as frederick douglass acknowledged and a little-known december 1865. speech. on that occasion douglas remarked that lincoln support for only limited like suffrage. disappointed him at first because of its limited scope. and it seemed to mean but little as douglas said but douglas soon realized that it actually as he put it met a great deal. he went on to say it was just like abraham lincoln. he never shocked prejudices unnecessarily. having learned statesmanship while splitting rails. he always used the thin edge of the wedge first. and the fact that he used it at all. man that he would if need be use the thick edge as well as a thin. 1964 lincoln had begun dealing with the issue of black suffrage. in march of that year inserted the thinage of the wedge by privately urging louisiana's governor as jonathan white pointed out earlier today to support the infranchisement of blacks who served in the military or or who were intelligent ie literate. the following spring and summer lincoln worked behind the scenes to persuade the louisiana constitutional convention to

brian: for frederick douglass, lincoln's win was all about hope.t immediately free the slaves, douglas * seethed. pushing lincoln to move as quickly as possible and at the same time you have to admire and respect lincoln's patience. brian: the white house looked a lot like it did in 1860. you could line up on that porch and hope the president would see you one-on-one. >> lincoln was smitten with douglass. he wanted to meet douglass. douglas traveled the nation recruiting blacks. >> one of the youth beauties of that recruitment effort included his own two sons who fought in the 54th. while they were being shot at, african-americans holding the flag, didn't want it to up the soil. it was important to defend the flag. brian: they would meet three times face to face. the union would go on to win the war and allow our nation to reunite. with so much work to do together, john wilkes booth assassination robbed frederick douglass of a partner to do that work with. >> frederick douglass outlived abraham lincoln by 30 years. his main mark on american history

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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

[applause] amy: james earl jones, reading the words of frederick douglass. we turn now to poet amanda gorman. she became the youngest inaugural poet in u.s. history when she spoke at the inauguration of president joe biden and vice president kamala harris. she was 22 years old when she read "the hill we climb," a poem she finished right after the january 6 insurrection. this is amanda gorman. >> mr. president, dr. biden, madam vice president, mr. emhoff, americans, and the world. when day comes, we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? the loss we carry, a sewe must wade. we've braved the belly of the beast. we've learned that quiet isn't always peace, and the norms and notions of what "just is" isn't always justice. and yet the dawn is ours before we knew it. somehow, we do it. somehow we've weathered and witnessed a nation that isn't broken, but simply unfinished. we, the successors of a country and a time where a skinny black girl, descended from slaves and raised by a single mother, can dream of becoming president, only to fi

the range of images, a photograph of charles douglas, son of frederick douglass, when he entered the war! and a photograph of his other son, louis douglass when he entered the war. we begin to see the importance of photography, the importance of bravery as they pose. you really get the sense of masculinity, purpose, pose. the purposeful poses -- also love. this is the first time we could see mother love. a mother explaining and following his story. we see loved through the explanation of lewis and the kids beyoncÉ, and amelia. she writes to him, he writes to her. i have been into fights but i am on her. i'm about to go to another, i believe, tonight. he says, you know, if i survive i shall write you a long letter. george washington is missing, jacob carter is missing, charles reeves has been wounded. they are all in the hospital. he says, my dear girl, i am away. enough race of the death. he is caring and concerned about her welfare. he's concerned about the war. he is also informing her about the experiences of different people. when we think why i wanted to include these letters, wh

nonetheless frederick douglass said despite all the ways in which they or the policies in which they have lincoln said he disagreed with he said he was the first great man as he put it who never may be conscious of the difference of race. without i think we're going to open to some signings if anyone would like to get a book. thank you for coming. i'm wendy nalani ek moto senior curator of american art at the new york historical society and it is my pleasure to welcome you to tonight's curator confidential i am eager to speak with you about our current exhibition monuments commemoration and controversy. but before we begin i would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to our trustees our chairman's council and all of our members and other generous donors. it is your support that

