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and this is a statue of frederick douglass when he came to ireland. it's unusual because most representations of douglas depict him as an older man as the oldest statesman the grizzly herd whitehead statesman this depicts frederick as i know him as a 27 year old fugitive slave who came to ireland this is the young frederick. this such is by an sculptor. it's deeply symbolic. it's the cloak is the cloak of daniel o'connell his great hero the waistcoat you may court vest is the best of abraham lincoln who he came to have a friendship with and the outstretched hand is exactly modeled on the hand of present obama. and in his left hand his clutching a copy of the narrative. so it's a beautiful powerful statue unusual because it's frederick speaking as he loved to speak. he was such a great arter. it's also impressive not only is it impressive because it's so dynamic but because it's size. it's almost 9 foot by nine foot, which is great, except it did not fit in our library. so the exhibitors in our main library frederick is at the law school, so we are spre
and this is a statue of frederick douglass when he came to ireland. it's unusual because most representations of douglas depict him as an older man as the oldest statesman the grizzly herd whitehead statesman this depicts frederick as i know him as a 27 year old fugitive slave who came to ireland this is the young frederick. this such is by an sculptor. it's deeply symbolic. it's the cloak is the cloak of daniel o'connell his great hero the waistcoat you may court vest is the best of abraham...
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so frederick douglass was a bit easier to write.but i think it was a process of beginning with something and then growing it out and shaping it as it happened. and i would be really remiss, if i did not mention jennifer nelson in this who directed the peace. i think jennifer was really on me about keeping it balanced. actors are in the moment actors are the greatest resource you have. they are in it and they will tell you when it's working, and they will tell you when it's not. and sometimes they will say what if i did this? and then they saved your bacon. and you steal it. but the director has that overall vision. and many times jennifer kept me focused and balanced in this piece. so as craig said, it had that quality of the two guys face to face and that was crucial. so when i say it was a year, it sounds like a long time i'm sure to people, but a year is very little time in the theater as you will known. you go from zero to opening night. it was a lot of work. a lot of fun work. i get to be in the ring myself with frederick dougl
so frederick douglass was a bit easier to write.but i think it was a process of beginning with something and then growing it out and shaping it as it happened. and i would be really remiss, if i did not mention jennifer nelson in this who directed the peace. i think jennifer was really on me about keeping it balanced. actors are in the moment actors are the greatest resource you have. they are in it and they will tell you when it's working, and they will tell you when it's not. and sometimes...
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and you know he went on to become my there's so many things to say about frederick douglass. let me just say that at the assassination he too was devastated. it was a terrible day for him. mary lincoln reached out to him at that time. he'd come to think highly of her. she in some ways was more committed to the abolition cause and her husband. he was extraordinary woman in many ways, but she sent frederick douglass a gift upon his death her husband's death, and it was her husband's favorite walking stick. it's an antler-headed cane. and she said my husband loved this and he would like you to have it. and douglas that became one of his prized possessions. he took it with him wherever he went and many of his too many of his speeches and he you know, he became one of the great orators of the of the day. and he often spoke about abraham lincoln in the years ahead. he gave dozens of talks about lincoln which make very interesting reading to this day. but you sometimes would take this cane up and you're waving around and say this cane used to belong to abraham lincoln. and now it be
and you know he went on to become my there's so many things to say about frederick douglass. let me just say that at the assassination he too was devastated. it was a terrible day for him. mary lincoln reached out to him at that time. he'd come to think highly of her. she in some ways was more committed to the abolition cause and her husband. he was extraordinary woman in many ways, but she sent frederick douglass a gift upon his death her husband's death, and it was her husband's favorite...
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this is a portrait of frederick douglass and frederick douglass is one of the most important people from that experience, because he's written and talked about the experience of the war. he also encouraged black soldiers to join, once they were able to. he spoke to abraham lincoln about it, and it was the civil war that inspired douglass to speak on photography like many americans, he believed photographs and pictures greatly contributed to the secession and of course the war. he wrote once you let the black man get an eagle on his button and musket on his shoulder, bullets in his pocket and there is no power on earth or under earth that can deny that he's earned the right of citizenship in the united states. so again, this is taken during the war years of the 1860s. so we see this formidable look, this focus that he has, and we can see the expression on his face. he also wrote the text for this regiment african of african descent joining the war. so this is the type of image why soldiers joined the 54th. this is a photograph of a man that joined the 54th. then as we think about contempo
this is a portrait of frederick douglass and frederick douglass is one of the most important people from that experience, because he's written and talked about the experience of the war. he also encouraged black soldiers to join, once they were able to. he spoke to abraham lincoln about it, and it was the civil war that inspired douglass to speak on photography like many americans, he believed photographs and pictures greatly contributed to the secession and of course the war. he wrote once you...
