now, as you might imagine, frederick douglass was not altogether pleased with these answers. douglass was upset he had been recruiting blacks soldiers. his sons had enlisted in the 54th massachusetts. he wanted equality and protection for them. but douglass also realized as he began to appreciate the political constraints that lincoln was working under. and he also great appreciation for the fact that lincoln treated him as an equal man. when they met together a few months later, in december of 1863, douglass gave a speech in new york city. he said, i have to to washington to see the president. and as you were not there, perhaps you might like to know how the president of the united states received a black man at the white house. douglass then said he received just as you have seen, one gentleman receive another. now, that line elicited, great applause from the audience and when the applause died down. douglass then added, i tell you, i felt big there. and that line led to great laughter. now, so far, i've told you about two very famous men who made it, abraham lincoln. i want

and we're naming the new tunnel after frederick douglass who boarded this train to freedom right herebaltimore. he escaped slavery, traveled the country by rail. fighting for abolition and civil rights. so it's fitting we honor him in this way. frederick douglas -- look, we have a lot to do. on the -- when the project is done, the train will travel through this tunnel at 110 miles per hour rather than 0 miles per hour. trains will go from here to washington in 30 minutes. on an average weekday that'll eliminate nearly seven hours a day. the frederick douglass tunnel will be all electric and we'll continue to invest in rail to make it easier for people to use its potential to take thousands of vehicle, thousands of vehicles off the highways including the interstate and save millions of barrels of oil reducing pollution. all the study shows if you get from point a to point b by rail faster than you can by automobile you'd take the rail. this could be a game changer for the environment as well. this is what we're king across the country, not just here. tomorrow i'll be in new york for a

who went around the country, friends with frederick douglass. and you heard mama dukes mention shirley chisholm. i was a young staffer on capitol hill, she fell in love with a man from buffalo, what an inspiration. standing up. who would have thought a woman of color could run for president of the united states. then we had hillary clinton, another new yorker. she has been an inspiration to me from the very beginning. then we think about the women who transformed the supreme court. bifort went in this direction. justices ruth bader ginsburg. elena kagan. sonia sotomayor. and as i mentioned we live among legends like dr. hazel dukes, who is still, to this day, at 91, saying we still have that march toward justice. it is not finished yet. we are still working together. each of the women i mentioned redefined leadership in their own way and paved the way for others to follow. and to be clear it wasn't just because they are women they made their mark. they embod dwhrid courage and the character that still defines new yorkers to this day. and above a

johnson home, construction is underway on abolition row park and at its heart will be a statue of frederick douglassthe statue depicts douglass and his waterfront working clothes and will bear his quote, truth, justice, liberty, and humanity will ultimately prevail, the same words inscribed on the senate chamber walls of the massachusetts state house. i am pamela watts in new bedford, massachusetts. geoff: kimiko hahn, a professor at queens college, city university of new york, is the author of 10 books of poetry and the winner of numerous awards. tonight, she shares her "brief but spectacular" take on the power of poetry. >> no dust ups from little girls. as a consequence, one scribbled on the dust bins of history, and the other dusted for fingerprints. and the mother? the mother lived in a cuum. inside the senseless corridors, the daughter cannot respire. inside the vulgar cosmic, the mother cannot be revived in streaming wet traffic. nowadays, i lie down in the sunlight to see my mama moting around as sympathetic ash. yes. one morning, whether misty or yellow, i'll be soot with her. ellagiac and

then another experience of this chaos with frederick douglass is when he is beaten by an overseer and he runs away, he runs into the woods, but he encounters a prophet slash priest slash medicine man who then tells him that, you know, you know, a child of god. i'm going give you some right here. you wear this over on the left side and you go back and you tell that overseer you are a child of god and you went back and told him he beat them for hours and said, i'm a child of god don't you ever beat me again? which an incredible thing for this enslaved african to say that i am a human being. and he continues on with moments every time that there was a moment of chaos. he i'm going to employ for my good if there is something that explodes gnashing ailey i'm going to use it to community create the suffering of my people and douglass was a genius at dealing with issues of chaos and the black struggle over and over again, chaotic moments. and yet we come up with these times to be able to demonstrate how we can operate at a different level in this nation. that's the black tradition. the black