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who don't have you know who had who are the powerless and and frederick douglass said? you know speech is precious particularly for the oppressed. that is not something. that's well understood by many today because we were really so successful in protecting free speech in the 50s and the 60s. primarily as a result of the struggles of the civil rights movement in the anti-war movement. that you know most of the abuses that occur during that period you know aren't happening today, you know today today. you know after you know trump was elected. the women's march happen without incident, you know half a million women showed up in dc more women around the country. there were no. no laws to restrict them or to prevent them from speaking even though not that long ago the suffragists were thrown in prison for making the same kinds of claims. um, know we've seen. students, you know, we've seen students walk out of classes to protest gun violence and then of course we saw the george floyd protest which are the largest in american history and the reason that those came off, you k

including as i mentioned a moment ago frederick douglass' family initiatives. the foundation, along with 300, let me say that again, 300 anti-trafficking human trafficking organizations. over 500 advocates and survivors. they worked tirelessly with us over the last 18 months with both karen bass and i in crafting this legislation of the we had more. some did drop out. we'll come back in the future to get some of that. it's a good, solid bill. survivor leaders like bela and robert provided valuable insights and expertise for the bill. as i said kenneth morris was outstanding in the work that he provided for us. as the special representative of human trafficking for the osce parliamentary assembly, a couple years ago i brought him to one of our big meetings and there were at least 100-plus lawmakers from the european space that heard him speak about the importance of prevention. if young people know what is out there and what is waiting, particularly run aways, they will be forearmed and forewarned at hopefully can mitigate the possibility of being trasked themse

it is a day where frederick douglass's speech takes new meaning.ill the fourth mean to us? ultimately, that will be up to us, to stand up, and make the country live up to what it promised? that's what dr. king said. live out the true meaning of your words. we will be right back. of your words we will be right back. try parodontax active gum health mouthwash. (grandmother) thank you for taking me home. it's so far. (young woman) don't worry about it, grandma! this'll be fun. (young woman) two chocolate milkshakes, please. (grandmother) make it three. (young woman) three? (grandmother) did you get his number? (young woman) no, grandma! grandma!! (grandmother) excuse me! (young woman vo) some relationships get better with time. that's why i got a crosstrek. (avo) ninety-six percent of subaru vehicles sold in the last ten years are still on the road. (grandmother) i'm so glad you got a subaru. (young woman) i wonder who gave me the idea? (avo) love. it's what makes subaru, subaru. that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here next we

i begin every fourth of july reading the speech by frederick douglass.oke the day after the fourth of july and raised this question. what to blacks is the fourth of july when you see ten blacks killed with automatic and military style weapon in buffalo, new york. and this legislative body in the senate will not even address military style weapons. or young mr. walker with 60 bullets in his body. they say he had a gun and he shot at them, but there is no evidence. there is clear evidence from the body cameras of the police, they shot jalen walker 60 times. what to the fourth of july -- what is the fourth of july to lgbtq community, when we have a supreme court justice clarence thomas saying now that we've gone after women's rights to choose and privacy, we can deal with lgbtq, and we can deal with other rights to privacy. what to women is the fourth of july, when my mother and father had to search states during the jim crow era, where they could get public accommodations, sleep in hotels and eat at restaurants? we've gone from jim crow to jane crow. women

being a black city we wanted to honor and being the place where frederick douglass spent so much timeing a lot of things, we have music from our bso, a performance of what does the fourth of july mean to a slave as well. a great time for everyone to understand all of the history and have a great time. we have two fireworks displays tonight, one at the inner harbor, one at middle branch at the cherry hill music and cultural festival. i will be at both of them to enjoy having a great time. >> amazing what you have planned there. mayor johnson, i wonder, you know, this year when you are thinking about what your city has been through here over the last couple of years, why is it so important that things are kind of getting back to normal, even as the country, even as your city still has its share of challenges? >> look, in this city and in this state and in this country there are a number of differences, right? so we need to look at things that bring people together and in milwaukee we're fortunate enough to have a lot of great events like the spectacular run the milwaukee bucks have had