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i know that is taken from an great quote from frederick douglass and charles leno frederick douglass, he's really a great example of the paradigm you are talking about in self-actualization and empowering the individual. >> that is right. ps i write in the book i wrote in the book that he is a role model for social entrepreneurs and not only because he overcame so much and in spite of that of what he had to overcome the accomplish so much. as he described his ah-ha moments, what caused him to do that and so there is a lesson for all of us, not that we are going to be frederick douglass or accomplish what he did but we can learn from bad and if i could just mention a few of them, i think it's important. the first one was when he was eight years old. he learned that he wasn't a slave although he was warned in slavery, he wasn't a slave because he was inferior, he was a slave because he was being kept ignorant and so he was determined to change that and he threw ingenious methods taught himself to read in the next ah-ha moment for him was when he was 16 he got the opportunity to teach su
i know that is taken from an great quote from frederick douglass and charles leno frederick douglass, he's really a great example of the paradigm you are talking about in self-actualization and empowering the individual. >> that is right. ps i write in the book i wrote in the book that he is a role model for social entrepreneurs and not only because he overcame so much and in spite of that of what he had to overcome the accomplish so much. as he described his ah-ha moments, what caused...
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agree with you, to hear a story like from frederick douglass and hunt douglass, thank goodness for people i can predict the wrong thing to concluded that is totally going to be exceptional, people like douglas that will move the country for bid because the history of our country is a history of struggling. to address injustices and move us closer to that northstar. the social entrepreneurs who have done that are people. here the panel of experts of the blue panelist experts. they were never choose the people who are the social entrepreneurs. it's a frederick douglass was in enslaved individual yet he on his gift in a way to literally change the course of the world history. that is the story we told the book and the people who are closest to the problems are often those best position to address some pretty so you look at a i problem like poverty in e country printed. we open at the book with a story about a group that we work with called the family independence institution. it is an extraordinary organization illustrates these principles that everybody is a gift of these bottom up solution
agree with you, to hear a story like from frederick douglass and hunt douglass, thank goodness for people i can predict the wrong thing to concluded that is totally going to be exceptional, people like douglas that will move the country for bid because the history of our country is a history of struggling. to address injustices and move us closer to that northstar. the social entrepreneurs who have done that are people. here the panel of experts of the blue panelist experts. they were never...
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and frederick douglass, blanch k. bruce, the first black graduate of harvard, all gathered in the church and the church was packed just like this. and langston spoke. it was -- they just said, how could the country do this to us? how could they abandon us? how could they throw us to the wolves in the way that they have done? it was -- du bois said famously, if you want to think about the rise and fall of black freedom, the slave went free, stood a brief moment in the sun, and then moved back towards slavery again. and that is the history of the rise and fall of reconstruction. [ applause ] >> thank you for the most riveting and incredible moving account of the rise and fall of reconstruction. you have the funeral that african-americans held for slavery after the civil war and another funeral was held for reconstruction after the civil rights decision is stunning. you have this picture in the book of the first colored senators and representatives in new york and then and what is so incredible about what you just said w
and frederick douglass, blanch k. bruce, the first black graduate of harvard, all gathered in the church and the church was packed just like this. and langston spoke. it was -- they just said, how could the country do this to us? how could they abandon us? how could they throw us to the wolves in the way that they have done? it was -- du bois said famously, if you want to think about the rise and fall of black freedom, the slave went free, stood a brief moment in the sun, and then moved back...
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john brown had known for frederick douglass for some years. when douglass was living in rochester, brown every time he would go east to raise funds for his various activities, he would stop in and talk to douglass. so he planned this raid on harper's ferry, and he said we need to talk. he hadn't told douglass exactly what he was going to do. i'm going to launch this raid on harper's ferry, and we're going the hand these weapons out to enslaved young men, and they're going to rise up. and he said you need to join us, you need to join us. we'll have so much more effect if you do because i you have credibility that none of us have by ourselves. and douglass said, no, i'm not going to do it. and part of the reason, douglass was somebody who had a sort of -- [inaudible] he ned for his own freedom, and -- fled for his own freedom. basically, he was a writer, not a fighter. but the other thing was, and this i can only infer, because he didn't say it exactly to brown, but what dozens realized was that brown's raid was basically a suicide mission. ther
john brown had known for frederick douglass for some years. when douglass was living in rochester, brown every time he would go east to raise funds for his various activities, he would stop in and talk to douglass. so he planned this raid on harper's ferry, and he said we need to talk. he hadn't told douglass exactly what he was going to do. i'm going to launch this raid on harper's ferry, and we're going the hand these weapons out to enslaved young men, and they're going to rise up. and he...
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kenneally discusses frederick douglass's time in ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 46 and in an hour and 30 minutes on the presidency. susan eisenhower granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower on how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the museum's stay connected facebook live series. i'm your host historian, edna friedberg. every two weeks we discuss holocaust history and its relevance to our lives today. during today's show. we're going to examine the actions and impact that young people in america had in responding to the nazi threat that they were hearing about in europe during the 1930s and 1940s. we have two special guests today. my friend and colleague dr. rebecca erbelding is a historian here at the united states holocaust memorial museum. hi there becky. hey, edna, i miss seeing you every day exactly in normal times. we sit on the same hallway just a couple of doors from each other. so good to meet in this virtual space. and we are also delighted to welcome leila braun a
kenneally discusses frederick douglass's time in ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 46 and in an hour and 30 minutes on the presidency. susan eisenhower granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower on how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the museum's stay connected facebook live series. i'm your host historian, edna friedberg. every two weeks we discuss holocaust history and its relevance...
