louisiana constitutional convention to do so. and april 65 he d

douglas once said, knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave. rather than quick fix it is leaves survivors vulnerable to retrafficking. the frederick douglass bill invests in dignified solutions by providing survivors opportunities for education and jobs. so they can become self-reliant and even leaders. it provides a first time $35 million for housing assistance grant for victims of trafficking. the number of people without housing in the u.s. continues to climb. while trafficking victims are extraordinarily vulnerable if they don't have a place to live. we cannot forget what is happening in ukraine and good language in the bill calling to attention all of those who have been so horribly mistreated and trafficked. it also points out, i would say, i thank the chairwoman bass for bringing a focus to foster care and so many of our foster care children have been trafficked. it's a place extreme vulnerability. she has very good language she put into this bill. it says there is nearly 25 million people in the world who are enslaved. most are women and children. that is unconscionable. every human life is of value. we as lawmakers have a