. >> guest: right, like frederick douglass. and harriet tubman, i am not feeling well. it was not -- very well thought out plan arguably but a passionate one driven by a deep sense of justice. that is where i started in west virginia partially because everybody was like you are going a to west virginia by yourself, black lady, you should be afraid put i went and we had this conversation. i called him bob in the book. that's not his name. it was so interesting because part of me was like i am not going to confront him about being a confederate reenactor and i've been socialized -- as a southern black woman, girl, you don't start this dust because it can explode bit i was fascinated and i realized because his passion is to live inside history as is mine and yet i couldn't figure out why he wanted to live inside that part of history and i couldn't ask him but he told me this story about glasses. for the first time, free and actors you have to be, if you read confederate in the attic you know the senate helped me because i knew lots of questions to ask him because i read th

monuments to black and brown heroes including surely chisholm whom you see here as well as frederick douglass and the native american activist ruth revels and second. we transform the mt. pedestal into a piece of community driven installation art. there's so many questions about what should be done with contested monuments and who should decide it should offending figures be laying down or half buried. if they stand in own ruin and decay. should they be relocated to a park of fallen monuments or to museums which can provide historical context can context be created on site with the addition of new monuments set in conversation with the old ones should controversial monuments be removed entirely or their empty pedestals left as a reminder of their absence does the removal of monuments in fact affect systemic change. does it help to combat the racial oppression they were erected to perpetuate or does the removal of monuments indeed erase history does cultural heritage need to be palatable or should problems be preserved as well. the question we posed to visitors is framed this way. what should

immediately they were defeated and some people thought it was a suicide mission right like frederick douglass right was like, yeah. i'm not very good called in sick right here was like, i'm not feeling well and so, you know, we don't know if she actually was not feeling well, she was like that. it was just it was not a very well thought out plan arguably but a passionate. one, you know driven by a deep sense of justice, right? so that's where i started in west virginia partially because everybody was like you're going to west virginia by yourself like black lady. you should be afraid right and so, you know, but i went and we had this conversation. i called him bob in the book. that's not his name. but it was so interesting because part of me was like i i'm not going to confront him about being a confederate reenactor and i have been socialized. as a man born in alabama, you know socialized as a southern black woman and girl that that you don't start this stuff right because it could explode but i was fascinated. and he's and i realized we're so similar. because his passion is to live inside h

our hero is frederick douglass tattooed on the right side of my arm. so often people want to air their grievances on the fourth of july. the 4th o and frederick douglass famously gaveas g a speech what , the foh of july being to the and talked about how he lovedd the country. but t he also wanted the country to live up tois value system, which is often what we hear today. often people just want to criticize, say america's, that america is not that there t are evil people. there are people that do not live up to its founding documents. we talked about earlier in the show we had a bad american that homen innocent americans. after we celebrate the good of america, we want america toin live up to its founding documents. but we love but this country. that's what we're going to be celebrating all night today. and kalighat specialist, somebody named ronald reagan. well, yeah. yeah, definitely conservative legend, the great communicator, somebody who stood for family values, states rights, deregulation, lower taxes, a and it really does feel like wee are to do

spirit fully justified the tributes paid to him by african-americans including the sobriquÉ that frederick douglasscoined emphatically the so i'm delighto introduce my colleague sarah fling. she started at the white house historical association in 2019 as a graduate public history fellow before joining as a historian in 2021 her research focuses on free and enslaved workers the first ladies and the white house collection serious. sarah's previous work experience includes internships at historic sites such as george washington's mount vernon and the frick pittsburg. she received her bachelor's degree in history from the university of pittsburgh and her master's in public history from american university. sarah is originally from york, pennsylvania. welcome sarah. thank you, lena. thanks so much for that introduction and good evening everybody. thanks so much for being here with us tonight as we explore what i consider to be the unsung heroes of the white house the resident staff. so if we had to the next slide, i'd like to talk a little bit more about the history and the background of the residence

a great marylander, frederick douglass said, "if there is no struggle, there is no progress.k lives matter! man: black lives matter! woman: black lives! crowd: matter! woman: thank you so much. ♪ reporter: not only may this actually be the most important election in our lifetime, it certainly will be the most unusual. ♪ reporter: states across the country are turning to mail-in voting in this election in an effort to allow americans to vote safely during the pandemic. holt: while most americans support the option of mail-in balloting, president trump launched a new attack on it today as he trails joe biden in the polls. president trump: they're gonna be sending out 80 million ballots. where are they going? who are they sending them to? they're trying to rig this election. reporter: the president's failure to address the pandemic continues to hurt him in poll after poll. asked if he would accept the election results, the president said, "i'll have to see." president trump: the only way we're gonna lose this election is if the election is rigged. remember that. it's the only wa