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i have a picture of frederick douglass and harriet tubman in my conference room in the capital, but frederick douglass i quote all the time when he said it. it is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. and i think that a such a profound statement and i also quote, and this may surprise some of you who have not heard me say it before, spiro t agnew. he and i were elected to the maryland state senate, he was elected governor, and he gave an inaugural address and the only line i remember from that address was the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress. essentially, douglas and agnew were saying the same thing, that we need to invest in our children, not only bill young, but in an ongoing effort to make sure that people maintain skills or obtain new skills for a changing economy. this past year, of course, has been an enormously difficult year for america and americans and frankly for the citizens of the global community. covid-19 is unlike anything that i've experienced in my lifetime of 80 plus years. it is something that not only adversely affected the heal
i have a picture of frederick douglass and harriet tubman in my conference room in the capital, but frederick douglass i quote all the time when he said it. it is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. and i think that a such a profound statement and i also quote, and this may surprise some of you who have not heard me say it before, spiro t agnew. he and i were elected to the maryland state senate, he was elected governor, and he gave an inaugural address and the only...
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now i understand why frederick douglass is that the right to vote was the most important of the groupcause african americans where the majority in 70 states, and why the evisceration of the right to vote was the core of redemption. tell us more about how the racist redemption based backlash eviscerated the right to vote, the supreme court decisions through terrorist violence and through discretionary -- discriminatory laws. >> sure. this lithograph is from 1972. i don't know if they can see it. it's famous. the famous senator and u.s. representatives. you know that the rioters project sent rioters to review former slaves. people would be very, very young during the civil war, the 1930s. they were very small. former homes occupied by slaves on plantations. they found grease covered, faded copies of that 1812 lithograph. you go home and there is jesus and martin luther king. now there's jesus, martin luther king, and barack obama. they had that. i studied the history of the lithograph. three of those men were born free. and we tend to forget. one was english. robert brown elliott was bo
now i understand why frederick douglass is that the right to vote was the most important of the groupcause african americans where the majority in 70 states, and why the evisceration of the right to vote was the core of redemption. tell us more about how the racist redemption based backlash eviscerated the right to vote, the supreme court decisions through terrorist violence and through discretionary -- discriminatory laws. >> sure. this lithograph is from 1972. i don't know if they can...
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i quote frederick douglass, obviously born a slave on the eastern shore, as was harriet tubman.ave a picture of frederick douglass and harriet tubman in my conference room in the top -- in the capitol, two extraordinarily marylanders. frederick douglass said, it is easier to build strong children that it is to repair broken men. i think that is a profound statement. and it may surprise some of you have not heard me quote spiro agnew. he and i were elected to the maryland -i was elected to the senate and he was elected governor any given inaugural address. the only line i remember from that address was, that the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress. essentially, douglass and agnew were saying the same thing, that we need to invest in our children, and in the education. not all the other young that in our view, in an ongoing effort to make sure people maintain skills, or obtain new skills, for changing economy. this past year has been an enormous lead difficult year for america, and americans, and, frankly, for citizens of the global community. covid-19 is unlike anyt
i quote frederick douglass, obviously born a slave on the eastern shore, as was harriet tubman.ave a picture of frederick douglass and harriet tubman in my conference room in the top -- in the capitol, two extraordinarily marylanders. frederick douglass said, it is easier to build strong children that it is to repair broken men. i think that is a profound statement. and it may surprise some of you have not heard me quote spiro agnew. he and i were elected to the maryland -i was elected to the...
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and there's this moment in the summer of 1865 where there's a meeting, the evolutionists and frederick douglass was there, not surprisingly and garrison, the famous white abolitionists as well the 13th amendment is about to be ratified so our work here is done and frederick douglass says no, it is not because all we have to do is look at ohio and illinois and indiana to see that just because you abolish slavery doesn't mean you get rid of racist laws and he goes on to describe this history of the struggles that i'm writing about in the book of the northern fight against racist state laws and says if we don't push congress to act further, then we are going to be stuck with the same old in the southern states and probably the northern states so we have to have a level of federal authority for the first time that it sets up a baseline of civil rights beyond just saying there can't be slavery anymore. >> and it certainly turned out to be prophetic in a lot of ways. >> the legislation was also noteworthy for what it did not include. what was not in that legislation? >> one of the things about discus
and there's this moment in the summer of 1865 where there's a meeting, the evolutionists and frederick douglass was there, not surprisingly and garrison, the famous white abolitionists as well the 13th amendment is about to be ratified so our work here is done and frederick douglass says no, it is not because all we have to do is look at ohio and illinois and indiana to see that just because you abolish slavery doesn't mean you get rid of racist laws and he goes on to describe this history of...
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around this same time, lincoln calls frederick douglass, the great abolitionist, to come to the white house to have a meeting. in lincoln says to him, douglas, i hate slavery as much as you do, and i want to see it abolished altogether. and he says to frederick douglass, i issued the emancipation proclamation and i thought the slaves would flee to union lines and come over and gain freedom, and they are not doing that as quickly as i hoped they would. and he says to douglas that, by the time the election is over and there is a new democrat in the white house, he will repeal the emancipation proclamation and slaves will lose their chance. and so he says to douglas, we've got to come up with a plan to free as many slaves as possible before i'm out of office. and they actually think about john brown, who we talked about two or three weeks ago, how john brown wanted to take an army into the south and free the slaves. and they come up with a plan modeled after john brown where they will take what douglass called a band of scouts into the south and basically tell the slaves, run away now, g
around this same time, lincoln calls frederick douglass, the great abolitionist, to come to the white house to have a meeting. in lincoln says to him, douglas, i hate slavery as much as you do, and i want to see it abolished altogether. and he says to frederick douglass, i issued the emancipation proclamation and i thought the slaves would flee to union lines and come over and gain freedom, and they are not doing that as quickly as i hoped they would. and he says to douglas that, by the time...
