don't recruit frederick douglass. guess who told them all so frederick douglass. turn around says now pay him the same and when they get caught i want them treated the same as white guys. so he wasn't going to stop until he got everything but he understood where lincoln's coming from. and i thought this quote would be something we can enjoy a few of them. actually, i think we're going to see a tape. this is actually the tape. i'll finish up with a few quotes quotes. this is a look at the book that maybe you're all gonna get the american civil war over 600,000 would die over the course of four years. for the united states to survive then reunify and become for the first time a nation-free for all they would need extraordinary leaders to emerged above the rest abraham lincoln the president frederick douglass the freedom fighter together. they would make america more perfect union. america has been blessed to have the right people the right time. you think back to those days in the civil war where brothers literally fought blood brothers fathers fought their kids. be

when justice quotes frederick douglass, the famous quote, "leave us alone," and he also quotes frederick douglass in one of my favorite opinions of justice thomas. education means freedom, life and liberty. he also talks about consequences . other examples i can think of, in the mcdonald case, the second amendment incorporation case, he talks about the need to disarm poor black people at the time, the ratification of the 14th amendment, and now he talks about consequences -- the court can safely say this is unconstitutional because members of the court to not live in the neighborhoods where people are going to suffer lives. i think in some sense, you can call that the highlighting of consequence, also like shaming. not that those consequences are driving his decisions. he is telling -- he has never had justice scalia's sharp tongue. he has never said anyone should put a bag over their head. these interesting cases, particularly race cases, but also about average, ordinary americans that will suffer from mistakes he feels the court is making, he is not afraid to say we do not live in the

and most people at home know that because most people at home know who frederick douglass is, and its on the right. that douglas argued that slavery should be allowed in the new u.s. states, which lincoln opposed. and the fact that the virginia lawmaker got this wrong, specifically saying it was frederick douglass also shows us why this movement against teaching the truth about racism is actually quite dangerous. but it can be amusing when they make these kinds of mistakes. joining us is an associate professor of history at the ohio state university. professor, what does this mistake in this bill over the very famous lincoln/douglas debates tell us about the movement to restrict how schools accurately teach american history? >> it tells us that we should leave the teaching to teachers, and get the politicians and elected officials, especially those who are driven by a particular political agenda, that is designed to prevent students and people from learning about, as you pointed out, the ways in which race and racism have shaped the contours of american society and continue to shape

and when justice thomas quotes frederick douglass, he does quote him in greeter, you know, the famous, leave us alone, and he also quotes frederick douglass in one of my favorite a opinions which is his concurrence in the voucher case in -- where he says education means, it means freedom, light and liberty. and i think he also talks about consequences. other examples i could think of, in the mcdonald case which is the second amendment incorporation case, he talks ability really what it would mean to disarm poor black people at the time of the ratification of the 14th amendment and now. he talks about consequences in the morales v. chicago case where he says -- i mean, i think says the court can safely say that this is unconstitutional because the members of this court do not live in the neighborhoods where people who are going to suffer from our loftype pronouncements live. and i think those are all, i think in some sense you could call that, those highlighting of consequences almost like shaming. but not that those consequences are drivingno his decisions. he is telling and he does h

there is a distinction between regionalism and consequences and with justice thomas to quote frederick douglass he does and says the famous quote. and that education means freedom of light and liberty. and then t in the mcdonald's clays. the corporation case with that a ratification of the 14th amendment and then consequences and then i think that the court can safely say this is unconstitutional because they do not live in the neighborhoods of people who were suffer from the lofty pronouncement list. is a highlighting of consequences just likeg shaming. not that those are driving the decision. >> he never said anybody should put a bag over their head or any of that but he will say in these cases about average ordinary americans who will suffer from the mistakes he believes the court has made a not afraid to say you don't live in those neighborhoods with the people will suffer not way we should come out the other way but we came out the wrong way and we wall or hurt poor people and minorities the bad decisionsnorities those are the consequences and it's okay. i think when judge jones mentioned

