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lincoln memorial in 1876, so we have had lincoln as president and then johnson as president, frederick douglass spends a lot of talking about lincoln was the white man's president. douglass say anything after what you have told us once johnson was president about how he felt about johnson and where he was going, the direction he was going? >> only other critical things. there was no reassessment of him. douglas was off and on on lincoln, and he basically said at the end he was the only person who treated me like i was a human being even though he was , impatient with some of his tactics, but he wasn't in office. it's people on the outside agitating for things, not the person who has to make the decisions, it sometimes tough to understand what people are doing, but people -- he did not change his assessment of andrew johnson. dr. john from washington dc, and i say that because i'm going to ask you a washington related question. prof. reed: washington the city? >> yes. he survived impeachment by one vote by edmund ross, but in your research were you able to determine if ross really voted his cons

. >> i was thinking about frederick douglass' oration at the lincoln memorial in 1876, so we have had lincoln as president and then johnson as president, frederick douglass spends a lot did thetalking about -- frederick douglass say anything after what you have told us once johnson was president about how he felt about johnson and where he was going, the direction he was going? >> only of the critical things. it was no reassessment of him. douglas, as you know, had -- was off and on on lincoln, and he basically said at the end he was the only person her -- only person who treated me like a human being, even though he was impatient with some of his tactics, but he wasn't in office. it's people on the outside agitating for things, not the person who has to make the decisions, it sometimes tough to understand what people are doing, but people -- he did not change his assessment of andrew johnson. dr. john fill in from washington, d.c. and i say that because i'm going to ask you a washington related question. prof. reed: washington the city? >> yes. he survived i one vote by edmund in you

we know about this and learn about this state from frederick douglass as well. he entered a long period of disillusionment. he says, "mr. covey succeeded in breaking me. i was broken in body, soul, and spirit. my natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died. the dark night of slavery closed in upon me, and behold a man transformed into a brute." next he speaks about the altered state of mind he was in in this low place. "sunday was my only leisure time. i spent this in a sort of beast-like stupor, between sleep and wake, under some large tree. at times i would rise up, a flash of energetic freedom would dart through my soul, accompanied with a faint beam of hope, that flickered for a moment, and then vanished. i sank down again, mourning over my wretched condition." for about six months, he remained in this state, what he calls mental and physical wretchedness. just like the beating of nelly, he refrained from repeating each separate transactional beating he received

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just recently, the papers of frederick douglass. now, i have to tell you, when you are at the world's largest library with collections that date back to -- i don't know the and everything, these are collections you go through and we see in the stack areas. 836 miles of shelving and reach from here to davenport, iowa. and 30 million, her eyes are open like this, yes. bemillion items ready to catalogued and made available. the papers of 23 presidents from george washington to calvin coolidge. you walk down the aisles as i did recently, and because i have had the unique experience in baltimore and in maryland and really connected with frederick douglass's quote once you learn to read you will be forever free. so, i'm going to the aisles recently. the stacks underneath the building and i am passing by thurgood marshall and passing by oliver wendell homes, ralph ellison, susan b l funny. --susan b anthony and i get to frederick douglass. i said, hold on. i asked the curator, can i look at some of these? i pulled out a random box. box 22.

by the way, i'm going to hold out for four meetings with frederick douglass. i still think that -- i take douglas at his word that he met with him once at the soldier's home so i'm going to think four. doesn't a deep friendship make, but one more occasion. [ laughter ] >> and he certainly does miss the visit to the soldier's home when lincoln invites him for tea. >> exactly. and i think he makes great deal of there is no one whose opinions i value more than yours. and i think he's saying it to his crowd, lincoln is. so steve, i want to ask you a governor's question because i've always been intrigued by the serpentine way lincoln arrived in washington, d.c. i'm getting to something i want to turn to about. philadelphia, the eve of washington's birthday he finds out he might be assassinated if he goes through baltimore. he speaks at independence hall on washington's birthday and says famously "i would rather be assassinated on the spot than to surrender" which i think is the result of being told by two credible sources that he is facing danger. he won't do it. b