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. >> my name is waynelle sexton, george floyd's second grade teacher at frederick douglass elementarygeorge was always perry to his classmates and me. he was a good student. each child wrote an essay on what i want to be when i grow up. and perry's essay is very nice. "when i grow up, i want to be a supreme court judge. when people say, your honor, he did rob the bank. i will say, be seated." >> he always had dreams of being big. doing something that had a huge impact. he made the statement that stuck with me. he said, man, i'll going to be big, i'm going to touch the world. >> george floyd grew up in the cuney homes in houston. it's known as one of the notoriously toughest areas in houston. peo there are on section 8, low-income, impoverished. few have jobs. >> third world is one of these places you always saw police officers -- traffic stopping, stopping individuals suspected of having guns, drugs, whatever. george floyd, growing up in a ugd vlee. up, only way out, that we thought was our way out, was sports, rapping, and drugs. reason being, we didn't have no doctors in our familie
. >> my name is waynelle sexton, george floyd's second grade teacher at frederick douglass elementarygeorge was always perry to his classmates and me. he was a good student. each child wrote an essay on what i want to be when i grow up. and perry's essay is very nice. "when i grow up, i want to be a supreme court judge. when people say, your honor, he did rob the bank. i will say, be seated." >> he always had dreams of being big. doing something that had a huge impact. he...
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i think that i i'm you know, i'm i rely, you know, there's a lot of frederick douglass in here. and you know, they're probably could be a bit less, or maybe there should be more it's not a super long book, but i i i think that i started. binding as i was doing the research finding these folks who i just thought were were so cool who had done such impressive and wide-ranging work and so, you know willis hodges is one example that you bring up and and what's i don't know. there's there's a lot that's really wild about hodges story to me. just the the decision to leave your family in virginia and try to make a new life for yourself in new york. and then the decision say you know, what? manhattan or brooklyn is not where i want to be. i'm gonna go to the adirondacks and it's it's it's a it's fascinating to think about the choice and the decision that went into that and it's tough because you know, we can't have that much of the thought process that went went into that just in terms of seeing the records, but we do have from hodges more than we would from from a lot of other black fo
i think that i i'm you know, i'm i rely, you know, there's a lot of frederick douglass in here. and you know, they're probably could be a bit less, or maybe there should be more it's not a super long book, but i i i think that i started. binding as i was doing the research finding these folks who i just thought were were so cool who had done such impressive and wide-ranging work and so, you know willis hodges is one example that you bring up and and what's i don't know. there's there's a lot...
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dc into a state that would be caught washington, douglass commonwealth name for abolitionist frederick douglass. it would be represented by one house member and 2 senators republicans call it a power grab by the left. democrats argued would give dc's more than 700,000 residents. a voice. kron 4 has a new and easy way to download your mobile app. we have 2 qr codes for you. so you can get them on your phone. the kron 4 news app is updated with timely events. we cover big stories, breaking news. you can also see. >> what's happening in your neck of the woods. you see that's on your screen right there you go. hold your phone up to that. take a picture that scan that qr code. it's going to take your phone to the app store or you can download the app. a live local streaming news 24 7 kron on is also an at you're gonna need on your fall, you get up to the minute live updates on all the major stories on force newscasters live all throughout the day. so here's that qr code on your screen. you can go ahead, take a picture of that. it will take you to the app store to download our kron on we'll have more
dc into a state that would be caught washington, douglass commonwealth name for abolitionist frederick douglass. it would be represented by one house member and 2 senators republicans call it a power grab by the left. democrats argued would give dc's more than 700,000 residents. a voice. kron 4 has a new and easy way to download your mobile app. we have 2 qr codes for you. so you can get them on your phone. the kron 4 news app is updated with timely events. we cover big stories, breaking news....
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laws and to treat them, in the words of frederick douglass, as aliens, not citizens, but subjects, end quote. or it can live up to our nation's founding principles. join the 54% of americans. that is 54%, mr. speaker, and growing who support d.c. statehood and pass h.r. 51. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the republican leader of the government operations subcommittee from georgia, mr. hice. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia is recognized for one minute. mr. hice: i thank the ranking member. i don't even know where to begin to respond to what we just heard. to imply that washington, d.c., has no representation is absolutely false. it does have local representation. also has a delegate right here in the house of representatives. and has electoral votes for the president election. seems like -- something no other city in this country has. h.r. 51 flies in the face of what our founders inten
laws and to treat them, in the words of frederick douglass, as aliens, not citizens, but subjects, end quote. or it can live up to our nation's founding principles. join the 54% of americans. that is 54%, mr. speaker, and growing who support d.c. statehood and pass h.r. 51. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from the district yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the...
