well, they bought them in some cases but, they have always been missing issues of the frederick douglass newspaper. he published the newspaper for 16 years. and they are gold mines of information. and i got access not to i believe, every issue of the douglass newspaper. >> the result is this extraordinary account of one of the most important american voices of the 19th century. and we get a story from radical outsider to political insider. it is a story that in some ways, reveals a powerful and flawed human being. all too human douglass in some ways. and celeste think about this in terms of three categories. douglas as prophet. >> i like that one. >> douglas as a writer. >> i like that one too. >> and douglas as a politician. talk a little bit about his prophet of freedom. >> first had to say, eddie has really read this book. [laughter] and it is a little scary! we were chatting away and had some time on the telephone too. he is bringing up things i can hardly remember. [laughter] if you put the word prophet in your title you better be ready to defend it because it is a big big word. you

we honor of the bicentennial of the birth of frederick douglass on a panel discussion on frederick douglass, 19th century civil rights activist, his legacy today. booksignings will follow the discussion. check our website, or sign up table at the outside for e-mail updates. another way to get more involved with national archives is to become a a member of the natiol archives foundation. the foundation supports all of our education at outreach and activities. every year more than 1 million visitors walk into the rotunda to do the charters of freedom,

turns out stephen douglass and frederick douglass had quite an exchange with each other. anyway, he becomes a republican for sure because the republican party was waging war against slavery. as many in this room know, douglass was a ferocious critic in the first year, year and a half of the war because they were not moving against slavery. it was protecting fugitive slaves were trying to. with the preliminary pants omission proclamation, the final proclamation of january 1863, douglass not only changed his tune. the civil war had now become but lincoln had not wanted it to be calm in lincoln's famous words he did not want it to become a remorseless revolutionary struggle, but that's exactly what it had become. the rest of douglass' life after 1864, he would campaign every year to the republican candidate for president. the republican party would decide which states to send him to if they were pocket in a state he would be sent there. there were other sections of the country they thought hee would work well in upper new england and summaries in indiana. a swing state in 19

two years later, lincoln consulted frederick douglass about the urgent necessity of encouraging slaves to run to union lines. lincoln'sound willingness to summon him remarkable. months after that meeting, douglass wrote that the president, quote, knew that he could do nothing which would down upon him more fiercely the ripaldry of the voter than by showing him any respect as men. douglass added "there are some men who can face death and dangers, but have no moral conviction to contradict a prejudice or face ridicule. in daring to admit, nay, in daring to invite a negro to an audience at the white house, mr. lincoln did that which he knew would be offensive to a crowd and inside the ribaldry," which was contempt. it was saying to the country, "i am the president of the black people as well as the white, and i mean to respect their rights and feelings as men and as citizens." many years later, douglass wrote, "in my three interviews with mr. lincoln, i was impressed with his entire freedom from popular prejudice against the colored race. he was the first great man that i talked to in the

guy padget, lives near frederick douglass house: "its just a sad moment."s town near the white house -- the national christmas tree needed a private donation just to turn the lights on. the smithsonian museums are open for now but visitors aren't waiting around. officials say they'll close early in the new year if the funding impasse isn't resolved. cindy greengold, museum visitor: "get it while its still open. do it while we can." drew petrimoulx, reporting: "lawmakers are not scheduled to be back in washington until thursday but if negotiations continue to go nowhere -- they may stay home." for guy padget that means the neighborhood will likely remain still -- no tourists or bus loads of kids until lawmakers come up with a solution to fund the government. guy padget, lives near frederick douglass house: 'they need to get their act together. its sad and gloomy. you see it for yourself." in washington, im drew petrimoulx happening today... store across the country are opening early fir shoppers trying to return holiday gifts. kron 4's yoli aceves is live in

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we honor of the bicentennial of the birth of frederick douglass on a panel discussion on frederick douglass, 19th century civil rights activist, his legacy today. booksignings will follow the discussion. check our website, or sign up table at the outside for e-mail updates. another way to get more involved with national archives is to become a a member of the natiol archives foundation. the foundation supports all of our education at outreach and activities. every year more than 1 million visitors walk into the rotunda to do the charters of freedom, the original declaration of independence, the constitution and the bill of rights. as the internet lookup they seek to large murals, one commemorating the signers of the declaration and the other of the constitution. while visitors may be able to recognize some of the central figures on side, most would need to consult the identification key to find out who the rest are. the most i regret to tell mr. on, the name of dr. benjamin rush, one of the most revolutionary of the revolutionary era, a social reform and valued correspondent of the great na

marcus garvey, frederick douglass, if i had to stay here and name all of those who have gone on beforein the same spot, running off names. let us now turn our attention to some of the living legends who are still on the battlefields. some of them who are providing emeritus support. people like john lewis who is still tense -- standing tall on the battlefield and who is letting people know we are still here, we are not going away. people like andrew young and harry belafonte, maxine waters, angela davis, again, i can go on and on. i would be remiss if i didn't mention dr amos brown who for many, many years in san francisco was a freedom fighter. even though his health is failing, you still see him hobbling around town. still standing tall for what he believes is right. i would also like to honor and recognize, whom i believe was the greatest mayor in the history of civilization, and that is the honorable mayor willie lewis brown. let's give him some love. [applause] >> i want to acknowledge ms. miss malia cohen, who is standing tall and firm, and is trudging forward to put san francisco