he's certainly not frederick douglass is. but he's a far cry from where jefferson davis is. but would you conceive that douglass would have it? would you consider for the extending even of a limited enfranchisement as moving the needle a little bit? yeah, i mean, that's a huge move. well, that's the frederick douglass called it. you know, it's he it was the entering wedge. you push that and then he uses a he uses a carpentry metaphor. right. right. you you put in the wedge and then you start hammering at the wedge. it's the opening wedge. but isn't there a rather long period between his that he's not a supporter of universal suffrage? first of all, at the beginning he's talking the persons who should who should be granted citizenship are whites. he doesn't even say men, but he says whites who pay taxes and who provide military, not excluding women. i assume he means women who are paying taxes, not women who are providing service. but of course that phrase has been used to suggest that he's for women's rights, is for women's voting rights. and i don't see anything that would s

office with your hand over the frederick douglass bible, which is so moving.ht. great marylander. >> who lived on a plantation on the eastern shore as a slave. the fact is that that won't be built for a while. the polls show that people are not giving him credit for the legislation, for the inflation reduction act, for instance. they won't see the results of that in time for the election. >> but i think that they will. so many of the initiatives that have been done, the billions of dollars that have been dispensed, you are seeing. in the state of maryland, for example, we have put $10 million towards clean buses. we have seen the impact on health care implications and also for the veterans community. we made the largest investment in tax cuts for veterans in our state's history. that also comes on the tail end of the president signing an act for people exposed to burn pits. i served in afghanistan. we saw directly the impact of the burn pits. to see the president taking leadership and how that's having impact on marylanders and people around the country. the p

frederick douglass matters very differently. douglass was recruited with support of the j. family to deliver a major public eulogy for william j. although i found no evidence that douglass and william j were knew each other well, they were both very close to garrett. but douglass not have to know william j. well he knew his work and he knew what to of it. he delivered a stirring address to a largely african-american audience and met in a manhattan church in 1859. douglass the racial politics of the event to brilliant effect, the former fugitive stated, who but the slave should lament when the champion of the slave has who should rise to vindicate, honor and bless the memory of william j. if the colored people of this state and country may not properly do so so, he's claiming territory that william j. is are not theirs. he's certainly not the new york orleans picayune version of william j. he belongs to the african-american community. and one of the most apt phrases written about william j. or any other j. douglass declared in the great cause of universal freedom, his name,

host: what about frederick douglass?: that is another interesting relationship, frederick douglass was one of the courageous orators in this country's history, and a great abolitionist. really one of the greatest statesmen i think this country has ever known. lincoln comes to know him during the civil war, but had never met him before he was president. one of the chapters in my book recounts a visit frederick douglass makes to the white house during the civil war, when he comes to see lincoln. douglas has been trying to raise black troops, which is becoming critical for the northern war effort. he comes to gently chide lincoln and tell him look, i am having trouble doing this because you are not paying these african-american soldiers the same as we are paying white soldiers and we are not promoting them. lincoln knows that douglas is right, he basically says to have some patience and bear with me, these things take time. i think they have great admiration for each other, though douglas was often frustrated. he hopes linc

host: what about frederick douglass?: that is another interesting relationship, frederick douglass was one of the courageous orators in this country's history, and a great abolitionist. really one of the greatest statesmen i think this country has ever known. lincoln comes to know him during the civil war, but had never met him before he was president. one of the chapters in my book recounts a visit frederick douglass makes to the white house during the civil war, when he comes to see lincoln. douglas has been trying to raise black troops, which is becoming critical for the northern war effort. he comes to gently chide lincoln and tell him look, i am having trouble doing this because you are not paying these african-american soldiers the same as we are paying white soldiers and we are not promoting them. lincoln knows that douglas is right, he basically says to have some patience and bear with me, these things take time. i think they have great admiration for each other, though douglas was often frustrated. he hopes linc

it comes from frederick douglass, obviously comes from genesis first. but the speech from the 5th of july, 1852, in rochester at corinthian hall, when douglass said, i do not despair of this country, the fiat of the almighty, let there be light, has not yet bent. it's morse, and to it fell to lincoln to shed light in that moment because of the nature of the constitution, the of politics. ultimately lincoln became that instrument. and so i do believe that lincoln himself saw, as he put it, that it's probably light to go on wandering twilight as poor doubting thomas did. i think that's true. but i think the twilight is brighter because of lincoln than it would otherwise be. well, we we feel here at the workshop, of course, that every major historian, even minors, ones need to tackle abraham lincoln. and so after tackling jefferson and jackson and others, why did you feel the need to come to lincoln? well, i now can it the weinberger doctrine. i think you're right. i he's like everest. i think you got to climb him. i if there's one theme in the books i've