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frederick douglass i quote all the time when he says it's easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. i think that is such a profound statement and i also quote in some if you have not heard me say before sparrow agnew. he and i were elected -- i was elected to the maryland state senate and i he was elected governor gave the nod will address and the only minor member from that address was the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress. douglas and agnew were saying the same thing that we need to invest in our children and their education not only the young but it's an ongoing effort to make sure people maintain skills or obtain new skills before it a changing economy. this past year of course has been an enormously difficult year for america and americans and the citizens of the global community. covid-19 is unlike anything that i have experienced in my lifetime of 80 plus years. it is something that not only adversely affected the health of america but affected overwhelmingly the economy of our country and the global community. we have had an extraordinar
frederick douglass i quote all the time when he says it's easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. i think that is such a profound statement and i also quote in some if you have not heard me say before sparrow agnew. he and i were elected -- i was elected to the maryland state senate and i he was elected governor gave the nod will address and the only minor member from that address was the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress. douglas and agnew were saying...
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kenneally discusses frederick douglass's time in ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 46 and in an hour and 30 minutes on the presidency. susan eisenhower granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower on how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the museum's stay connected facebook live series. i'm your host historian, edna friedberg. every two weeks we discuss holocaust history and its relevance to our lives today. during today's show. we're going to examine the actions and impact that young people in america had in responding to the nazi threat that they were hearing about in europe during the 1930s and 1940s. we have two special guests today.
kenneally discusses frederick douglass's time in ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 46 and in an hour and 30 minutes on the presidency. susan eisenhower granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower on how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the museum's stay connected facebook live series. i'm your host historian, edna friedberg. every two weeks we discuss holocaust history and its relevance...
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kenneally discusses frederick douglass's time in ireland during an 18-month trip to promote abolitionism abroad in 1845 and 46 and in an hour and 30 minutes on the presidency. susan eisenhower granddaughter of dwight d eisenhower on how ike led the principles behind eisenhower's biggest decisions. good morning, and thank you for joining us for the museum's stay connected facebook live sie
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and he says to frederick douglass, you know, i issued the emancipation proclamation and i thought that the slaves would flee to union lines and come over and gain freedom and they're not doing that as quickly as i had hoped they would. and he says to douglas that by the time the election's over and there's a new democrat in the white house. he's going to repeal the emancipation proclamation and slaves are going to lose their chance. and so he says to douglas. we've got to come up with a plan to free as many slaves as possible before i'm out of office and they actually can they think about john brown who we talked about two or three weeks ago how john brown wanted to take an army basically into the south and free the slaves and they come up with a plan modeled after john brown where they're gonna take what douglas called a band of scouts into the south and basically tell the slaves run away now now get to the north now. while there's still a republican in office. fortunately, nothing had to come of this plan or lincoln's blind memorandum because things would take a turn for the better i
and he says to frederick douglass, you know, i issued the emancipation proclamation and i thought that the slaves would flee to union lines and come over and gain freedom and they're not doing that as quickly as i had hoped they would. and he says to douglas that by the time the election's over and there's a new democrat in the white house. he's going to repeal the emancipation proclamation and slaves are going to lose their chance. and so he says to douglas. we've got to come up with a plan to...
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just on the road, frederick douglass will live in rochester, new york.nd with all of this anti-slavery activity going on neither of the fillmore's ever lift a finger to fight slavery. they never show any hostility to slavery at all, and they show no sympathy whatsoever to free blocks. it's really quite shocking that they are completely clueless about this. when he's running for vice president, somebody accuses him in helping fugitive slaves escape. in a letter that is so shocking that i wouldn't say it on the air, he simply says incredibly horrible things about black people and says, why would i ever lift my finger to help them? >> back to her love of books. did abigail's love of books and sheldon cooper and libraries cause any national trends in education or any library expansions? >> to my knowledge, no. but you have to look for the long term. we don't they didn't have the instantaneous communications. her books, we're not going to set off a trend for bangs in a way that modern communications do. i think that what we are beginning to see as we go in th
just on the road, frederick douglass will live in rochester, new york.nd with all of this anti-slavery activity going on neither of the fillmore's ever lift a finger to fight slavery. they never show any hostility to slavery at all, and they show no sympathy whatsoever to free blocks. it's really quite shocking that they are completely clueless about this. when he's running for vice president, somebody accuses him in helping fugitive slaves escape. in a letter that is so shocking that i...
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make washington district of columbia the state of washington douglas commonwealth, honoring frederick douglassople living in d.c. who pay the most federal taxes would get federal voting rights, including two new senators. that would almost certainly mean two more democrats given d.c.'s political leanings with the gop intensely opposed to statehood. >> democrat support is about democratic partisanship, democrat power. >> reporter: some republicans say d.c. is too small. >> d.c. wouldn't qualify as a singular congressional district. >> reporter: it has more people than vermont or wyoming. >> wyoming is a well rounded working class state. >> reporter: democrats blast that as racism. >> i had no idea there were so many syllables in the world white. >> d.c. would be the only state, the only state without an airport, without a car dealership. >> reporter: d.c. does have car dealerships. the constitution doesn't mention those. as for the founding fathers, some conservatives say they never intended the capital become a state. >> anybody who knows a law book from a j. crew catalog now it's unconstituti
make washington district of columbia the state of washington douglas commonwealth, honoring frederick douglassople living in d.c. who pay the most federal taxes would get federal voting rights, including two new senators. that would almost certainly mean two more democrats given d.c.'s political leanings with the gop intensely opposed to statehood. >> democrat support is about democratic partisanship, democrat power. >> reporter: some republicans say d.c. is too small. >> d.c....