he tried to get more people to go with him, but even harriet tubman and frederick douglass were like,good on that. good luck in heaven. john brown's example continues to resonate with white activists like the redneck revolt. what member of the club were you? >> 11 or 12. i saw what happened? charlottesville. i'm a semi-observant jew. it made me feel compelled to do something. >> okay, wait. white jewish guy, white woman i need to talk to a regular white guy. >> seattle is really white. it's like norway. essentially. but my neighborhood is like 80% plus people of color. around the election time, all of a sudden there's like white power slogans at my kid's park. the swastikas down the lake where i go hang out with my family. and like all this stuff just starts swirling. this elderly african-american couple a few blocks away, someone painted the "n" word on their truck. that's messed up. so i was just like, well -- time to get off my ass and do something. >> yeah. why aren't more white people here? and i mean maybe not here with us right now, but here in this frame of mind. you know? >>

mean all i can say what comes to mind here as approach independence day weekend is something frederick douglassof july to a slave? i would say, though it is not a perfect analogy, of the, what is the fourth of july to a woman in america this weekend? >> i think there are a few people asking that question for sure, jennifer todd. thank you so much. do have a happy holiday. >>> up next, could we see a trump-desantis ticket in 2024? what the former president is saying in another bid for the white house. >>> on "morning joe," reports from china and ukraine as nato leaders present a united front against russia. >>> plus, expert analysis from nato commander james stavridis. >>> also, the supreme court's final day before the summer session marked the retirement of justice steven breyer and ketanji brown jackson being sworn in as the first black woman on the high court. we'll get a breakdown on the blockbuster session, including the reversal of roe versus wade. it is one of the major issues surrounding congresswoman sharice davids bid for re-election. the democrat will join the conversation. "morning j

frederick douglass, george washington fis an inspiration to all ofus . i want us to all extend our thoughts and prayers out to him and his family. ambassadors at the gilbert lehrman institute. they created something from nothing which is one of the powerhouses of american history in this country. without this country would be worse she. iq let's all get a round of applause for lou. [applause] so without further as you know let's get to the main and with that but to invite my friends up here. let's invite regions make single, director adam part and director of the george washington leadership institute join me on the stage. we're going to celebrate the finalists for 2022 pounds the glory at this year's washington prize so please join me on thestage . [applause] >>. >> it falls to me to present the first of the finalists for 2022 george washington prize that is protecting the union n: national and state authority in the u.s. constitution by max eglin. mister edwin gives readers the new framework thinking about the founder's priorities for our constitution

he himself is a wonderful scholar of lincoln of frederick douglass of george washington inspiration to all of us, and i know he's ailing and i and i want us to all extend our our thoughts and prayers out to him and his family and jim basker and the guilderland institute. they created something from nothing. which is one of the great powerhouses that teaches american history in this country without it. without it. this country would be in worse shape. the gilderland does incredible work. so thank you and let's all give a good round of applause for lou and his family. so without further ado though, let's get to the main event and that i'd like to invite my friends up here. i'd like to invite regent magnichols president jim basker director adam goodheart and director of the george washington leadership institute, joe stultz to join me on the stage. and we're going to celebrate the finalists for 2022 and announce the laureate of this year's george washington prize. so please join me on the stage. no not here i am versatility. so it falls to me to present. the first of the finalists for the

brian kilmeade wrote a terrific book about abraham lincoln and frederick douglass.avery, different styles, different positions. very important book. he did a good job. i really am very keen on the foci brought here, i'm not sure what the assignment was going to be. the two books i am really keen on, one is the book about the gilded age, which is the charlie morris book, wherever i put that. that is the jazz age one. host: and waiting for you. guest: the tycoons. that links to the jazz age. the jazz age is about warren harding. i want to group them together because -- i'm going to give an opinion here. left-wing historians have destroyed these presidents. by the way, they tried to destroy grants, although i think it was you who told me grant is starting to move up the list again. host: on the c-span quadrennial list of presidential rankings, grant has been moving up steadily. guest: deservedly so. not only did he win the civil war on the battlefield, but as i said to you yesterday, grant was the guy who tried to reinforce construction. grant was the guy who took on t