february -- >> because it contains the birthday of abraham lincoln and the made-up birthday of frederick douglassorter: and created black history materials for teachers, who sometimes taught it in secret. >> i think there are a lot of parallels comparing what's happening now with the banning of black history books and what dr. carter g. woodson was attempting to do, trying to not use the lessons of the past to shame anyone but to make sure that we don't repeat those same mistakes. >> reporter: evelyn brooks higginbotham is a harvard history professor whose father worked with woodson. >> for him, the idea of a week was never a week. it was always 365 days. he was a builder. he brought people together. >> he'd be very proud of the history that we've made, and i think he would agree that we still have a little ways to go. >> reporter: adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >>> that's the overnight news for this tuesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, check back later for "cbs mornings." and remember you can follow us online anytime at cbsnews.com. reporting from here in the nation's capi

february -- >> because it contained the birthday of abraham lincoln and the made-up birthday of frederick douglassr: woodson's association created "the journal of negro history" and provided materials for schools to teach black history, lessons that sometimes took place in secret. >> i think there are a lot of parallels to what's happening now with the banning of black history books and what dr. carter g. woodson was trying to do is not use the lessons of the past to shame anyone, but to make sure we don't repeat those mistakes. >> he was a very creative, imaginative, resourceful man. >> reporter: her father worked closely with woodson and says woodson was known as a stickler for perfection and for his doggedness. >> black history had been written before carter g. woodson. what carter woodson did which no one else did was to start a movement. a movement that would comprise the entire nation. >> reporter: in 1976, the association expanded the week to a month. congress designated february as black history month a decade later. seeds woodson planted in this building in 1915 chicago. >> for him, the i

. >> frederick douglass, president mckinley, booker t. washington, and dr.ere? >> all of them spoke here. >> reporter: now old ship is getting new restoration, thanks to a grant from the african american cultural heritage action fund, part of the national trust for historic preservation in all, $4 million to 35 historic black churches around the country. why is it so important to focus on black churches? >> black churches are among the oldest institutions in the united states. these places have been at the forefront of meaningful and critical democratic reform in american society you can't tell the story of america without talking about the story of black churches. >> reporter: on the list, 16th street baptist church in birmingham where four little girls were killed by a klansman's bomb in 1963. and reedy chapel in galveston, texas. >> it's associated to emancipation and juneteenth. >> reporter: for old ship, the money means restoring its bell towers, damaged by rainwater and outside, a face-lift welcome news for joseph trimble. his family history here dates

[applause] when that project is done, new trains are going, and we will rename it the frederick douglass tunnel. [applause] they will go through it at 110 miles per hour. we will continue to invest in rail to make it easier for people to use it, because that is the potential to take thousands of vehicles off the highway and save millions of barrels of oil. i have been pushing this for now 25 years. if a person can get from point a to point b faster on rail than their car, they take rail. the blast that did we are also making high-speed internet available across the country. we are already providing affordable access, affordable high-speed internet. we have already made that available to 175,000 homes in maryland that didn't have it before, and we are just getting started. because of all of you, we will install 500,000 electric charging stations across america. [cheers and applause] you, the ibew. making a good decent wage. one thing i want to say, it is really important, and i think my introducer made it clear. people think that you just show up and say i want to be ibew worker and go to

. >> frederick douglass, president mckinley, booker t. washington, and dr. king >> reporter: all of them spoke here. >> all of them spoke here. >> reporter: now old ship is getting new restoration thanks to a grant from the african american cultural heritage action fund, part of the national trust for historic preservation. in all, $4 million to 35 historic black churches around the country. why is it so important to focus on black churches >> black churches are among the oldest institutions in the united states. these places have been at the forefront of meaningful and critical democratic reform in american society. you can't tell the story of america without talking about the story of black churches >> reporter: on the list 16th street baptist church in birmingham where four little girls were killed by a klansman's bomb in 1963 and the reedy chapel in galveston, texas. >> associated with emancipation and juneteenth. >> reporter: for old ship the money means a restoration of the bell towers damaged by rain water and outside? a face lift. >> repainting and m