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the deacons for defense and justice, evrnest thomas and coretta jackson and robert hicks and frederick douglass kirkpatrick, they were saying in order to be a self-respecting people, we have to be able to defend ourselves. we have to be able to protect our loved ones, and we ought to move towards some self-determination. you know, that group actually provided the security for martin luther king jr. on the march in mississippi because they were trying to kill him. we love martin. we got to protect him. well, we love daunte. we love breonna, we love brother george and so, so many others, you know what i mean? so the question becomes how do we work on the inside of a system -- because the system is a failure. we know that. all investigations and so forth, they can spend months and months on that. it is failing black people. so the question becomes what is the response? do we come up with our own forms of protecting each other? do we generate mechanisms of accountability for police and others who are killing black people? we cannot just have conversations over and over again about this must stop. t
the deacons for defense and justice, evrnest thomas and coretta jackson and robert hicks and frederick douglass kirkpatrick, they were saying in order to be a self-respecting people, we have to be able to defend ourselves. we have to be able to protect our loved ones, and we ought to move towards some self-determination. you know, that group actually provided the security for martin luther king jr. on the march in mississippi because they were trying to kill him. we love martin. we got to...
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so these are historic things. , there are other statues up there as you know, frederick douglass is in the capital. harriet tubman and rosa parks. but all of them were put there by congress. each state gets two statues. they have the right to put two statues in the capitol building. john lewis will be the second person of color honored with the statute, by a state. i think it's important for us to know. but you have to understand that what has happened last summer with black lives matter. john and i talked about on the floor. we were talking one day at the back of the chamber after he told me that things with him were coming to an and, that his illness was terminal. and we talked about black lives matter and talked about what was going on in ferguson, that led to black lives matter. then he also said, that we were hopeful. that things would not happen to them, to that movement, the way it happened two hours. -- the way it happened to ours. now, we were doing fine with sncc. we woke up one day, and there was a new slogan on the street, burn, baby, burn. and we had the same fear we would
so these are historic things. , there are other statues up there as you know, frederick douglass is in the capital. harriet tubman and rosa parks. but all of them were put there by congress. each state gets two statues. they have the right to put two statues in the capitol building. john lewis will be the second person of color honored with the statute, by a state. i think it's important for us to know. but you have to understand that what has happened last summer with black lives matter. john...
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there are other statues, frederick douglass in the capital, harriet tubman, rosa parks, but all of them were put there by congress. each state gets to statues. they have the right to put to statues -- each state gets two statues. they have the right to put two statues up. i think all of that is important for us to know. but you have to understand that what happened last summer with black lives matter, john and i talked about it on the floor. we sat in the back of the chamber talking and it was after he told me that things with him for coming to an end and his illness was terminal and we talked about black labs matter and what was going on in what went on in ferguson. but then we also said that we were hopeful that things would not happen to them the way they happened to ours. we were doing fine and then we woke up with a new slogan, burn baby burn. it was taken over. we had the same fear that we would wake up one day and they would defund the police. we saw that as a way to undermine the movement. burn baby burn, a lot of people get upset about it, but there is something to be said abou
there are other statues, frederick douglass in the capital, harriet tubman, rosa parks, but all of them were put there by congress. each state gets to statues. they have the right to put to statues -- each state gets two statues. they have the right to put two statues up. i think all of that is important for us to know. but you have to understand that what happened last summer with black lives matter, john and i talked about it on the floor. we sat in the back of the chamber talking and it was...
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the new state would be called "washington, douglass commonwealth" after abolitionist frederick douglass and would exclude federal buildings and monuments. the measure would give over 700,000 d.c. residents one representative in the house and two senators. the biden administration has backed the bid for statehood, but it faces a stiff battle in the evenly divided senate where it would need 60 votes to pass. the senate passed a bill targeting anti-asian hate crimes, which have seen an exponential rise since the start of the pandemic. the measure would create a justice department position focused on the issue which would review hate crime reports. a single "no" vote was cast by missouri senator josh hawley, the trump ally who helped incite the deadly january 6 insurrection. hawley called the bill too broad. the bill will be voted on by the house before heading to biden's desk. the house passed the no ban act wednesday, limiting a president's ability to impose discriminatory entry bans like the muslim travel ban ordered by president trump in 2017. this is indiana congressmember andrÉ carson
the new state would be called "washington, douglass commonwealth" after abolitionist frederick douglass and would exclude federal buildings and monuments. the measure would give over 700,000 d.c. residents one representative in the house and two senators. the biden administration has backed the bid for statehood, but it faces a stiff battle in the evenly divided senate where it would need 60 votes to pass. the senate passed a bill targeting anti-asian hate crimes, which have seen an...
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make washington, district of columbia, the state of washington douglas commonwealth, honoring frederick douglassluding two new senators. that would almost certainly mean two nor democratswith the g.o.p. intensely oppose today statehood. >> democrat support sp about hr 5 #, dink partisanship. >> reporter: some republicans argue d.c. is too small. >> a singular congressional district. >> reporter: it has more people than vermont or wyoming. some have argued d.c.'s not wyoming. >> wyoming is a well rounded working class state. >> reporter: democrats blast that as thinly veiled racism. >> i had no idea there was so many syllables in the word white. >> d.c. would be the only state, the only state without an airport, without a car dealership. >> reporter: d.c. does have car dealerships and the constitution doesn't mention those anyway. as for the founding fathers, some conservatives say they never intended that the nation's capitol become a state. >> anybody who knows a mall back from a j.crew catalog knowsage it's unconstitutional. >> reporter: if that happens, d.c. would have the highest percentage
make washington, district of columbia, the state of washington douglas commonwealth, honoring frederick douglassluding two new senators. that would almost certainly mean two nor democratswith the g.o.p. intensely oppose today statehood. >> democrat support sp about hr 5 #, dink partisanship. >> reporter: some republicans argue d.c. is too small. >> a singular congressional district. >> reporter: it has more people than vermont or wyoming. some have argued d.c.'s not...
