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. >>> but before that what do christopher columbus and frederick douglas and florida and oklahoma have in common? a lot more than you think. that's next. common? a lot more than you think. that's next. >>> slavery is as old as time and has taken place in every corner of the world, even amongst people i just left. being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? i don't see the problem. >> okay, so if you are not already familiar with prager you kids, it is conservative propaganda styled as educational material created for children by the unacretted right advocacy group prageru. prageru kids entered the state as the state became the first in the nation to enter the videos like that one with the animated christopher columbus talking about slavery as supplemental educational material for grades k-12. and now it is heading to more classrooms. as of today there's a second state now working with prageru to bring this content into public schools. oklahoma's department of education has announced an ongoing partnership with prageru kids. in statement the department said prageru will help

so in other words, if frederick douglas or leonardo da vinci, albert einstein would they be less educable hair style, strands of hair from the kid's grandfather, that it reflects his heritage, that he is not being allowed to wear is this hair style, which violates a policy that violates common sense and i believe violates state law. and certainly, it could violate the constitution. because loced hair styles, in other words dredlocs is meant to be hair for grown, and it is not meant for a crew top, a high top fade in style. dredlocs are meant to be worn long. so it is discriminate another and irrational. >> interestingly enough, as you said that, we just learned that the family of darryl george has decided it is filing a lawsuit against governor abbott, so on state lines, you just laid out in, you know, your opinion, the many layers in which it is discriminatory, so you feel this family has a very strong case. they're not just going after the school district. they're going after the state. they're going after the governor. >> absolutely. so frederick, let's think about this. this case is e

now the library, the frederick douglas library has been there for a number of years and it was mold throughout the entire library to the point that it destroyed volumes, it destroyed artifacts. i finally did get it back open and get the students moved in but that's one of the buildings, in our academic circle, it is what we call one of our oldest historic buildings. so just think about a door that you will replace normally in a place, you have to look at that in a different way. there's ornate sidings on the windows. my cfo would give me language. it looks pretty, it looks nice, we need fix it. and that meant a lot for my students. it meant a lot for the buildings. as a university of maryland eastern shore, we are one of the land grant institution that is we call ourselves. science, technology, engineering, agriculture, aviation and math. yet my science lab that the students come in, their first year in georgia washington harbor hall, it is abombable right now. i need the infrastructure fixed in the older buildings. that's what leveraging the resources will allow us to do. we are a public inst

the frederick douglas library has been there for a number of years and it was throughout the entire library, it destroyed volumes and artifacts. i finally did get it back open and students moved back in, but that's one of the buildings in our academic circle, it is what we call one of our oldest historic buildings. so just think about a door you would replace normally in a place, you have to look at that in a different way. there's ornate siding on the windows. and my cfo would give me language, it looks pretty, it looks great, you've got to get it fixed. it's tough to do in a historic building. that's why i said thank you to the congresswoman and secretary cordona and they allowed some of that for relief. that meant a lot for my students and buildings. at university of maryland, we are one of the land grants, we're steam, science, technology, math and my science lab that the students come in the first year in george washington carver hall it's abominable right now. in the older ... buildings. that's what leveraging the resources will allow us to do. we are a public institution. we are so p

frederick douglass newspaper. he had the newspaper for 16 years and they are gold mines of information. douglas profit, douglas as writer, and douglas as politician. douglas as politician. talk a little bit about his profit of freedom. >> first, i have to say, eddie has really read this book. and it is a little scary. we were sitting upstairs chatting away and we had some time on the telephone, he's bringing up things that i can hardly remember. if you put the word profit in your title, you better be ready to defend it, it's a big, big word. all through these years of working on douglas, you can't miss it in his rhetoric, written and spoken, that he is deeply steeped in the bible, particularly in the old testament. that's not surprising in the 19th century, many people were, most intellectuals were. the most, his first reading, in serious ways, comes not just in reading the bible, but in reading with ministers, in preachers, the streets of baltimore and certain churches in baltimore. with douglas adopted isn't rocket science, he adopted the great story of the old testament. the idea that the te