how come nobody seems to have noticed horace greeley frederick douglass are still arguing for a firm? emancipation policy in september of 1862 where they just not in the loop as to what the government was actually doing as far as emancipation is concerned or am i not in the loop? it's a very interesting question and i've struggled with it myself. i am in the process of writing an article based on a wide sampling of newspaper and diary reactions to general benjamin butler's contraband ruling in the late may of 1861 in which lincoln's order response to the contraband policy was as you know to send a letter telegram to butler in in fortress monroe saying your decision not to return to fugitive slaves is is approved. that that telegram was reprinted in newspapers all around the country and republican newspapers accompanied with editorial saying we told you so we told you you wouldn't get your fugitive slaves back and southern newspapers published it and with editorial saying we told you so we told you they wanted to keep our fugitive slaves and wouldn't return them that they would emancip

a navy blue biography of frederick douglass. we incorporated and no longer experienced this crisis but now as a quiet emptiness at the core of our existence. we carried it with us as we entered the world. my mother to factory work and me to ever broadening educational opportunities that were always guided by what would dad he have wanted. having the beneficiaries of mercy was something that we cherished and held to others. in mercy made the possibility of redemption and renewal. we had little expectations granted. in fact we held tightly to the belief. i don't recall anything about this in my early reading that many years later as i came to teach literature by, i knew that it appeared again and again. such as wheatley, toni morrison leaves us more questions about it than answers. phyllis wheatley was an african, girl poet with the litany of firsts in 1773 she became the first black person, the first enslaved person to publish a book in the colonies. the most controversial on being brought from africa to america. i quoted here. b

frederick douglass moved over a bridge. he moved over a bridge when he decided no longer did he want to be an enslaved person and he wanted to be a free person. he made a decision, a decision point in the history of that man's life. many of us have a person that taught us all that power is nothing without that man. we learned that through crossing bridges. on this day, i want to give thanks to the king family. i want to give thanks to your grandfather, your father, who has helped my life in all black people's lives in this country. i want to give thanks to the ancestors who fought for us to have this freedom for me to stand in front of nancy pelosi and the senators having this conversation. i am a boy from akron. i am from the projects in akron was a single mother. that is where i come from. today, we have got to make a choice. everything that has been said about the history of the voting rights act and the filibuster and how the filibuster has been used to continue racial oppression, but today we have to make a choice. i a

you quote frederick douglass and say knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.n the key? >> i think education is "a" key. it's also changing the perception of yourself. i think at the end of the day you have to realize and believe that you can do something different with your life. >> reporter: that something different for miller includes taking nike's jordan brand and building it into a $5 billion empire, immortalizing the jump man logo. >> i still felt like i wasn't always being true to myself, because i was holding and hiding a part of me that people didn't know about. >> reporter: miller, it would seem, has been redeemed. >> i've forgiven him. i had no choice. i have no choice. if i do not forgive him, i cannot be forgiven. >> reporter: many of the educational programs that helped miller get released from prison no longer exist, but he's trying to change that. >> i didn't have to do this, you know, i could have just continued to live my life, but i felt like i've been so blessed in my life that if i didn't share this story, then i wasn't really showing my ap

navy blue hardback children's biography of frederick douglass. anthologies of poems and profiles of historic figuresas like hannibal, makeda queen of sheba. slowly we incorporated our loss no longer experienced as crisis but now as a quiet emptiness at the core of our existence. we carried it o with us as we reentered the world would meet my mother to factory work in me too ever broadening educational opportunity. they were always guided by what would daddy have wanted? having been the beneficiaries of mercy by god and our people is something we cherished, held dear, and extended to others. and mercy made the possibility of redemption and renewal. we had little expectations that whites would grants. in fact be held tightly to the belief that it was best to avoid ever being in need of their mercy. i do not recall anything about mercy in e my early reading. but many years later as i came to teach literature by african-american writers, i noticed it appeared again, and again. writers such as wheatley, charles chestnut, would leave us with more quest