they both said house slave and free -- i can't resist -- when in doubt, i always quote frederick douglass. douglass had this to say. in his final autobiography, late in life, as he was remembering the secession crisis, remembering the 1859-1861 historical moment, and he goes on at some length as he always has before saying, finally, the cause of the slaves and the cause of the nation has been wrapped in the same bundle. finally, he said. then he said, in every way possible, the columns of my paper and on the platform by letters to friends at home and abroad, i did all that i could to impress this conviction upon the country, but nations seldom listened to advice from individuals, however reasonable. they are taught less by theories then by facts and events. taught by events. one of the things i want to do with this conference is to assess four or five of those major events, major turning points, major problems by which we have charted, at least in retrospect, the road to disunity. i'm going to introduce jim oakes in just a moment, but just a couple other thoughts. this is a conference tha

it is a pleasure to be invited by frederick douglass's grandson.laughter] you missed a great line in the paper. [laughter] >> go on. richard: when i first came to yale university to give a talk many years ago, tom, the recorder of the history of these things, the history by taking photographs. he is now doing twitter. where have we gone wrong? [laughter] i don't know. i have no answer. lessons of the 1850 fugitive slave law. when henry claire rose on the senate floor in 1852 propose a new compromise, he expressed the balmthat it would act as a to soothe his distracted and unhappy country that stood on the edge of a dangerous political precipice. one suspects, given his experience and involvement in an earlier compromise, must have felt a tinge of uncertainty about his plans'efficacy. the one that generated the most political heat was the akoni and fugitive slave law which nationalized the recapture of runaway slaves, creating a new semi-judicial system for cases of rendition led by commissioners whose rulings were final and not subject to appeal. t

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frederick douglass makes an amazing speech just a week afterwards. we'll take you to the speech where frederick douglass makes the speech. that's a little on the set. we'll have your phone calls, tweets, interact with the audience to talk about how these shows are relevant today. >> be sure to watch season two of landmark cases beginning february 26th at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> and to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. landmark cases volume two. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.com/landmarkcases. >> next on american history tv, representatives from a variety of museums and history and public policy centers on the importance of these

. >> reporter: outraged by the state of frederick douglass high school, this teacher produced these videos of buckled floors >>d burst pipes. as it is out here right now. it flooded the first day, and i moved to another class, and then that class flooded. >> reporter: at this elementary school, former n.f.l. linebacker and current teacher maybe asked his students you who they were holding up. >> yesterday i had frostbite. >> you had frostbite yesterday. >> reporter: some baltimore students endured 44-degree temperatures indoors before schools were closed yesterday and today. ict of 60 of the cities 180 campuses reported weather-related problems. >> it is the cumulative effect of, frankly, decades of underinvestment in urk an school buildings. >> reporter: dr. sonia santerks lises is the c.e.o. of baltimore city schools. >> some of this is also about taking into account that young people need to be fed, that we have a lot of young people who are, frankly, safer in school than they are out. >> reporter: since 2009, the school system has returned fund for repairs. according to the "baltimore

and i get to frederick douglass. i say to the curator, can i just look at some of these things? i pull out a random box, box 22, open it up and pull a random file out, open it, and there, in his own hand, was frederick douglass's description of abraham lincoln, a plain and simple man. a man who, because he fought for the freedom for colored people -- that was the term -- he was murdered, killed, assassinated. every time he mentioned it, he said murdered, killed. you could see it. you could feel the anger, the emotion coming through that. and then he said, one of the worst injustices that he had witnessed was that the colored people who had so much that they owed to abraham lincoln were not allowed in washington, d.c. to participate in funeral services and pay tribute to abraham lincoln. so, i closed the file, and i said thank you, president obama. thank you for the opportunity, because these are the things that will give context and meaning to what you do and what you are fighting for all the time. thank you for being here. please come back and we will show you some of those tre

