sonnet by robert hayden on the life of frederick douglass. >> but 100 years later. >> for my people throng47th street in chicago and lennox avenue, new york. >> we that believe in freedom cannot rest. >> for my play mates in the clay and sand and dust of alabama. >> we who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes. >> civil rights activist ella baker. >> until the killing of black men, black mothers' sons is as important as the killing of white men, white mothers' sons. >> we who believe in freedom cannot rest. >> for the boys and girls who grew in spite of these things. >> for my people, my people. >> to be man and woman, to laugh and dance and sing and play and drink their wine and religion. >> for my people. >> that this act shall be known as the voting rights act of 1965. >> no voting qualification or prerequisite to voting shall be imposed or implied. >> to deny or abridge. >> the right of any citizen of the united states to vote on account of race or color. >> thank you. >> for my people standing, staring, trying to fashion a better way from confusion from hypocrisy and misunders

frederick douglass landed here, they say. yale was blight at writing about this, and he was kind enough to send me his manuscript chapter on frederick douglass's as scape which is what open the book with. he says he landed at chambers street. i said, david, how do you know that he landed here? the railroad -- it did not cross the hudson river at that time. you had to get off at a depot in new jersey and take a boat across. how do you know that he landed at chambers street? a local map that i looked at for the 1830's had all of these routes, but none of them went to chambers street. they went to other places. the fairies. he said, well, there is a plaque there that says he went. [laughter] eric: i don't think that is where he landed. he landed somewhere though. martha: we can commemorate him. thank you very much for that wonderful conversation. [applause] we are we will now be -- retiring to the upstairs reception, that is correct. eric: at the elevators? job,y should my husband's or yours, prevent us from being ourselves? i d

and what will be the outcome will be frederick douglass paper. the abolitionist movement really did have its beginnings the when migrated west to upstate new york that founder appreciative audiences with radical abolitionist who embraced it some more relentlessly so that it became not just a new england movement but an american movement >> host: joining is now is the author of flawed convictions shaken baby syndrome what is shaken baby syndrome? >> a medical diagnosis with extremely cold cuts? -- consequences of a diagnosis of murder to prove a child abuse so despite the fact it emanates from that it is a legal issue and i write the book from a perspective of the criminal-justice system. >> host: is that isn't necessarily a medical issue? >> guest: it is an interesting question. it really is about diagnosing taub abuse or finding a cause is as opposed to any treatments of a diagnosis of compilation of symptoms that doctors have said or can prove a baby was abused. >> host: when was it first used as a medical term and a legal term? >> guest: it go

new frederick douglass square.located at umd's horn blake plaza. the dedication is at 2:00 this afternoon. >>> to all the girls he loved before, tonight the library of congress will honor country music icon willy nelson with the gershwin prize. the award honors an artist's lifetime achievement that promotes music and enhances culture understanding. the evening at constitution hall will include performances by paul simon and neil young. if you don't have tickets that's okay. it airs on pbs. >>> the national zoo's panda cub is sure to add crowds over the martin luther king holiday weekend. bei bei's enclosure will be opened to the public january 16. members of friends of the national zoo can get a sneak peek starting january 8. at nearly three months old bei bei is 12 pounds. >> and to think it will probably be snowing at that point. >> did you have to go it? >> i did have to go there. no snow in the forecast for us by any means. 63 today. a few light showers, spotty across the area. 63 today. even warmer tomorrow. s

frederick douglass high school is having a france commemoration day. students are allowed to wear blue, red, and white tops. students and staff will hold a moment of silence during morning announcements today. >>> today former texas governor rick perry will ask a court to dismiss felony charges against him. a grand jury indicted perry on charges that his use of a veto was an abuse of power. he calls the case politically motivated and the reason, his 2016 presidential bid failed. >>> former illinois governor rob blagojevich is appealing. a lower court tossed out 5 of his 18 convictions in july. the 58-year-old is serving a 14-year prison sentence. he was convicted for a series of charges including trying to sell an appointment to president obama's old senate seat. >>> questions over a fundraising group for d.c. mayor muriel bowser are now tangled up in the pepco merger. last week fresh pac announced it was shutting down after criticism of pay to play politics. some community groups want the d.c. commission to investigate because they won't disclose whet