unprecedented at the time, but part of the idea to advance civil rights, including frederick douglass. he gives douglas a federal job. he advocates for service reformn he stands up to roscoe conkling. reconkling had this republican boss, he follows as the result of the actions of garfield. in the end, he was probably ther president most to credit for he meaningful silver service refore but not in the way that he would have chosen. in the lltrain station over to the weight of the college reunion, garfield is going to the platform and an insane man who was a disappointed office s speaker, charles kato, shoots om them twice from behind. and sadly, garfield probably would have been okay if the doctors had just left him alone. but, no. they kept poking and prodding him, with unsterilized instruments and their fingers, trying to find out where the bullet was. he gets badly infected and he lingers for months before dying. and although this of course is undeniably tragic, present garfield's death have been his biggest contribution to american politics. the shocking nature of a presidential assassination by a d

i was just covering today with students john brown's relationship with frederick douglass. i mean, douglas item s almost -- douglass almost decided that he would go with john brown to harper's ferry. he backed out at the last moment. there wases a note that was found, someone from two years prior from douglass. he had to quickly get out of where he was in pennsylvania, he was near philadelphia at the time, ask and run back home, get his stuff and he left the country. but he was almost hooked in. that would have been douglass, hen certainly would have been executed just like brown was obviously ec do you wanted. so their egos -- executed. their egos along with their ardent belief and their ability to articulate it, and dorr was a brilliant writer, he was a good speaker. he had a deep education and a tremendous education for that period, and he was captivating. anyone who who really knew him closely always talked about his powerful intellect. he was a brilliant writer, and he could, you know, really bring a lot of people into his orbit, and he definitely did. which was dangerous, and people

historic site, the old douglass high school, named after frederick douglass was located here and had to be torn down because of asbestos. but the douglas center remains, and it has become a symbol of pride for this community. we are in a good place here today, i am glad this is where we could hold this event. thank you for coming here, thank you so much to the first lady, for coming with you. i am sure she could have done a lot of other things. but she is like my wife, when i go somewhere, i like for her to go with me my even if it is to go to walmart. we enjoyed being together, and i know you do too. thank you mr. president. god bless you. [no audio] [no audio]

historic site, the old douglass high school, named after frederick douglass was located here and had to be torn down because of asbestos. but the douglas center remains, and it has become a symbol of pride for this community. we are in a good place here today, i am glad this is where we could hold this event. thank you for coming here, thank you so much to the first lady, for coming with you. i am sure she could have done a lot of other things. but she is like my wife, when i go somewhere, i like for her to go with me my even if it is to go to walmart. we enjoyed being together, and i know you do too. thank you mr. president. god bless you. [no audio] [no audio] >> a healthy democracy does not just look like this. it looks like this. where americans can see democracy at work. when citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. get informed straight from the source on c-span, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. from the nation's capitol, to wherever you are. the opinion that matters the most is your own. this is what democracy looks like. c-span, powered by cable. ♪ >> sees benzo washington journal, our live form and bothering you

frederick douglass? >> wells was actually close to douglas, particularly after she was exiled from memphis. she went into his circle, she became friends with his second wife and was able to work with him, they collaborated on a protest pamphlet against the exclusion of african-americans from the 1893 chicago world's fair, the columbian exposition, celebrating 400 years of american progress and exceptionalism. and, because african-americans had been systematically excluded from any of the exhibits, the only nonwhite peoples who were allowed to but despite the fair with those who were in the midway exhibits showing the evolution of societies from primitive hunter gatherer societies up to the great achievements of white americans as you entered into the main exhibition halls of what was literally called the white city. they created a protest pamphlet that wells wrote a substantial portion of. she signed her name to the article on lynch law, most closely associated with her but she also probably wrote if not all, substantial portions of the chapter on racial segregation and also the chapter on

frederick douglass, the new york historical society has a statue of him outfront. he is one of our sustainable heroes in american -- america's past. hayden: another book that has been published about him recently was picturing douglas, because he was the most photographed american ever. brinkley: it was so fascinating, not only was he photographed, he became a huge celebrity. lincoln was excited to meet with frederick douglass and see him, and he would fill out lecture halls, people would be packed into encounter him. and there are some of the episodes leading into the civil war where douglas is center stage, but he met john brown out of kansas, most famously of harpers ferry, to try to seize a federal arsenal and handout guns. so that enslaved people could revolt. that was a bridge too far for frederick douglass. people that loved him where like emerson, thoreau, alcott, the intellectual proud -- proud of break -- greater boston. hayden: we are physically next door to the supreme court, right here. at the library of congress. and the next book is the common law by oliver wendell holmes junior. holmes says that the life of the law has not been logic, it has been experience. why is this on the list? brinkley: i was