frederick douglass no, it was moses maimonides 50 to 25.let's take a moment and say hi to our team members william, we've asked all the teams to give thanks to some people or groups who of them out with quiz kids, or with school, or with life who would you like to thank? so i'd like to thank my dad and my grandma for really being enthusiastic and supporting me and also our quiz bowl club adviser mr. wilson, because this wouldn't be possible without him. that's very nice. karthik? ok, rather like william, i'd like to thank my parents for supporting me in everything i do my club adviser and my teamms because i wouldn't be here without them. that, and the drone you have flying over everyone's house. i am never going to live that d. you are never going to live that down. brandon, who would you like to thank? i'd like to thank my parents. they've been super supportive not just here, but throughout my life i'd like to thank the president of our club jessica chin who's a junior right now who is unfortunately too busy to come e and i'd also like to

it happened at 118th and frederick douglass boulevard. police right now looking for the gunman. jim dolan at the scene of the shooting. >> you can't exactly call raphael benjamin lucky. he was shot in the head yesterday from a bullet that came all the way down the street. it wasn't a graze wound. it went in and it went out. but it did almost no damage to his brain at all. in fact, remember, this happened yesterday. he told us all about it tonight. >> reporter: raphael benjamin works at the canaan baptist church in harlem and lives nearby with his 14-year-old son. yesterday he thought all that might be over. >> i've got two holes in my head. it went in and came out the other way. >> reporter: benjamin spoke to us from his bed at mt. sinai st. luke's hospital. he was shot in the head outside his home on west 118th. >> i see toward us, down the block with a gun. i started running. and the guy shot me. >> reporter: when johnson said benjamin is a dedicated father who still has so much work to do in his life. >> the police officer with him shared with him two more inches, you'd proba

well, i feel the way frederick douglass did.anyone to do good and no one to do harm. >> you don't really consider yourself a republican. >> not at all. no, i consider myself a classical liberal. the way i look at it the democrats are taking us at about # 00 miles another over the financial cliff, and towards a two-tiered society and the republicans are taking us there at 70 miles an hour. >> lesser of the two eeflsvils? >> i don't like to put it that way. less unproductive. >> reporter: five republican presidential candidates including scott walker who has since dropped out, were invited to the koch brothers' most recent donor meeting in august. donald trump, who was not on the guest list tweeted, i wish good luck to all the republican candidates that traveled to california to beg for money, et cetera from the koch brothers. adding the word puppets, with a question mark. >> are you intending to support a candidate for president? >> well, it depends. >> if donald trump got the nomination would you support him? >> i made a vow i'm

well, i feel the way frederick douglass did.ork with anyone to do good and no one to do harm. >> you don't really consider yourself a republican. >> not at all. no, i consider myself a classical liberal. the way i look at it, the democrats are taking us at about # 00 miles another over the financial cliff, and towards a two-tiered society and the republicans are taking us there at 70 miles an hour. >> lesser of the two eefvils? >> i don't like to put it that way. less unproductive. >> reporter: five republican presidential candidates, including scott walker, who has since dropped out, were invited to the koch brothers' most recent donor meeting in august. donald trump, who was not on the guest list, tweeted, i wish good luck to all the republican candidates that traveled to california to beg for money, et cetera, from the koch brothers. adding the word, puppets, with a question mark. >> are you intending to support a candidate for president? >> well, it depends. >> if donald trump got the nomination, would you support him? >> i

visitors will get to see a portrait of frederick douglass. and a painting of a former slave market. it will be open for public tours starting next week. vintage, is always in and never out, especially if it's gucci dior chanel and they take us to the manhattan vintage set show where even stylists and designers go to scoop out one-of-a-kind fines. it's pretty fabulous there. >> the manhattan vintage clothing show is bringing vintage clothing. many are retail customers that are buying things for themselves. the other 20% are fashion designers. all the famous fashion designers come here and costume designers for movies. editor at large. vintage is a very significant component when designers put together their mood. what is the influence of vintage on the national row question so many designers have their teams here looking for inspiration pieces. the inference can be pretty literal. as for how everyday people can incorporate it into their wardrobe? >> it's about finding the decade that works for you and what fits your personality and then go from there. there's one particular decade po