. >> because it contained the birthday of abraham lincoln and the made-up birthday of frederick douglassin secret. >> i think there are a lot of parallels in comparing what's happening now with the banning of black history books and what dr. carter g. woodson was attempting to do, trying to not use the lessons of the past to shame anyone but to make sure that we don't repeat those same mistakes. >> reporter: evelyn brooks higgenbottom is a harvard history professor whose father worked with woodson. >> for him, the idea of a week was never a week. it was always 365 days. he was a builder, he brought people together. >> very proud of the history we have made, i think he would agree we still have a ways to go. >> reporter: adriana diaz, cbs news, chicago. >> norah: and that is tonight's "cbs evening news." i'm norah o'donnell. good night. >>> the advice to drivers headed into the sierra tonight is simple, don't do it. >> if you don't have the right tires, don't know how to drive in the snow, stay home. don't come out here. you'll end up in a ditch. >>> more snow on the way to the sierra. mo

holidays for 600 speaking in 1852 on the occasion of this holiday, a prominent slavery fighter frederick douglassd the president fillmore, if all people are created equal, why are 10% of americans slaves? independence day quite right and quoted the declaration of independence ivan angels 300, according to the koran these angels are in front and behind every person guardian angels you are right. he celebrates the day of this language on april 20, which roughly corresponds to the beginning of the gui season, the time when the gods, according to legend , thanked the inventors of hieroglyphs with a rain of grain. chinese yes? shine and no nails, that's my slogan and the sun proclaimed, he is mayakovsky is true. in russia, this capital was called glassy in consonance. let's say stockholm, the signal about the end of the round sounds correctly and i sum it up. 4.800 alexey 16.300 ivan 32 400 konstantin everything will be decided in the final round of impudence. don't you understand how a family from kiev captured square meters in the center of moscow, where does dad always have it? uh, shooters, sniper

nat turner influenced fighters like frederick douglass and others. turner's legacy will to be remembered and, honored through his family that continues to share his story through oral history and documentation. his great great great grandson, bruce turner, spent most of his childhood living southampton county, whereby he received an abundance of information on the nat turner legend from grandparents, great grandparents, aunts and uncles. since the mid 1990s, bruce devoted serious research and invested into the history of nat turner and the southampton slave insurrection, 1831. nat turner continues to live on through the life and legacy of brewster as visionary liberator. legend legend. i want to thank you all here in spokane for allowing me come and talk with you today with about nat turner. he was a man who. efforts to correct the terrible wrong did define a moment in the history of which we all studied today. his in time was when a man as a slave was not human. i want you to keep this in mind. he was a thing. he was just a piece of property. he was

but instead of coming as midnight assassins, the liberal orders came as regulars just as frederick douglass had predicted. the brass letters u.s. glinting on their cartridge boxes. the american eagle screaming from the gold gilt buttons on their blue tunics, and 58 calvary rifle muskets across their shoulders. the colored regiments entered the city, singing john brown's body him to the abolitionist boogeyman, whose example was so and detested by the enslavers. then the men turned out of their ranks to begin fighting the fires in its repudiation of the old order of white supremacy and black subordination. and the scene in richmond that day was the dixie armageddon, a southern gothic drama. i don't know german. twilight of the gods nearly is to the enslaver since sight of armed blacks was the joyous. welcome given the hated enemy by the enslaved people of richmond, who many whites had for themselves into believing, were loyal and grateful servants content in their lives of bondage. the enslavers didn't understand a good many things about the people they claimed as property after the war ended

this is the home of abraham lincoln, frederick douglass, amelia earhart, harriet tubman, the wright brothersneil armstrong, and so many more. this is the country where children learn names like wyatt earp, davy crockett, and annie oakley. this is the place where the pilgrims landed at plymouth and where texas patriots made their last stand at the alamo. [applause] the beautiful, beautiful alamo. the american nation was carved out of the vast frontier by the toughest, strongest, fiercest, and most determined men and women ever to walk on the face of the earth. our ancestors braved the unknown; tamed the wilderness; settled the wild west; lifted millions from poverty, disease, and hunger; vanquished tyranny and fascism; ushered the world to new heights of science and medicine; laid down the railroads, dug out the canals, raised up the skyscrapers. and, ladies and gentlemen, our ancestors built the most exceptional republic ever to exist in all of human history, and we are making it greater than ever before. [applause] this is our glorious and magnificent inheritance. we are americans. we are p

proposed a history week during february, to help with the birthdays of abraham lincoln and frederick douglasse idea that they grew into black history month and college campuses, in the decades following the civil rights movement, black history was embraced by democrats amy and republicans alike. in 1976, president gerald ford, a republican officially recognized black history month. ten years later, another republican president ronald reagan took things a step further, signing on to a joint declaration of congress, and reagan remarked that the foremost purpose of black history month is to make all americans aware of this struggle for freedom and equal opportunity, unquote. fast forward to today, black history month is bigger and better than ever, but it's also -- there will also be those did seek to venomous and undermine the contributions of african americans. in today's republican party, they've been in bold and, and the recent debates over the teachings of african american studies in school, it is striking that conservatives object most fiercely but still lessons dealing with the black expe