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douglas as in frederick douglass the famed abolitionist who lived in the city. you heard of pack the courts, how about pack the congress? republicans say democrats pushed statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. >> this is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab by democrats to gain two ultra progressive of it d.c. senate seats. >> democrats say the current states faced opposition to understood as well. >> everyone knew that hawaii and alaska could not be admitted pause they weren't contiguous, it was said utah couldn't be admitted because they were practicing polygamy there. >> blocking d.c. statehood as essential to left leaning agenda. >> this bill is part of the progressive pathway to reshape america into that socialist utopia. >> statehood got a boost from the biden administration this week calling it, quote: long overdue and noting that d.c. residents are deprived of full representation in congress. the bill will likely pass the house thursday. the house approved a similar bill last year. >> first of all, we have a president of the uni
douglas as in frederick douglass the famed abolitionist who lived in the city. you heard of pack the courts, how about pack the congress? republicans say democrats pushed statehood to cushion their congressional majorities. >> this is nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab by democrats to gain two ultra progressive of it d.c. senate seats. >> democrats say the current states faced opposition to understood as well. >> everyone knew that hawaii and alaska could not be...
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it would be called washington douglass commonwealth name for abolitionist frederick douglass.would be represented by one house member to senators republicans call it a power grab by the left to vote grab democrats argue it would give dc's more than 700,000 residents. a voice. >> next. a tenant vacaville family is outraged after a violent encounter involving police and their teenage son who is autistic. plus cal fire says it's going to be a long wildfire season. what the agency is doing to try to ensure they won't be caught off guard when those fire start and this life-size teddy bear thing just made a trek from la to san francisco on foot in his own words. why he made that 400 mile journey we'll have those stories and more coming up next. at chewy, we know it's important for your pet to feel good inside and out. that's why we have everything you need to pamper them. save on their favorite shampoo, grooming tools, and even treats to make their breath fresh. chewy's got it all - delivered right to your door. save 30% on your first autoship order at chewy. protect your pet this f
it would be called washington douglass commonwealth name for abolitionist frederick douglass.would be represented by one house member to senators republicans call it a power grab by the left to vote grab democrats argue it would give dc's more than 700,000 residents. a voice. >> next. a tenant vacaville family is outraged after a violent encounter involving police and their teenage son who is autistic. plus cal fire says it's going to be a long wildfire season. what the agency is doing to...
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washington, frederick douglass. they viewed this as an international struggle. but what most black people, where this begins to enter the consciousness especially in the 1950s, and the conversation is going both ways. the atlantic charter is key. before the united states gets into world war ii, signed onto this atlantic charter about what the world is going to look like after the united states and its allies have won this. one of those visions was for sovereignty. sovereign nations, the end of colonialism basically. a system that existed for 70 years across the globe, and all these countries, many of whom you have a lot of nonwhite people in them like india, the whole continent of africa, vietnam. these folks are like great, this atlantic charter, wonderful, let's get it going. 1945, 1947 to like 1953 is this enormous weight of creations of new countries overthrowing the government started with india, moving on to french indochina, thailand, laos, vietnam, the whole continent of africa. assets happen like americans are paying attention. especially -- martin luth
washington, frederick douglass. they viewed this as an international struggle. but what most black people, where this begins to enter the consciousness especially in the 1950s, and the conversation is going both ways. the atlantic charter is key. before the united states gets into world war ii, signed onto this atlantic charter about what the world is going to look like after the united states and its allies have won this. one of those visions was for sovereignty. sovereign nations, the end of...
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its name for abolitionist frederick douglass, a new state would also mean representation for its citizensd two senators. democrats say it's a move to give dc's more than 700,000 residents. ah voice, but republicans suspect something else. make no mistake. hr 51 is just democrats latest attempt for a power grab. while democrats are trying to control the lives of the american people by force republicans are working on showing that we have the right policies to effectively govern president biden supports the motion. president biden strongly supports d c. statehood our administration will work with congress to get it passed if the d c bill stalls in the senate democrats could use a potential filibuster as a wedge to gin up support to change senate filibuster provisions. on capitol hill chad program fox news. this is ktvu fox two news at six. required coronavirus vaccinations for students, faculty and staff. that is the plan announced today by two of the nation's largest university systems right here in california. we require other vaccines and were to come to campus in order to be enrolled. a
its name for abolitionist frederick douglass, a new state would also mean representation for its citizensd two senators. democrats say it's a move to give dc's more than 700,000 residents. ah voice, but republicans suspect something else. make no mistake. hr 51 is just democrats latest attempt for a power grab. while democrats are trying to control the lives of the american people by force republicans are working on showing that we have the right policies to effectively govern president biden...