reason it was done, it was started by a 23-year-old kid from teach america who went to frederick frederick douglassd was going to teach high school chemistry. two days before the principal said a special ed teacher teaching seventh-eighth grad had a nervous breakdown. he said it was wild. he was in fear for his life. the kids didn't listen, and out of desperation, he came up with this idea of lacrosse. and it's had amazing success. so i think there is -- it's all about balance. and the final thing i'll say is, you know, athletics under the right conditions teach, what do they teach? teamwork. comradeship. togetherness. competition. and the most formidable people i've ever seen in my life had that balance. they didn't see sports as a means to an end or an end to all means, but they saw sports as part of their lives they could ultimately use in their lives. you know, you cannot outcompete. so there is a way. but when you're building $60 million stadiums and you're elevating sports to that high a pitch, it's very hard and almost unfair. anyway, i've talked way too much. thank you very much. [applause]

started by the 23 year-old kid from teach america went to frederick douglass in today's a nervous breakdownand in yourh taking over seventh and eighth grade special ed. he was in fear for his wife and kids didn't listen and out of that came this idea. it has been aisn amazing succesa i think it's all about balance. what do they teach? teamwork. togetherness, they saw sports as something they could ultimately use in their lives. there is a way. when you're building million-dollar stadiums, it's very hard and almost unfair to expect it to concentrate. anyway, thank you veryx much [applause]. if anybody would like to have their books signed, please start on the left here. interested in american history? watch american history television on c-span three every weekend. forty-eight hours of people and events that help document the american story. visit cspan.org/history for more information. this is book tv on c-span2. television for serious readers. here's our primetime lineup. tonight an expectation of paul ryan's possible run for speaker of the house. a re- air of the 2014 talk on his book the

frederick douglass even adopted the hairstyle of white america. he attempted to run for office and in fact did. you had african-americans who bought into the whole idea of american democracy and ran to the united states senate. they weren't trying to put forward an african aesthetic. they put together -- and what happen the whole idea was fully bought into by african-americans who wanted to go to school at the schools of white americans. they wanted to get the same education and never thought about a separate ideal. it was only later when the country itself rejected it. african former slaves not only did not have revenge but they attempted to buy into their norms and their dress and their style of doing our hair. look at the way we do our hair. the first black millionaire is someone who was able to help african-american women adopt the hairstyle of white americans. the post- racialism is something that african-americans tried in the response was vicious. the end of reconstruction is not just an afterthought, it was violent. it was a vicious repute

started by the 23 year-old kid from teach america went to frederick douglass in today's before the principalaid the teacher had a nervous breakdown and you're taking over specialized map. he said he would fear for his life and death of desperation came up with this idea. it has had amazing success. there is a way. is about balance. athletics and the right conditions teaches teamwork teamwork, comradeship and togetherness, a competition.

the you see him doing in words of frederick douglass is making a brazen misstatement of history. that is what i think was particularly galling and shocking to the public. martha: at this point, i would say that roger taney knows that in his home state of maryland, after an americans voted at the end of the 18th century in the era of the constitution's ratification. he knows that even as he tells a different story. host: so he is twisting history. martha: he tells a story that suits his conclusion but it is not one that i think even he could ultimately defend. host: the constitution center is fiercest two of the supreme court decisions come from dred scott. outjustices rather defense loud over the course of two days and ultimately, justice ferguson resigned in protest. timetopher: a very short on the court, six years. he was very upset. dissent, ittypical is an angry dissent. you get the sense that he is saying more than i disagree. he is saying more than, i think you are wrong. look at the record, look at all of the data. look at the arguments that i have presented to you. it is

what you see justice tawny doing in the words of frederick douglass is making a brazen misstatement of history. that is what i think was particularly galling and shocking to jurists, the public, but even to justice curtis. martha: at this point, i would wellhat roger tawny knows that in his home state of maryland, after an americans voted at the end of the 18th century in the era of the constitution's ratification. tawny knows that even as he tells a different story in dred scott. host: so he is twisting history. martha: he tells a story that suits his conclusion, but it is not one that i think even he could ultimately defend. host: the constitution center is tweeting along with this, telling us that two of the fiercest supreme court decisions come from dred scott. the justices rather defense out loud over the course of two days and ultimately, justice ferguson -- justice curtis resigned from the court in protest. christopher: a very short time on the court, six years. he was very upset. you read his opinion it is not a , typical dissent. it is an angry dissent. you get the sense that

what word can we use that frederick douglass, harriet wb dubois, paul josephon, reverend lowery, malcolmand equality in this country. we have petitions, demonstrations, suffocated, agitated -- sup nation,, implored this but continue to be buffered by the words of imposition and justification. our cries, moans, and menstruation sport justice met with violence and in so. ications have been disregarded and we have been met with contempt. fold, no longer just weep, bag and pray. we need justice which we have been seeking forever so long. we must stand up and demand justice. i am tired. i don't how you feel, but i am tired of stupid, sugary sweet candy,dy -- cotton powder puff incarnations. new,ed the birthday basket real, raw, fruit. why are we here today? we are here because we need a movement. we are here because we need a focused, organized, systematized approach to solve our problems. i know some of you think nothing can be done. i know some of you think we don't have the power to stand up against our from where the -- our formidable adversary and the most powerful unique -- nation in th