coverage includes fox news host brian kilmeade on the relationship between abraham lincoln and frederick douglass and an author discussion on cancel culture, but first former marine fighter pilot and senate candidate amy mcgrath and former fbi special agent kathy stearman talk about serving their country and succeeding in male-dominated professions. and i can show you how you look like. good morning everyone. good morning. good morning. good morning and welcome to the kentucky book festival uk mainstage. my name is maya barber and i'm a sophomore at uk studying vocal performance at first guest a native edgewood. kentucky was the first female marine to fly a combat mission in the fa 18 her childhood was shaped by love of country baseball and from the age of 12 a fascination with fighter jets, please welcome amy mcgrath oh. our next guest spent more than 26 years as a special agent with the fbi in today's your recounts some of the global experiences that shaped her life, please welcome kathy stearman. so can yes, you can hear me i can tell you can hear me. so amy is going to let me ask the first qu

organizers, voting rights advocates crossed the frederick douglass bridge. a new landmark of access that our next speaker was instrumental in bringing to life. she also played a critical role in fighting for voting rights and d.c. statehood. i'd like to welcome my mayor, the d.c. mayor, mayor muriel bowser. [applause] >> good afternoon, everybody. to the king family, to our honorable members of the congress of the united states into my fellow americans, good afternoon. i want to thank you for gathering today, speaker pelosi, of course, in our beautiful washington, d.c. to honor the birthday and legacy of dr. martin luther king. we of course know that dr. king played an integral role in desegregating america and helping us to get the civil rights act. we cannot think of a better way to honor his legacy than to speak up, to take a stand, and to take action to ensure that americans nationwide have their voices heard and counted. across the nation, we know that states are passing anti-democratic anti-voting bills, restricting the will of the people by the slimme

frederick douglass, a great job, being recognized more and more.nning the week until he is banned by florida because he is critical race theory. thank you, dean, bakari. y'all are great. have a great weekend. buy bakari's book for your kids. that's "the reidout" out. "all in with chris hayes" starts now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> we have been already stationed outside d.c. as a nuclear option and in case the attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step in and stop it. >> the oath keepers leader appears in court, the shocking case already in public view. >> they were quite fixated on the idea that trump was going to activate them as militia. >> as roger stone's insurrection day bodyguard is charge, how far up does the seditious

eventually, if we not careful, it will be tantamount to frederick douglass accepting a long weekend asan answer to slavery rather than emancipation and freedom. what the movement is saying is not only are we going to the streets,ut direct action mobilization, and not friday but for a season until we -- we are going to engage in pushing out voters and poor low wealth communities who can fundamentally shift the economic -- i mean, the political realities of this country. we are going to put together a full agenda. we call it the third reconstruction agenda. we have 45 coordinating committees, 200 partners. we have been planning because we never were going to justccept what the politicians throw at us mostf the tail can't waithe dog. when we talkven abouthe bud back bter plan democrs suld ner have caedhat t most transfmative. ey should ve said it was ep to tempt to rpond to the ct poor d the wlth ople werthe ones heard the mosturing cod. these bls, callt what it is. ink out it. weave allowed manchin and sine and replicanso bacally throw the mery of john lewis away,rove the a he wte awa de

family led a peace walk for voting rights with his son and other relatives marching over the frederick douglass 11 years ago, i spoke about the u.s. documentary named in dr. king's honor and if they have seen thequality he campaigned for. a couple days ago, we spoke again in washington about what has changed since 2011. when we spoke 11 years ago, you just produce to this documentary y. remind us what you were trying to do. >> we were working with high school students in washington, d.c. who've been doing work in d.c., and i wanted to take them around the country and see if the streets named after dr. king lived up to his dream. does the street named after the man we all celebrate having this wonderful vision and dream actually reflect his body of work? laura: 11 years ago, you're finding was that the streets that bore martin luther king's name did not reflect his dream, did they? >> at the time we were doing the documentary, there were some that reflected his dream. in oakland, it was a neighborhood that was not economically where you would want it to be, but i think it was interesting that it