charles koch likes to quote frederick douglass in saying, "i will unite with anyone and do good and with no one to do harm." it's that view which has led us to work with the obama administration and the aclu and the coalition for public safety, among others, to reform the criminal justice system, and address the issue of occupational licensing, both of which are obstacles to opportunity for the most disadvantaged. if we really want citizens to play a meaningful role in society, improve the lives of others and ultimately succeed, we can't lock them up and throw away the key and forget they exist. released, we cannot treat them like second-class citizens. consider these sobering statistics. spent $80 billion a year on incarceration and the united states, which is 3 to 4 times per capita what we spend on education. the federal prison population .as grown 870% since 1980 the united states currently imprisons 25% of the world's prison population, even though we only make up 5% of the world's population, making the u.s. the largest jailer in the world. a proximally 35% of federal offenders are

anthony and frederick douglass was there as well, you could have them in the forefront of that? other side maybe continental congress where declaration of independence was enacted and thomas jefferson and equality on one side and human rights on the other? >> obviously we're looking at a lot of suggests -- suggestions that relate to sufferage. you ticked off some of the individuals who played a key role in that. thomas jefferson is already on the $2 bill and, so he has got his own piece of currency. but those are very interesting ideas, thank thank you. >> i had a question about, question about bitcoins. seems like for a while it took off as digital currency and a lot of people were really excited about it but then somehow it died down. i want your thoughts on bitcoin and future, in the future of having more of a globalized type of currency instead of what we have now? >> if you look at the history of payment systems, they usually come about through changes that seem disruptive or a little bit kind of off the beaten path at the beginning. you know, even money was introduced at a

you could tear abraham lincoln with frederick douglass, the escaped slave who fraud lincoln to hurry up 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 wh

charles koch likes to quote frederick douglass in saying, "i will unite with anyone and do good and witho harm." it's that view which has led us to work with the obama administration and the aclu and the coalition for public safety, among others, to reform the criminal justice system, and address the issue of occupational licensing, both of which are obstacles to opportunity for the most disadvantaged. if we really want citizens to play a meaningful role in society, improve the lives of others and ultimately succeed, we can't lock them up and throw away the key and forget they exist. when they are released, we cannot treat them like second-class citizens. consider these sobering statistics. we spent $80 billion a year on incarceration and the united states, which is 3 to 4 times per capita what we spend on education. the federal prison population has grown 870% since 1980. the united states currently imprisons 25% of the world's prison population, even though we only make up 5% of the world's population, making the u.s. the largest jailer in the world. a proximally 35% of federal offende

the school will officially name a popular gathering space for students frederick douglass square. that's used to educate students about the former slave and aboliti abolition's achievement. >>> arlington county board members approved major redevelopment in the boston mall area. part of the three-story mall will become a 22 story residential building. the roof will be removed as well and more than 11,000 feet of retail space will be added -- square feet. the county also plans to rebuild the pedestrian bridge across wilson boulevard. >>> it is 6: 1 now. time for weather and traffic on the 1ed. we need to get ready for rain. >> chuck bell is in the storm team 4 weather center with a look at some of the timing here, chuck. >> indeed, everybody. have your umbrellas ready to go. you won't need it out the door this morning. you'll likely need it later today. you'll certainly need it if you're going out tonight or early tomorrow. big storm system. big swirl out here. severe weather yesterday down across the gulf coast. snow in the great plains. that much energy and confluence in the atmos

the man's effort to douglas look -- the man that frederick douglass look to, the pioneer of abolition. -- he was at the hero. he is a hero. about you said you wrote bonhoeffer in 1980 bought wrote wilberforce before -- but wrote wilberforce before? eric: i never thought i would write a biography. i wrote a series. q&a about a&a -- everything the bible says. in the course of writing the first book, i put in a paragraph about wilberforce. only knew a little bit about him. he said we must stand against slavery. on a cnned it interview which led to somebody contacting me, eric, the bicentennial of wilberforce's victory in parliament and a movie being made. would you like to write a biography about wilberforce? brian: why were you on cnn? book i was on about the "everything you wanted to know about god but was afraid to ask." i mentioned wilberforce and a led to my being contacted. eric, would you like to write a biography? i thought, my goodness, i never thought. brian: how does it compare to bonhoeffer? eric: the title is "amazing grace." is sold well. wante who read bonhoeffer to know i

