one of my favorites being the spirit of frederick douglass. as michael of lexington, kentucky, calls himself. him others are all decked out for the occasion. here is a lady in mourning attire. i know she was hot. [laughter] this day dress was probably much cooler. and proper church of tyra always required a hat and gloves. -- always -- church attire always required a hat and gloves. we had sense enough dressing in cooling white. the mayor brought greetings from the city. to the mayors left is the flags great union tombstone of private amos mckinney. with tears of joy in their eyes, granddaughter and great-grandson undraped their ancestors tombstone. after line 4909 years in an unmarked grave, private and is beginning is no longer one of the forgotten. reenactors prepared to carry out the following -- volleying. homage is paid to the civil war veterans, private and is beginning. in conclusion, you will learn additional interesting details, you must put on your to-do list a visit to the african-american civil war museum in washington, d.c. the m

and as you listen to the words of frederick douglass imagine what the black mont man has upon his person and let him get to it eagle on his buttons or a musket on his soldier -- shoulder and bullets in his pocket there is no power on earth that could deny he hazards our bright as citizenship in the united states. who did you hear? [laughter] but after the word drug on over two years with desertion and said casualty's with the unsuccessful draft with the president to prevent. he must sign the formal "emancipation proclamation" that was finally issued january 1st committee to 63. it reads -- dip free allstate's with the exception of those already under union control but it did tempering the slaves of maryland, delaware, a kansas and missouri because the president was fearful to lose those slave holding border states. and also declared the black man could be received into the army. many took advantage with the mixed race regiment thereby creating the fourth category of black soldiers. again the number is hard to determine because their racial identification is set on the military record. th

he rivaled frederick douglass for prominence in black politics and earned the trust of whites that would seem notable in almost any era of american history. who was langston? langston was born in 1829 in virginia and raised in ohio and graduated from oberlin college in an era when most americans didn't think plaques had basic citizenship rights. langston was also the son of all white slave owner and african-american woman who sent his sons to a high to get an education because they were not going to be educated in virginia. he was biracial but he was also in our language and african-american. though langston went to ohio, went to oberlin college, became a lawyer and somehow persuaded a steady stream of whites to beat a path to his door and hire him as a lawyer in ohio when ohio didn't even allow african-americans to vote. he then rose through black and white politics until he had his career by becoming the dean of howard law school and the united states minister to haiti. links and as i argue in the book was the quintessential nineteenth century representative black man, established abol

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republicans even named an anti-abortion bill after abolitionist frederick douglass.e though slavery line and this comparison to slavery, no matter how insulting and offensive to some of us. they use it all the time through several issues. >> and they did it even decades ago when it came to social security. they did it decades ago when it came to medicare. the reality is that, as you know, i know, and every thinking, compassionate human being knows that slavery was human bondage. slavery was an immoral act. everyone knows that. there's nothing immoral about trying to feed children. there's nothing immoral about giving people an upper hand. what we understood about slavery was the immorality of it, the inhugh mainness of it. the fact that it literally killed millions of people. and, by the way, we fought a civil war over it. this is what -- >> and lost a lot of lives. and it was around people being due humanized. but, when you hear these comparisons to slavery and these trying to keconnect these kindsf dots with ugliness, how does this play to mainstream voters in this

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frederick douglass said in life you may not get all you pay for, but you will pay for all you get.ton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the endless bummer. let's play "hardball." >>> are ready to do it all again. and again and again. cruz is blaming his fellow senate republicans. far bigger is the relentless onslaught of anger against the

frederick douglass said in life you may not get all you pay for, but you will pay for all you get. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. >>> the endless bummer. let's play "hardball." >>> are ready to do it all again. and again and again. cruz is blaming his fellow senate republicans. far bigger is the relentless onslaught of anger against the president, the affordable care act, and all things obama. for that the course is now set. a huge fight over the budget heading into the week before christmas. another government shutdown looming early in the new year. finally another debt ceiling the month after that. expect this fight against obama to barrel all the way until 2016. for his enemies, the demolition of this president remains their most exciting quest. they call it the cause. its battle flag is the stars and bars. the notion somehow those who back cruz and lee are the real americans. to take it back from the other. minorities and liberals and others who to them constitute the enemy. be warned. with every fresh defeat, this crowd becomes more frustrat