marking his father's birthday, martin luther king the third liddy walk across washington's frederick douglass bridge. he called on congress to pass stricter protections for voting rights. >> if you can deliver an infrastructure built for bridges, you can deliver voting rights for americans. if you do not, there is no bridge in this nation that can hold the weight of that failure. back the bill would remove restrictions that republicans say enhance election security. with its passage in doubt, the nation is at a critical point. >> we need to have protections at the pole to make sure we can get there safely. >> the king family wants changes now putting more pressures on congress giving more americans access to the ballot. >> unmitigated goal to hide behind closure in the filibuster , procedural hurdles, when black people turn the tides to get joe biden elected. it puts me beside myself. >> reporter: last thursday to moderate democrats through their support behind the legislation but they do not approve of changing senate rules in order for it to pass. its failure would be a stinging blow to the

the group marched in the frederick douglass memorial s saying if they can pass an infrastructure bill, it is time to do the same for voting rights. julian: many are volunteering around the bay area as part of the martin luther king jr. day of service. food banks are especially in need of help, many facing staffing shortages because of the omicron variant. tim johns was at the second harvest in san jose, where volunteers were helping out. >> with the latest surge in the pandemic, food banks are experiencing the worst staffing shortages they have faced in years. >> volunteers make up about a quarter of our workforce. we can't do this work without them. >> diane works for second harvest may food bank based in san jose. she said the situation has gotten so desperate in recent weeks that second harvest is considering hiring temporary labor, something that could cost an extra $50,000 per week. >> sometimes we are spending more money to buy pre-docs -- boxed produce which cost more. >> the call for help was answered monday thanks to a group of volunteers from the regional medical center of s

yeah, the only one more point that i would add to this is that frederick douglass actually campaigned against the 14th amendment because he thinks he thought that it didn't secure suffrage rights on the one hand. it was committed to citizenship which he thought entailed voting rights as most black people. who who's the who's access to whose records we have now they consistently act asked for voting rights. they consistently demanded voting rights and roger douglas said look if you continue to look on in this amendment, you'll find in section two that's apparently southern states can continue to disenfranchise people on the basis of race. so long as they're prepared to pay representation in the form of representation to congress. he considered that a limitation and he and other abolitionists like wendell phillips and william lloyd garrison dedicated themselves to saying we need to do better than the 14th amendment. we need to do better if i could just say one more thing about section two and the addition of the word male in the constitution this that edition is what led many feminists

as he was dying, he pleaded to frederick douglass and others at his bedside, you must take care of my civil rights bill. in the months following his death, the senate did act and they supported the was passed into law in 1875. at that moment, it would be hard to envision that after i was born we would still be fighting accommodations to the senate. the supreme court of the united states struck down that while years later. equal access in america. it was blown to smithereens by the supreme court of the unitedb states of americans. that did set stage for another civil rights battle. ait was 1890. it was after benjamin harris successful presidential campaign because, you see, anyone looking at our republic would know that we are all affected no matter what state we come from by the integrity of the other states. there would have to be integrity of all of them. for that house of representatives down the hall to have integrity. so, benjamin harris was elected campaigning on this reform. championing an amendment or an attempt for elections. it was particularly targeted at stopping voter sup

and as he was dying he pleaded to frederick douglass at his bedside you must take care of my civil rights bill. and in the months following his death, the senate did act and supported the bill and it was passed into law in 1875. at that moment it would be hard to envision that after i was born we would still be fighting for equal access to public accommodations. the senate passed that bill and it made it into law in 1875. but the supreme court of the united states struck down the law eight years later. equal access in america supported by the elected representatives of the house and the senate was blown to smithereens by the supreme court of the united states of america. that did set the stage for another civil rights battle, and it was 1890. it was after benjamin harrison's successful presidential campaign which he promised election reform, election integrity because you see anyone looking at our republic would know that we are all affected no matter what state we come from. there has to be integrity in all the state elections for that house of representatives down the hall to have integ