. >> guest: frederick douglass says power concedes nothing without demand. never has and it never will. >> host: this has been a wonderful hour with you. i hope that people will take the time to read your book. it does as you said you wanted to do which put a compelling narrative in while you are explaining policy. that's all this book was about was about policy and nobody would read it but the fact that you put yourself into it it's fantastic. >> guest: thank you. >> host: my pleasure. >> that was "after words," booktv signature program which offers of the latest nonfiction books are interviewed. watch past programs online at booktv.org >> all persons having business before the supreme court of the united states give their attention. >> tonight, our country faces a grave change or. we are faced by the epidemic that i met at tonight the industry will be shut down. therefore i am taking two actions tonight. first, directing the secretary of commerce to take positions of the steel mills and to keep them operating. >> in 1952, the united states was involved in

the man that frederick douglass and abraham lincoln looked back to and said, he is the pioneer of abolition. and it was because of his christian faith that t did it. so he really is a hero. brian: put it in context. you said you were introduced to bonhoeffer in 1980 but wrote wilberforce before? eric: i never thought i would write a biography. i wrote three books in a series. was called, everything you wanted to know about god but was afraid to ask. it was a humorous q&a about everything the bible says. and i thought, this is something i wish i had when i was growing up. in the course of writing the first book, i put in a paragraph about wilberforce. only knew a little bit about him. he said we must stand against slavery. in great britain. so i mentioned it on a cnn , interview which led to somebody contacting me, eric, it is the bicentennial of wilberforce's victory in parliament and a movie being made. would you like to write a biography about wilberforce? brian: why were you on cnn? eric: i was on about the book "everything you wanted to know about god but was afraid to ask." it was near

rich bostonians and new yorkers funded the abolition movement, including supporting frederick douglass 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. they can

in 1851, no relation to frederick douglass, had once the agenda of the american society of free persons of color who argued that in league with the constitution, they could end the tyranny of slavery. once the civil war indeed became a war, within the tyranny of cleary, he made it very that he was willing to fight in the league with that constitution and he was willing to sacrifice so that all might be free. 843, a reverend delivered an address in buffalo, new york. he would refer, to nathaniel turner as a patriot. , and his nobility and bravery would be recognized by future generations. garnet was calling the soldiers .o stand up and their patriot role model was not turner. understanding the gospel soldier, we must understand the perspective of these gospel soldiers, and i will explain why i'm calling them gospel soldiers, the perspective on even net turner. nathaniel turner himself when asked by an interviewer, what were your motives for conducting this insurrection, he would reply, you'll ask me to give a history of the motives that induced me to undertake the late insurrection as yo

the lead was frederick douglass's older son. highly competent noncommissioned officers in the 54th, most of them should have had .ommissions, all things equal if not for race prejudice, they would have had commissions. of them being bumbling fools is coming from the mind of of the who's a victim lost story, not coming from the primary sources. if you get a scholar in the 21st century who tells you that the movie "glory" is in line with the historic evidence, you've probably read it yourself, they are the historians in charge -- that historian is either lying or is not familiar with the primary sources. in the movie they have this raid. they make it appear that this raid is something that is criminal. eading thehave shaw l raid, writing a letter to his father. the raid was led by colonel montgomery. colonel montgomery was a jayhawk are like james lane. colonel montgomery was one of those officers that believe this was a war for god and liberty. that's the way he trained and recruited his soldiers. his loyalty spies, they knew eve