rich bostonians and new yorkers funded the abolition movement, including supporting frederick douglass, who came up with one of the greatest civic insights of all: "power concedes nothing without a demand." and if we are so, so shorn of any morale that we don't even demand anymore because we've given up on ourselves, why should the power brokers give us the time of day, especially when they got two parties dialing for the same commercial dollars? so here we go. you'll never hear this type of proposal. ready? justice needs money. the environmental movement was funded before it became a membership base by a few rich people. the early civil rights movement, heavy funding from the stern fund in new orleans, the curry family in virginia. the women's suffrage movement was slowing down until some rich women helped fund it in the 19th century. a small portion of very rich people, especially in their 70s, 80s, and 90s, where they have a different perspective on life. they want to look their grandchildren in their eye. they're thinking of not wanting to leave this country, heading for the cliff.

but i will close with an observation by frederick douglass. man can tell the intense agony which was held by the slave when making his escape. ,ll that he has is that escape all that he has is that stake, even all that he does not have is at stake. the life which he has maybe lost in the liberty that he seeks may not be gained. but we salute those who, in success and in failure, made the attempt to make their lives better. as harriet tubman would say, to seek freedom between the cause of the lion -- the clause -- claws of the lion. to watch over us today as we need the challenges of our own time and as we look back with pride on these heroes and heroines of the underground railroad in the district of columbia. thank you. [applause] >> we have just a couple of minutes for questions if any of you have them. i'm going to take a moment to remind you again, we have one more presentation of the d.c. summer reading program, which is thursday, august 27. a fascinating look at woodson. also we have this series coming up and the woodridge interim librar

frederick douglass adopted even the hair style of white america, believed in the ideals of democracy of white america, attempted to run for office, and in fact, did. you had african-americans who bought into the whole idea of american democracy and ran for the united states senate, adopted the dress. .. down to their style of doing our hair. just like a millionaire if someone was able to help african-american women adopt the hairstyle of white america. it wasn't something that african-americans tried, the response was vicious post-reconstruction. the end the end of reconstruction was not just an afterthought, it was a vicious rebuke. we tend to think of people as racial we forget that this country was highly racialized and that racism was rejected. he said we have to kill them to prevent them from thinking they can marry our daughters, move near our home, and be our people. so so the attempt by african-americans they had to have federal troops march them into college. they had to have federal troops march their children into elementary school. they had to fight communities, mothers,

frederick douglass, without struggle -- and that's what we can do. even if it seems small collectively as we all do it, the world changes, and that's basically all the genie could tell you. >> it's a very good question. i think there are organizations out there that are pushing economic justice initiatives. there's one starting up, i serve on the advisory council for it, at the center for community change, for example. a way that's going to re-orient and make economic demands. right? so i think supporting their efforts -- i think also more broadly, realizing that all of our fates-linked. whether you're wealthy or not, your fate is linked. we as political scientist have begun to say that we have reached levels of income and wealth inequality that make us look more like an oligarch can i than a democracy, and the stream levels of wealth inequality and income inequality are hurting the democratic function of our system. they're actually contributing to political polarization, contributing to spatial sorting so it you've look at maps from then 1970s vers

go back and look at the photos of african-americans at the time, frederick douglass adopted even the hair style of white america, believed in the ideals of democracy of white america, attempted to run for office and, in fact, did. you had african-americans who bought into the whole idea of american democracy and ran for the united states senate. they weren't trying to put forward an african aesthetic, they put forward a very american aesthetic right away, and what happened? the whole idea of reconstruction, it was fully bought into by african-americans who wanted to go to school at the schools of white americans, who wanted to get the same education as white americans, who never thought of separatist ideals. it was only later when it was wholesale rejected. it was the country itself that rejected postracialism. the response to reconstruction in which african former slaves not only did not exact revenge upon those who had enslaved them, but attempted to buy into their ideals and social norms down to their dress, down to their style of doing our hair. the first black millionaire is som