. >> reporter: on this holiday market, martin luther king the third let a piece walk across frederick douglass ridge: congress to pass stricter protections for voting rights. >> you can deliver and structure bill for bridges, you can deliver voting rights for americans. if you do not, there is no bridge in this nation that can hold the weight of that failure. >> reporter: the bill wood remover fictions republicans say enhance election security. with its passage, advocates say the nation is at a critical point. >> we need to have protections at the polls to make sure that we can get there safely. >> reporter: the king family wants changes now, putting pressure on congress to pass sweeping voting rights reform to give more americans access to the ballot. and went to lesson it will to stand in their way. >> the unmitigated gall to hide behind cloture and the filibuster, procedural hurdles when black people turn the tide to get joe biden elected, it puts me beside myself. >> reporter: last thursday, to moderate senate democrats, joe manchin and kyrsten sinema, through support behind the legislatio

a children's biography of frederick douglass, anthologies of poems and profiles of figures like queen of sheba and phyllis. we incorporated no longer experiencing the crisis but now it is a quiet emptiness at the core of our existence. we carried it with us as we reentered the world. my mother to factory work and me to the ever broadening educational opportunities. they were always guided by what would daddy have wanted. having been the beneficiaries of mercy it was something we cherished and held dear and extended to others and the possibility of redemption and renewal. we had little expectation that whites would grant it and we held tightly to the belief that it was best to avoid the mercy. i don't recall anything about mercy but as i came to teach by african-american writers, i noticed it appeared again and again. writers such as phyllis wheatley, toni morrison leave us with more questions about it than answers. phyllis wheatley was an african whose prodigy, a girl poet, hers was a litany of firsts in 1773 she became the first black person, the first enslaved person and third woman

whom richard allen and his lessons range widely into the ideas of blackel amerin thinkers from frederick douglass to angela davis. aberration lover of books and jazz music my father was rarely without a paperback book in his back pocket in an album on the stereo or better yet what we call the record player. his philadelphia was music filled reaching back to the era of bebop included john train and billie holiday on through benjamin blues in the newly emerging philadelphia. his book collection included works of history, fiction biography, turned events and when he died i inherited all of his books and albums in the love of learning filtered through so much of the life that he be gave to me. under the careful guidance of my mother i lost myself in the pages and what he left behind. this is my inheritance it was my legacy. little did i not the type it would also become my life's work. this moment of loss constitute the genesis of my own intellectual pursuit and starting point for my book which brings together a lifetime of reading and close to three decades of teaching african-american t literature,

that's why -- i look also to the past, i look to frederick douglass, who is a great marylander. he said power concedes nothing without demand, it never has, never. will i look to abraham linking, who are quoted on january six, the year ago. who said, if do men downfall ever come to america, it will not come from monsters abroad, it will come from the monsters within. by that, he meant, my violent white supremacy. and vigilante violence. he talked about a mob attack on a newspaper editor, mr. love joy, who was killed, an abolitionist who, is killed by a racist mob. we have to finally look at, most importantly, chris, to the future. to the young people, because this generation of young americans, they are beyond everything that donald trump wants to pump into the blood of america. they are beyond the poisons of racism and antisemitism, and massage in erie, they're beyond that. we just have to galvanize the young people to get engaged, which is why my whole campaign has been turned over to democracy. a project somber -- to get young people involved into girly, and passionately in t

we think about harriet tubman as a conductor, frederick douglass, booker t.ashington, martin lutherking, all conductors. we have many conductors today throughout our country. at the same time we have many more people who build our freedom highways and railroads. we the people roll up our sleeves, give hope to others. we need to rediscover our history, remember the havens of peterboro. places where americans across this country, regardless of skin color, came together to allow people -- others to have an opportunity to see what freedom was all about. we can see those experiences in booger t. washington in tuskegee in the early 1900's's. we can see that experiment succeed in tulsa, oklahoma, in the early 1900's's black wall street. and we can see it today throughout you are country. we see it -- throughout our country. we see it here in this house. what we must remember is our past should give us hope for a much greater future and we also must remember to not always get away but sprint away from anyone who leaves us hopeless. with that i want to make sure, cong