the frederick douglass memorial bridge is in urgent need of replacement.nners say the project will create 1,300 jobs and boost the economy. president trump wants to invest $1 trillion in the nation's infrastructure, and speed things up by cutting the time to process permits. but exactly who will pay remains an open question, and the one thing the president really needs is already in short supply — cooperation from democrats. everybody agrees the problem is urgent, but much like america's roads, getting from a to b could be a bumpy ride. we will know much more about that from the president himself in about 24 hours. a mural by the graffiti artist banksy has been granted a new lease of life in the british city of hull, but onlyjust. the piece was defaced on sunday night with whitewash, and a window cleaner was just one of the art—loving locals who helped save it, gathering up his equipment and heading out to help. 0ur correspondent danny savage went to meet him. it appeared last week on an old bridge in hull — a banksy mural of a child carrying a wooden swor

frederick douglass one of the most influential americans of the 19th century said if there is no struggle there is no progress with african-american history month days away this is a fitting quote to aptly describe the public safety proceedings over the past eight years. typically proceedings start to set the ambitious goal to improve the services that in many cases it pushes back on certain details followed by the five of us but in the end to result in progress and improvement the same could be said wireless carriers participate with the wea system to authorize alerts at the federal, tribal state and local level to warn the public about all levels of emergencies first avoid april 2012 thanks to the collaborative effort by industry and public safety community issuing more than 33000 emergency alert we are working to target those alerts located in the exact area so the risk is those that get those alerts may one day ignore the alert to impact their safety and that would be extremely unfortunate this is why we saw comments of the industry to go beyond that standard and more closely match th

frederick douglass one of the most influential americans of the 19th century says if there is no struggle there is no progress african history month days away this is a particularly fitting quote to aptly describe the public safety proceedings over the past eight years. typically proceeding start with the commission setting an ambitious goal and then in many cases the communication industry pushes back and this is followed by the five of us not agreeing on policy details. but in the end the struggles in collaboration with stakeholders have resulted in progress and improvement to emergency communication. the same could be said for wireless emergency alerts. while the carriers voluntarily participate to authorize alerts originators at the federal, tribal and state and local level to warn the public of all levels of emergencies. first employed april 2012 thanks to the collaborative effort by industry and the public safety community. the system has issued more than 33000 emergency alerts. we have worked to more precisely target those alerts located in the exact area where the emergency exists

ira became a republican because of men like frederick douglass because of men like martin luther kingabraham lincoln, the founder robert party. i became a republican because of men like ronald reagan, who inspired in me not just a sense ronald reagan, who inspired in me notjust a sense of ronald reagan, who inspired in me not just a sense of service, ronald reagan, who inspired in me notjust a sense of service, but ronald reagan, who inspired in me not just a sense of service, but a sense of responsibility to my community, and what we can do to help the least. is it time for more republicans, who are minded like you and frankly disgusted by what they are seeing from donald trump in the white house to actually say they want no part of electoral politics right now? i'm thinking of senatorjeff flake for example who is outspoken in his criticism of donald trump, said recently there are times when we must risk all careers in favour of our principles and now is such a time, and he, realising because of his criticising, he was not going to get the nomination i think that's unfortunate and i'

frederick douglass makes an amazing speech just a week afterwards. we'll take you to the speech where frederick douglass makes the speech. that's a little on the set. we'll have your phone calls, tweets, interact with the audience to talk about how these shows are relevant today. >> be sure to watch season two of landmark cases beginning february 26th at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >> and to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony mauro. landmark cases volume two. the book costs $8.95 plus shipping and handling. to get your copy, go to c-span.com/landmarkcases. >> next on american history tv, representatives from a variety of museums and history and public policy centers on the importance of these institutions and their methods for educating and offering information to the public. this is an hour and a half. >> all right. well, we can begin the session. welcome to all of you who have weathered the snow and ice to be here

i think frederick douglass and booker t. washington understood this in terms of what i call the occupational shift. that has not occurred within the black community. part of it is not a demonization , but it is a clear lack of interest. i don't think it has anything to do with social racism. howard: that is a very powerful reply. i suspect your professor would want to take strong issue with that. soviet. -- so be it. ok, other questions. yes, in the back. phyllis to you are -- tell us who you are. >> jesse from nashville, tennessee. many of you probably refer to this as segregation, but i tend to refer to it as educational redlining that i went through during my formative years in tennessee. what i mean by that is that as you grew through the educational system, i found it interesting that the previous panel did not address the competitiveness of america based on the need for the transformation of our educational system. what i experienced during that time was the redlining that was taking place was that we were trained to g