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but here, once again. — after frederick douglass.ral college votes to equal the least populous state _ votes to equal the least populous state in _ votes to equal the least populous state in the united states. welcome you know _ state in the united states. welcome you know what's come if you're going to pass _ you know what's come if you're going to pass legislation like this, it's going _ to pass legislation like this, it's going to — to pass legislation like this, it's going to offend the constitution because — going to offend the constitution because we already have an amendment. what are you going to do with those _ amendment. what are you going to do with those other additional three electorat— with those other additional three electoral college votes? this is where — electoral college votes? this is where those who propose to have a new state _ where those who propose to have a new state don't actually look at the constitutional ratifications of it, christiah — constitutional ratifications of it, christian. ., , ., constitution
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after abolitionist frederick douglass. this would give dc's more than 700,000 residents of voice by giving them one house member and two senators. but republicans think this is a power move. president biden supports the measure. the bill is headed to the senate, where it is expected to stall. another reason to cut meat out of your diet up next to look at how you can help to save this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple policies. that's why three was created. it's one policy that covers everything you need... leaving those old policies in the dust. three. no nonsense. just common sense. welcome to the place where the aroma of authenticity leaving those old policies turns into the scent of home. where cacique inspires you to add your own flair. and the warmth of friends and family is in every bite. cacique. your auténtico awaits. small business insurance is usually so complicated, you need to be a lawyer to understand it. that's why three was created. if
after abolitionist frederick douglass. this would give dc's more than 700,000 residents of voice by giving them one house member and two senators. but republicans think this is a power move. president biden supports the measure. the bill is headed to the senate, where it is expected to stall. another reason to cut meat out of your diet up next to look at how you can help to save this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance usually forces you to piece together multiple...
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frederick douglass once said i would unite with anybody to do right, with nobody to do wrong.e call on the 55 senators who have not signed on in support of the bill, which would build a more perfect union and seize this opportunity to right a 220-year-old wrong. the mayor of d.c. jonathan and pennsylvania, good morning, opposes the idea. caller: good morning, people. i am looking at this from the primary picture from the architects of this country. we had the rim, the axis, and the spokes. the spoke is the state, the rim is the territory, and the axis is the federal government. i believe people in d.c. should be represented by a congress and by a federal representative. that is basically my point. host: the federal representative, should that person be able to vote? or is that the nonvoting delegate, eleanor holmes norton? caller: the population in d.c. should have representatives from the congress and from the senate . federal government is still a separate entity. it is in the state, but d.c. will not be classified as a state. it will still be a district -- it is the axle of
frederick douglass once said i would unite with anybody to do right, with nobody to do wrong.e call on the 55 senators who have not signed on in support of the bill, which would build a more perfect union and seize this opportunity to right a 220-year-old wrong. the mayor of d.c. jonathan and pennsylvania, good morning, opposes the idea. caller: good morning, people. i am looking at this from the primary picture from the architects of this country. we had the rim, the axis, and the spokes. the...
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. >> my name is waynel sexton, and i was george floyd's second grade teacher at frederick douglass elementaryn houston, texas. george was always perry to his classmates and to me, and he was a good student. each child wrote an essay on "what i want to be when i grow up." and perry's essay is very nice. "when i grow up, i want to be a supreme court judge. when people say, your honor he did rob the bank, i will say, be seated! >> he always had dreams of being big, doing something that had a huge impact. he made this statement that just stuck out with me, he said, man, i'm going to be big. i'm going to touch the world. >> what's his name? >> george floyd! >> what's his name? >> george floyd! >> what's his name? >> george floyd! >> what's his name? >> george floyd! >> cup foods on 3759 chicago. on 38th. they are reporting there's a person who used a counterfeit bill at the business. >> on memorial day, may 25, 2020, floyd was hanging out with a couple of his friends, and he drove them to cup foods, which is a local neighborhood corner grocery store. >> george floyd was a regular customer. maybe o
. >> my name is waynel sexton, and i was george floyd's second grade teacher at frederick douglass elementaryn houston, texas. george was always perry to his classmates and to me, and he was a good student. each child wrote an essay on "what i want to be when i grow up." and perry's essay is very nice. "when i grow up, i want to be a supreme court judge. when people say, your honor he did rob the bank, i will say, be seated! >> he always had dreams of being big, doing...
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and frederick douglass remindses that you the power exceeds nothing but the demand.ignal that there will be consequences. so, it's important to hold corporations accountable. i think it's important. i think major league baseball made a necessary action in effect. and i think we have to call on corporations to speak up but to also take action. major league baseball took a necessary step in action as it saw fit to remove its all-star game from atlanta. i think the ncaa should strong consider removing georgia as a potential for the remake of what was lost in 2020. ultimately, we have to organize -- we have to put pressure and send a signal to these states, particularly these states that are still considering such legislation that, should you move in this directioner there will be consequences in your state. >> it's interesting you brought up the ncaa, i'm going to have jamal hill on later on in the show. i want to ask you, in florida, they are pretty much copying the georgia bill and trying to institute this law that you can't give people food or water within 150 feet o
and frederick douglass remindses that you the power exceeds nothing but the demand.ignal that there will be consequences. so, it's important to hold corporations accountable. i think it's important. i think major league baseball made a necessary action in effect. and i think we have to call on corporations to speak up but to also take action. major league baseball took a necessary step in action as it saw fit to remove its all-star game from atlanta. i think the ncaa should strong consider...