as i walk the halls on january 6th, i stopped in front of a statue of frederick douglass, and there was his famous quote, if there is no struggle, there is no progress. and this is our moment to address racial justice in this country. wealth disparity, and inequality, and it is our moment to say that all of that flows from that precious right to vote. and that's why we have to do all of this work together. this is a critical moment where our country is going to decide which path we are going to take. and all of us need to do everything in our power to make sure that the path we take is one of equality, liberty, and justice for all. >> all right. thank you, congresswoman clark. >> now, let me bring in my political panel. former democrat senator doug jones of alabama and former u.s. attorney he has been as well. and former republican representative david jolly of florida. now a political analyst. let me start with you, senator jones. the one-year anniversary of january 6th has come and gone, and according to a recent "washington post"/umd poll, it finds that about 1 in 3 americans say the

workplace safety in memphis, tennessee, this morning, the family of king led a march across frederick douglass bridge in washington, dc to call for voting rights for the measure is currently stalled in the senate. king son called on lawmakers to pass a measure tomorrow. >>say to the president. and the united states senate. you are with infrastructure. all it's a great thing. >>but we need you use that same energy. yeah. >>sure and are right to vote. >>that future. vice president kamala harris also demanded action on voting rights this morning in honor of doctor king calling for the fight for freedom to vote for freedom for all in the south bay, a group called our city for us is honoring doctor king by planting trees and how your park in san jose charles clifford is at the event and joins us now live from the park. charles, what are people saying about doctor king in the work that they're doing to honor him today? >>yeah, well, you know, right on your park here in san jose. this is a cottonwood lake behind me. if you look across the water, maybe see some yellow vest across the other shore. ther

enjoy the kentucky book betweenm lincoln and frederick douglass.now in our next presenter's book, he tells the little known story of how two american heroes moved from strong disagreement to friendship and how that process changes the entire course of history. i am pleased talking to the stage new york times the best-selling author and fox news host mr. brian kilmeade.

the kings led a march across the frederick douglass memorial bridge here in washington today demandingrights legislation and this comes on the eve of when the senate will begin debate on this issue. now, over the holiday weekend the kings brought their message to arizona. so did donald trump. and the return of the big lie. we saw first hand how their visions of free and fair elections could not be further apart. >> no celebration without legislation! >> we all have a voice in this country in which we live, and voting is that opportunity that we have. >> reporter: this martin luther king jr. day in arizona a battle for the future of american democracy. >> we wanted to come on this day because there is also a senator, senator sinema, who seems to be blocking democracy instead of being on the side of advancing democracy. >> senator sinema. >> reporter: the king family calling on arizona democratic senator sinema to stand up for voters' rights. >> she says she wants voting rights but how do you want voting rights without creating a path for that to happen? that is inconsistent. and that is

. >>> hundreds of people are rch maing toward the frederick douglass memorial bridge for the d.c.. day. house majority whip james clyburn says there's still hope for voting rights legislation. >> you know, john louis and others did not give up after the '64 civil rights act. that's why we've got the '65 voting rights act. i'm going to tell everybody, we're not giving up. >> they're not giving up. joined now cnn white house correspondent john harwood on the north lawn. melanie is on capitol hill. john, i wonder, does anybody in the administration share that hope? are they moving on to plan b, c? >> reporter: no, i don't think so. they don't have any illusions. they've gone through the process of trying to get the votes to change the filibuster and pass that voting rights act. they think it's important to the future of democracy, it's important to their constituency because many democratic voters on the other end of those voting restrictions that republicans are pushing at state level. but i don't think they see much path at this point. possible bipartisan compromise on the electora

i look to frederick douglass who was a great marylander and said power exceeds nothing without a demand. it never has and never will. i look to abraham lincoln who i quoted on january 6th a year ago on the floor who said that if doom and downfall ever come to america it will not come from monsters abroad. it will come from the monsters within who are here. by that he meant violent, white supremacy and vigilante violence. he talked about a mob attack on a newspaper editor, mr. lovejoy, who was killed, who was an abolitionist killed by a racist mob. but we also finally have to look, and most importantly, we've got to look, chris, to the future and to the young people. because this generation of young americans are beyond everything that donald trump wants to pump into the blood of america. they are beyond the poisons of racism and anti-semitism and misogyny. they are beyond all that. we just have to galvanize young people to get engaged which is why my whole campaign has been turned over to democracy summer a project sponsored by the d trip now to try to get young people involved integral