we know that as frederick douglass said, how -- power concedes nothing without a demand but it never has and it never will. some i demanded it is that housing be recognized as a human rights in this country. when i say this on the radio or television, i'm often told this is an unreasonable demand. what i personally think is unreasonable is that in the richest nation in the world, under a government that has figured out how to collect all of my e-mail and all of my phone logs, under any know that it's figured out how to wage war with remote control and construct the largest prison system in u.s. history, and in world history, we can't figure out how to structure society such that a but has a basic place to put their children to sleep at night? housing must be recognize as a human right, and the power that be won't or can't figure out how to ensure this right, then we should figure out how to have the right to liberate the homes in the land ourselves. it is this type of collective liberation that people across the country, people like bertha garrett, people like martha biggs are alread

local maryland- based guitar manufacturer, to donate 16 new acoustic guitars to baltimore's frederick douglassooking on twitter for good pictures to show you for this segment.. this is priceless. (((vo)) torrey smith put this on instagram. it's him and his wife chanel with the sign "we are" on the prego label. torrey posted the caption "can't believe she got me to take this pic...but it's a blessing so i'm with it". coming up... you're never too old... to learn something new. what this pro basketball player is doing in the pool... with a bunch of little kids. plus... a child... goes under the knife. the risky... elective... surgery the toddler's parents decided to move forward with... and why. you're watching fox 45 morning news.. all local.. all morning. ((break 3)) ((bump in)) according to [ male announcer ] if paula ebert had her way, she would help her child. with everything. no. no no no no no. mommy's here. but instead she gives him capri sun. with absolutely no artificial preservatives. [ male announcer ] some people lift your spirits... the same way the smooth, creamy taste of coffee-m

we've got to keep moving and that struggle, struggle, strife and pain, as frederick douglass would say are the prerequisites for change. if we want cheage, we've got to keep struggling. that's exactly what we're going to do. i yield back. ms. jackson lee: what a significant, enlightened presentation by congressman davis if i might summarize his very broad and effective presentationed on the educating of our members, he has spoken about the collateral damage and the collateral damage, mr. davis is spreading like wildfire. you added to it, it's parking fwradges, it's the c.t.a. or the m.t.a. or the metro. it is the restaurants. it is the district of columbia that is a collateral damage a city that has to keep its doors open but lo and behold it's being impacted by the shutdown. again, workers are shut out and shut down. if i might ask the speaker how much time is remaining, please. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady has nine minutes remaining. . ms. jackson lee: if i might take a moment and mr. davis may want to comment as i proside on some facts. i know he's been a leader on some o

douglass bridge area. a crash working on 270 southbound just past old georgetown to the left. heavy traffic headed southbound. >> this just end, breaking severe weather. a severe thunderstorm warning for winchester and frederick produce winds per hour.of 60 miles we will keep you up-to-date. >> stay tuned for that. [ cheers and applause ] >>> what a beautiful crowd. beautiful monday morning here in times square. as we say -- stress, stress, stress, you're okay. we say good morning, america. >> monday morning. a lot of happiness for our good friend, jack hanna. in the control room. a few animals. denise got the beaveron there. a vinturon. denise is back from her honeymoon. there with a lemur on her shoulder. >> oh, no. is that a sloth? >> that's a sloth. hanging out in the control room. please don't make me say anything about wild animals and our control rooms. >> oh, look. >> that's not us running through the hallways. this time, it's penguins. we're all here to celebrate jack hanna's 30th anniversary on this show, by the way. an amazing, amazing, amazing thing. >>> also ahead, a very important story. is there a link between concussions and brain damage being suffered in the nfl by thousands of players. a con