. >> you know, frederick douglass and as a parody of frederick douglass and i'm taking some heat fori don't feel bad about it because i don't care. i just don't feel bad about it. [laughter] i'm trying to get people to think. to get them to the mainland come you got to get them to the lily pad on the pond. >> you won a national book award. >> i was a surprise. >> you were sitting there that night and i've been to the ceremony by the way. not because my book was nominated that i had to pay for a m table. only way i got in. the favorites were george saunders and a few others in your not supposed to win. you were so unprepared to win you did not even write a speech. what happened? >> i still don't know. it was just one of those thingss where, you know, i don't know what happened. it was a great moment for me, but i was quite unprepared for it. sometimes god just off the lemon drop in thehe room and says gues what. that's what happened because they catapulted me into the sort of literary promise that in a lot of ways i'm not sure i earned. ifif a person right 30 bucks. how many of you wr

a panel discussion on frederick douglass 19th century civil rights activist and his legacy today. portrayed by william darius wallace will also appear in the book signings will follow the discussion to check our web site at archives.gov and go to the table outside to receive e-mail up dates and you'll find information about other national archives programs and activities. another way to get more involved in national archives is to become a member of the national archive foundation. the foundation supports all of our outreach activities. every year more than 1 million visitors walk into the rotunda. the original decoration and dependence the constitution and civil rights. as they enter lookup they see two large murrells one, writing the signers of the declaration and the other of the constitution. while visitors may be able to recognize some of the central figures on site most of them need to consult the identification key to find out who the rest are. i regret to tell mr. unger most will not find the name of dr. dr. benjamin rush. rush had been one of the most respected men of the

is injustice, it has to be remedied but if you believe in the declaration you've got to see frederick douglassooker t. washington. they hated slavery and the fact that for all it's worth but they believed in the declaration that wadeclarationallows the standart was the standard that it could be remedied. that is the difference in much of the hard left today. >> you mentioned martin luther king jr. and one of the things your book explores is a key difference between the two types of revolutions was the insistence that change takes time and transformation requires patience and by wondering the same speech when martin luther king talks about the promissory note he also talks about the fierce urgency of now and the fact that justice delayed is justice denied. how do you balance those ideas that change takes time with a recognition there can be a body count to the lack of justice extended. >> if you look at the history, the other three, the french, the russians, the chinese were all utopian. he just had to break a few things. whenever it's the possibility of change there is a gap between reality an

wolf trap national park for the performing arts, frederick douglass historic site, and further out, more local units that he helped establish. he had several reasons why he was so successful in establishing so many new national parks. one of them is that when he was going to these parks to see if they were worthy of federal protection and if they should become recreation areas for the public, he brought along -- he almost always brought along an armada of journalists and local, state, federal politicians representing the area. since these parks were often superlative, gorgeous natural areas, it generally received positive press in the articles that were then written about it. that really helped. he also -- stewart udall also partnered with ladybird johnson in several endeavors and they visited pre-existing national parks to simply drum up the interest in conservation. during one trip to big ben national park on the rio grande in texas, there are photos of stewart rowing the paddle down the rapids of the rio grande but the media got a hold of photos -- the media took photos of ladybird st

martin luther king, frederick douglass, bill clinton, reginald wayne belts, you leases askari obama,nd kobe bryant. why kobe bryant? zachary: because kobe bryant is like a cerebral assassin on the basketball court and he works incredibly hard. the one thing i admire about him more than anything is how hard he works. through his 20 year career, to be as dominant of a player as he was. this was a guy who watched animal planet just so he understood certain things about how to compete. this was someone who, you would hear crazy stories about how he was trying to shave a quarter of an inch off the soul of his shoe so he could turn around a little quicker on a fadeaway jump shot. he altered his diet, it was his work ethic and the way he played the game. brian: cornell west, you say you are a huge fan of cornell west. tell the story about meeting him and reading the 22 books and red bull. zachary: cornell west, captivating figure. master communicator. i find out he's going to be speaking in d.c. at washington university and i want to see him speak. but i did not want to just see him speak,