and they could escape as harriet tubman did, as frederick douglass did, from their slavery on the easternhore of our state and go to a so-called free state. then tragically, congress enacted a bill which allowed people to go and reimpose slavery on those folks. this legislation would prohibit states from preventing, impeding or obstructing women from traveling together -- excuse me, to other state for reproductive care where it is legal. or retaliating against them for doing so. these draconian, authoritarian laws that states are talking about that are going to criminalize behavior no matter whether it is legal in the state to which you went. one of the first bills i voted in in 1967 when i first went to the state senate, at that point in time, about eight months ooff the law school was to repeal the miscegenation statutes which said a black person couldn't marry a white person. or a person of yap these extraction or chinese extraction. supreme court held that uh unconstitutional. and it would be like saying, go to a state where that certainly is legal for an african-american and caucasia

brett bear, brian kill me wrote a terrific book about abraham lincoln and frederick douglass .wo opponents of slavery, different styles. different positions. very very important. he did a good job. brian kill mead antithetical guy, so is brett there. i'm keen on the books i brought here. i wasn't sure what the assignment was going to be. i like the two books that i'm really keen on one is a book about the gilded age. which is the charlie morris. that's the jazz age. >> the tycoons. it's been e waiting for you. >> therdtycoons. that links to the jazz age. the jazz age book is about warren harding . but i want to group them altogether because i'm going to get an opinion here. left-wing historians have destroyed these presidents. and by the way they tried to destroy grant. although i think it was you who told me grant is starting to move up the list again. >> on the quadrennial list of presidential rankings, you di ulysses grant has been moving steadily . >> deservedly so. not only did he win the civil war but as i said. to you yesterday, grant was the guy who tried to enforce rec

branko made wrote a terrific book about abraham lincoln and frederick douglass. two opponents on slavery different styles, differentyl positions. a very, very important book pretty did a good job. i really am very keen on the books are brought with you. i wasn't sure the assignment was going to be paid the two books i'm really keen on, one is the book about the gilded age. which is a charlie morris book, or ever i putut that. that is the jazz age. .the tycoons -- that links to te jazz age by the jazz age book is about worn heart. but i want to group them altogether going to give an opinion here. left wing historians have destroyed these presidents. by the way the tried to destroy grants the c-span quadrennial list of presidential rankings, ... grant has been moving up steadily pick. >> deservedly so. >> not only did he win the civil war on the battlefield but as i said to you yesterday, grant was the guy who tried to enforce reconstruction. grant was the guy who took on the ku klux klan. and by the way grant had that civil war income tax andta reste the value of

. >> i'm going next, my favorite is frederick douglass tattooed on the right side of my arm.p to its value system, which is a term what we hear today, people just want to criticize and say america's bad. america is not bad. there are evil people and people that don't live up to the founding documents. we talked about it we had a bad american who harmed innocent americans. we celebrate the good america, we want america to live up to the founding documents but we love this country and that's what we're celebrating all night. and carley? >> somebody didn't pick ronald reagan. >> i love it the gifford. >> absolutely, the legend, great communicator, someone who stood for family values, safe rights, deregulation, lower taxes and it feels we are at a dupe indicate time to the carter administration where you have somebody in the white house saying don't worry about energy, put a sweater on. so maybe it will be a repeat of a reagan come next presidential term we have to wait and see on that one. so my favorite american is ronald reagan but also dolly parton. >> yes, oh carley, yes. >>

so the best line is frederick douglasses right when he says it's not the constitution, but whether we have honor enough encourage enough to live up to our constitution. next question from our online viewers. what are your opinions on systemic racism does it exist? yeah, so i think i mean, that's a really thorny question. i think comes down to like, what do you mean by systemic when we're talking about systemic racism. i would generally tend to say like i agree. i agree the systemic racism exists in the country. i think that it is embedded within i mean we seen an outcomes. i mean if we're looking at young black men who are here brought in for sort of like drug charges versus young white men. this may be partially socioeconomic, but i think it's partially racial as well. they tend to be incarcerated much higher numbers than the young white men. so the young white kids so like why is that the case right? i think that we have impediments that disproportionately disadvantage people who are working class and because of you know systemic and explicit racism that is occurred in the past ofte