brother frederick douglass put it this way, he said, you might not get everything you work for but youwork for everything that you get. sisters, we know all about that. [applause] in the words of my grandmother, who was born in 1913, a country that did not recognize her gifts and her talent because of her gender and because her skin had een kissed by the sun. my grandmother could not read or write, but she could count her money. she kept her money in the southern lady's bank and trust. when i asked my grandmother what does it take to be successful in this thing called life, she said, my dear granddaughter, all you need are the three bone, the wish bone, the jawbone, and the back bone. she said the wish bone will keep you hoping and praying because hope, hope, hope, hope is the motivator. the dream is the drive. the reason why we co-do what we do each and every day is because we hope and believe that tomorrow will be better than today. there are people counting on us to make sure tomorrow is better than today. the jawbone will give you courage to speak truth to power. the hottest places

brother frederick douglass put it this way.ot get everything that you work for but you will work for everything that you get. [applause] sisters, we know all about that. but lastly, in the words of the my grandmother, who was born in 1913, to a country that did not recognize her gifts and her talent because of her gender and because of her skin had been kissed by the sun. >> all right. >> my grandmother could not read or write, but sisters, she could count her money. and she kept her money in the southern ladies bank and trust. [laughter] [applause] when i asked my grandmother, what does it take to be successful in this thing called life, she said, my dear granddaughter all you need are the three bones, wishbone, the jawbone and the backbone. she said the wishbone will keep you hoping an praying because hope, hope, hope, hope, hope, is the motivator but the dream is the driver, the reason why we do what we do each and every day as we because we hope and believe that tomorrow will be better than today. there are people counting

what words can we use that frederick douglass, harriet tubman, sojourner truth, debbie be two boys, reverendhers have already used? we have done everything conceivable to fight for justice and equality in this country. we have petitioned. we have demonstrated. we have subjugated we have agitated, we have frustrated. we have fasted and prayed but have been continually rebuffed by the words of imposition and -- our petitions have been ignored. our prize and the most in demonstration that with violence. our subjugation's have been disregarded and we have been met with contempt. we can no longer just hope. we can no longer just we. we can no longer just vague and pray. it will ever find justice, which we been seeking for ever so long, we must stand up and demand justice. i'm tired but i don't know how you feel but i'm tired of keeping sugary sweet cotton candy, powder puff incarnations. we need the birthday basket newt, raw, real truth. so why are we here today? we are here because we need a movement. we are here because we need a focused organized approach to solve our problem you and i know so

diverse enough, and will be replaced with other iconic figures, including the famed abolitionist frederick douglass wants art that represents her family's history. >> too bad the father of our country is not good enough for her family. that is absolutely incredible. >> you can read more about it in today's "wall street journal." other papers, as well. >> do you think he's going to bother running for re-election? is it worth it? >> the question is could he possibly win? heather, thank you very much. >> so what did you, the voters, think about last night's debate? you'll want to see what we found online. clayton morris checking out the social media coming up next. and it's shocking. >> okay. and ladies, don't be fooled by these guys online and their dating profiles. do you see the problem with them? look close. we're going to reveal it. here at the td ameritrade trader group, they work all the time. sup jj? working hard? working 24/7 on mobile trader, rated #1 trading app in the app store. it lets you trade stocks, options, futures... even advanced orders. and it offers more charts than a lot of the

started by the 23 year-old kid from teach america went to frederick douglass in today's before the principal said the teacher had a nervous breakdown and you're taking over specialized map. he said he would fear for his life and death of desperation came up with this idea. it has had amazing success. there is a way. is about balance. athletics and the right conditions teaches teamwork teamwork, comradeship and togetherness, a competition. the most formidable people i have seen in my life have that balance. the ioc sports as the be all were involved in another part of their life the tunes you cannot out compete them. there is a way but when you build $16 million stadiums it is hard and not fair and to expect the kids to concentrate. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] .. we're kicking off a full day today with the new book, and president reagan talking about president interjects and present bush and the science behind but the whole the of civil-rights and the relationship between the u.s. and israel in the american space program. that is all, be

you could tear abraham lincoln with frederick douglass, the escaped slave who fraud lincoln to hurryp and end slavery, who argued lincoln was moving too slowly and hesitantly, they are incredible american stories you could tell that way. for some reason the treasury department didn't take my advice when they decided to change the currency. and chose instead to focus on alexander hamilton on the 10. this is for their own mechanical reasons, worried about counterfeiting, they change the bill from time to time, and they are actually thinking of some way to get the woman and alexander hamilton both on the bill, there are two sides to the bill, treasury secretary jack lew set on in the are the of the day they end up with something like that but i thought the outcry over redact was revealing and revealing as to why andrew jackson might still belong on our currency even through his misdeeds that i investigate in this book. alexander hamilton was a great american, a great treasury secretary, a man who established the credit of his country but he is also arguably a bit of a creepy figure who