frederick douglass, one of the most influential african-americans of the 19th century is known to have said, if there is no struggle, there is no progress. with african-american history month just days away, i find this to be a particularly fitting quote to aptly describe most of the public safety proceedings i have participated in over the past eight years. typically, proceedings start with a commission setting an ambitious goal to improve these services. then in many cases, the communications industry pushes back on certain details. this is followed by the five of us not agreeing on all the policy details. but in the end, these struggled and collaboration amongst stake holders have resulted in progress and improvements to emergency communications. the same can be said for wireless emergency alerts or wea. wire lescariers voluntarily participate and the wea system enables authorized alert originators at the federal, tribal, state, and local levels to warn the public about all levels of emergencies. first deployed in april of 2012, and thanks to the collaborative effort by industry and

judge and now more people will know her but i want her name to become a household name like frederick douglass or harriet tubman because she runs away decades before they do. so this is actually one ofst my first choices for the title resenting it to some people and the publishers hated it. they said you are giving away the story. [laughter] but so is 12 years a slave. we understand it will end at some point. it is a history of how a woman was a fugitive never found freedom. she was never caught that is a big distinction especially as i tried to dismantle slavery itself and the north and this moment when the nation to and this is one of theit other things i was trying to do was allow us to use what the early days of this new country looked like to be enslaved that is the opportunity of early virginia pennsylvania, new york and newo hampshire and can follow her life looking at how the nation i is changing grappling with slavery and this time through a young black woman who made the choice to run away. so i said i will read a bit and look at a few slides and walk through this journey of heran li

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frederick douglass made an amazing speech just afterwards. onset, we will take your phone calls, interact with the audience, the talk about how the shows are relevant today. >> be sure to watch season two of landmark cases live on c-span , c-span.org, or listen with the startingan radio at february 26. and we have a companion guide written by a veteran supreme court journalist. landmark cases: volume 2. to get your copy, go to c-span.org/landmarkcases. ♪ ♪ announcer: this week on "q&a," author and harvard law school professor noah feldman. professor feldman discusses his book "the three lives of james and madison: genius, partisan, president." brian: noah feldman, what are a the three lives of james madison that you wrote about? noah: the first life is the one that is most famous. in an minute is where he invented the constitution. not only in our country but also the greatest constitutional genius in the world. in his second life, he discovered the constitution was not perfect. he thought he had fought against political parties, he actually

not even knowing if people like frederick douglass are'll alive or not. that kind of bigotry allied with power is indeed a very dangerous thing in our country. >> i can understand why you would direct that kind of talk to the president based on what you're saying right now. but what was it in that interview today, questioning the homeland secretary, that got you so angry? >> she didn't seem to understand the connection and the worry and the fear that exists in this community -- in our country. there's definitely fear of terrorism from abroad or terrorist-inspired -- jihadist terrorists who are inat homspir home. but when i go to churches in atlanta, churches in camden and newark, when i talk to communities of color, when i talk to sikh communities, muslim communities, there is also a fear of hate groups. there's a fear of white nationalist groups. people and children in my community who watch what happened in virginia. so for her not to understand, not to answer a direct question, this is when i really got set off from connecticut senator blumenthal, for

so frederick douglass wants people to know that african-americans still have a difficult time, they still can't claim lincoln and his legacy for their own, and he certainly is right considering what happens in reconstruction and after. so let me just kind of in a few words to conclude here. the way lincoln is portrayed in various media speaks to the political and cultural experience of the american 19th century and beyond. as compassionate, critical students of history, as depaul university encourages us to be, it's incumbent upon us to understand this vital period and all the players, all the artists and operators, soldiers and slave persons, women, children, to understand the various audiences for those images across time. ok, so thank you as ever for your good attention. see you in class on wednesday. we will discuss the reading on the greek slaves and the next time we go to the art institute, i want to show you some dynamite -- a couple of great statues by chester french who did the colossal lincoln in the lincoln memorial -- not sure why i am doing this. that's his pose. if it's a re