i think a lot about the speech that frederick douglass gave in 1894, shortly before his death, to ane of schoolchildren in manassas, virginia, black schoolchildren, and he -- think about everything that he had achieved that had been undone, right? he fought for emancipation. fought for abolition and emancipation and equal rights, and by 1894, right, the civil war has been won, the emancipation happened, but jim crow has taken over. the south wins the peace, there's violent segregation and an epidemic of lynching, and he tells these schoolchildren to hope that what is necessary in challenging times and the more challenging the times are is to do the hard work of figuring out where hope lies. >> jill lepore, thank you so much for being with us. >> thanks for having me. >> in these bitter times, and especially during this holiday period, it's always instructive to know how americans were able to overcome historic divisions in the past. tune in to tomorrow for the incredible story of how this syrian doctor lobbied president trump to stop a looming assault by the assad regime on the count

statementery famous that comes from frederick douglass that says "you cannot have the ocean without the roar of the waves." so, assuming that people who hold power are going to concede it without a challenge and without -- just because they are benevolent is a mistake. it just makes us appear like victims. >> i totally agree. i think when we started, at least my belief is that it will not get done. repercussions, disruption some of the things we have chatted about -- disruption, some of the things we have chatted about, are definitely accelerators of change. we should not wait for people to give us what we want. >> i totally agree. one of the things i wanted to bring up, you guys note as one of your recommendations going ofward, and there's a lot amazing recommendations, is to make senior leaders and managers champions of diversity. can we make people champions of things they don't care about? so, i don't know. i would disagree somewhat in that i think there is a very driven case that diversity drives long-term performance. there is also very clear talent case that if everyone is fishin

your your one-liners in very serious situations, the reader is rocket with a -- >> well, the frederick douglassaking heat for that. don't feel bad because i don't care. i just don't feel bad about it. i'm trying to get people to think and how you can get them to mainland. have to get them across the lily pad on the pond. >> you won a national book award. >> that was a surprise. >> you were sitting there that night -- i've been to the ceremony -- i lad to pay for a table. not because my book was nominated. the only way i got in. you're the favorites are george saunders, thomas pinch and a fews could you're not supposed to win, and you were so unprepared to win that you did not even write a speech. >> no, well, you know. >> what happened? >> i still don't know. it was just one of those things where -- i don't know what happened. it was a great moment for me but i was quite unprepared for it. sometimes god just drops a lemon drop in the room and says, guess what. that's what happened. catapulted me interest this literary prominence i -- i'm not sure i earned. it's different if you -- if a person w

thrilling, educational for all of us and we finished four weeks on figures of reconstruction, frederick douglass, john bingham who wrote the 14th amendment, kelly house, the african-american seamstress who advocated for labor rights and telling the stories, in this exhibit we are creating about the exit is crucial and if we can do that, i think we will be in great shape. >> you could definitely do the governor who wrote the we the people and has a very sexy story. >> amazing story and i guess we can tell it. he has a wooden leg and the story was that he jumped out of a window after a carriage accident and i think husband came home. he lost his leg and i think john adams said i wish he lost another appendage. >> he was searching for the original, more perfect union. >> we have the beginning of the morris musical right here. >> i heard he married nancy randall who was accused of murder. it was quite a character. you could do something with him. >> let's talk about the many modern depiction of lbj and movies. how does the library and foundation respond if at all, especially when they stray from res

the largest one is the frederick douglass memorial bridge, have a billion-dollar connection with theeighboring jurisdiction so those were an opportunity for us to showcase the work we are doing and talk about the connectivity we are bringing to the region over the upcoming years. >> a really good sentiment that my colleagues and i in arlington county establish a guiding principle like investments for amazon and any investments we are making that are critical to create a thriving neighborhood and sense of community and crystal city is connectivity of the region. the credit for the day-to-day negotiations and herculean tasks in response to that goes to our economic development team in arlington county but we have been involved with being clear particularly as we saw wild headlines about tax breaks and incentives and interested in minimal grants to amazon or tax breaks and putting together an incentive package focusing on the reinvestment in crystal city and arlington county and that is what you see in the package, the opportunity, 360 million in investments, a second entrance to crysta

kono enlarges what frederick douglass memorial bridge which is half the billion-dollar project which has a a direct connection for the city with her neighboring jurisdictions. those hot chicks weren't opportunity to showcase the work we are doing and talk about the connectivity we are bringing to the region over the upcoming years. >> embedded in your question is a good segment that my colleagues and i as elected officials and arson, sought to establish a guiding principle which is investments we make put forth an amazon and any of us are we making critical to create a thriving every instance acumen of in crystal city as well as connectivity to the region. the credit for the day-to-day negotiations and herculean task of preparing a response to that goes for economic development team led by victor and christina in arlington county. my colleagues and i have involvement along with being clear particularly as a song wild headlines about tax breaks and incentives being very clear we were interested in only very minimal grants. and instead putting together an incentive package that would f