really a biography, as the title suggests, six different encounters, she talks about soldiers, frederick douglass, indians, women, throws in some shakespeare, it is gloriously written. extremely well researched, no matter how much you read on lincoln or the civil war, you will learn from this book. you will enjoy the book. and you will be deeply saddened we will not have any more books from this author. >> i have spent the last 10 years reading all world war ii books. because i have written a couple in that decade and i have a gigantic one coming out this spring on world war ii at sea, all maybes, all nations, -- navies, all nations, all theaters, so i do not have as much time as i would like to do civil war stuff. i do think is 2017 is turning into, just as 2009 was the year of lincoln when you cannot turn around without bumping into a new lincoln book, this seems to be the year of grant. ron white's new biography and ron chernow's new biography. which is just out on the shelves. at 1074 pages, it will keep you busy for a while. and almost simultaneous with the publication of that is the publica

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there is no abraham lincoln without frederick douglass pushing him. there is no fdr without randolph pushing him. there is no lbj without mlk pushing him. you do it out of love. but you got to push to help presidents come to live up to their greatness. we would have a critique today, but this is a cautionary tale and the price that we pay when we ignore the people who love us enough and are willing to serve .s enough and tell us the truth we have to be ready at some point in time to deal with the truth. thank you for coming. thank you for listening, and i appreciate it. [applause] tavis: thank you, thank you, thank you. we have some time for some q and a, and let's jump right into it. questions or comments, and i will sign your books and let's enjoy some barbecue or whatever. let's see what you got here. >> thanks for coming to memphis. tavis: thank you. >> you know, you so we are all familiar with he has given two speeches in his life. when he was in memphis, he used a phrase we all use, which is there was an island of poverty here in a sea of prospe

want her name to become one of those sort of household names, like a frederick douglass, lake harriet tubman, because she runs away decades before they do. right? so the title -- i'll give you quick story get title "never caught." this is one modify first choice knows title of the book, and i presented it to some people at the publisher, and they hate it. they said, gives away the story, erica. and i said, yeah, but so does "12 years a slave." honestly, we understand. 12 years, going to end at some point. with "never caught," this is really a history of how a woman who was a fugitive never found freedom. never free. simply was never caught. think it's a big distinction and one i wanted to make as i was trying to kind of dismantle what we think about slavery in the south and the north at a moment when the innings in is new. i think that's one of the other things that was really trying to do with this book, was to allow us to see what the early days of this new country looked like through the eyes of the enslaved. ona's life gives us that opportunity to look at early virginia, new york,

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frederick douglass rented real estate to working-class black in baltimore, and do your history.ou know him as an abolitionist i know him as a businessman who tried to save the bank in 1865. when the bank failed. [inaudible] black men in white men working together trying to launch a poor people's campaign, there's more poor whites today , indians another car trying to bring them into the free enterprise system and here's what doctor king said you cannot legislate goodness or for someone to respect you. the only way to social justice. [inaudible] he was killed april 4, 1968 before the first march of the poor people's campaign. here's my message. you are not dumb or stupid. you're brilliant but it's what you don't know that you don't know that's killing you. you never got the memo. lincoln tried to give you the memo and he was assassinated. king tried to give you the memo when he was assassinated. it's been hundred and 50 years and you've never gotten the memo. you're not dumb or stupid but you never got, what happens when you get the memo? now here's slavery. once you get through

so frederick douglass, who own $59 worth of real estate, do your history.ou know as abolitionist, i know him as a businessman put 10,000 of his own money to try to save the freedman's bank an agency to that which meant he was not appropriate because that was $29.1865. and when the banks failed it was said this bank did more to free slavery. blackmailer wightman working together, to dr. king and my mentor and a young, ambassador andrew young tried to launch the poor people's campaign which is about poor whites, more poor whites do than it was then, for whites, likes, asians and indians and others trying to bring them into -- here's what dr. king said. you cannot legislate good as come you cannot pass -- away to social justice and capital country is economics and ownership. that's a quote you don't hear very often. he was killed april 4, 1968 before the first march of the poor people's campaign. here's my message to you. it's not that your dumb or you are stupid. you are brilliant but it's what you don't know that you don't know that is killing you. you never

they went in effect in this country just a wee week afterwas so we take you to the place where frederick douglass makes that speech so that is a little bit of on the said. >> that vote was 55-43. the director of the congressional budget office testified on capitol hill today. he was asked about the recent three week budget deal and healthcare costs. that is next on c-span2. then immigration and government funding later able to retirement strategies the head of the office talked about the u.s. economic outlook iand the federal debt at an oversight hearing. keith hall was asked about health care costs, immigration policy and government funding. he testified before the senate budget committee. i think this has the potential to get a lot of good information. good morning and welcome to the congressional budget office i'm proud to say this is the third such installment of the continued oversight under my chairmanship and i'm glad to see the house budget committee will follow the lead with additional oversight later this month. we have a congressional budget act that provides the committee with the aut

wade, let us respond to roe as frederick douglass responded to a similar indignity in scott v.sanford. happily for the whole human family, their rights have been demind, declared -- defined, declared and decided in a court higher than the supreme court. those words, mr. president, are as true today as they were when they were spoken. they call on us to continue the winding march for justice and for life until the unalienable rights of every human being are respected in our land. thank you, mr. president. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the distinguished senator from vermont. mr. sanders: thank you very much, mr. president. today i come before my colleagues here in the senate to urge in the strongest possible terms that the republican leadership here accept its responsibility and not allow the government of the united states of america to shut down. republicans control the u.s. senate. they control the u.s. house. and a republican is in the white house. please do not shut the government down. a government shutdown will be extremely distressing and difficult for

. >> and frederick douglass said power gives up nothing without resistance, without a fight, without demand. >> thank you. yes, next, please. thank you. >> i'm a -- >> come close. >> can you hear me now? >> yes. .. trump and what is happening in washington because that is where we are but actions matter here. people at grassroots are kicking butt. those two kids in alabama who went to counties the dnc hadn't heard of and 30 counties, those are the people that are going to win this. i would like you to respond, the role of government's policy in the past, but i don't see how we are going to get rid of trump without supporting people at the grassroots. >> that goes back to the onus issue. a lot of this is grassroots. the grassroots will take control. >> also, that is the only time a communications director of the national aclu, the communications specialist. that i want to say about it is she is right. and local organizations out of the country instead of supporting national organizations. and give them health and support and props. they work all the time on issues, they won't go with

frederick douglass makes an amazing speech just a week afterwards. we will take you to the place where frederick douglas makes douglass makesck that speech. we will talk about how these are relevant for today. >> the sure to watch these beginning february 26 at 9:00 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen with the free radio app. to help you better understand each case, we have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist tony marlow. the book, go to www.c-span.org /landmarkcases. president joe biden coming up. he will be talking about u.s.-russia relations scheduled for 12:30 eastern. until then, part of the day's washington journal. our politics editor talking about the shutdown and the end of it for it hello. >> how is it going? >> who lost in this process? for chucka shutdown schumer. there has never been one of these still made has ended well for the republicans. this one was a little bit different. there was no clear end game for the democrats and what they were actually going to accomplish or extract from president t

the frederick douglass memorial bridge is almost 70 years old and in urgent need of replacement. the estimated cost of the new structure is $441 million. but city planners say the project will create 1300 jobs and boost the economy. president trump wants to invest $1 trillion in the nation's infrastructure and speed things up by cutting the time to process permits. but exactly who will pay remains an open question. the one thing the president really needs is in short supply, cooperation from democrats. everybody agrees the problem is urgent, but much like america's roads, getting from a to b could be a bumpy ride. jane o'brien, bbc news, washington. laura: more on infrastructure in that state of the union address tomorrow night. a mural by graffiti artist banksy has been granted a new lease on life. a window cleaner was one of the art-loving locals who helped to save the piece after it was defaced sunday night. when he found that the artwork had been whitewashed, he gathered up his equipment and headed out to help. our correspondent danny savage went to meet him. danny: it appear