frederick douglass later wrote in his autobiography this was the first anti-slavery lecture he experiencedand it gave him the motivation to learn and realized information is knowledge. in order to facilitate his learning, frederick then used a resource he had at hand. one of those was because of his place in the house and his loft near the kitchen, he had access to food, biscuits and warm bread. in that situation he was better off than some of the white immigrant boys that were his neighbors. he was able to barter bread for lessons from his white playmates. >> and a quote from frederick douglass's book. i set out with highopand a fixed purpose that whatever cost of trouble would learn how to read. so was mrs. alt a hero? prof. medford: she certainly was to him. he admired her for the rest of his life. he talked about her fondly. she was trying to do the right thing. but he used her in another way. he used her as an example because said ter her husband told her she was wrong in teaching him, her whole demeanor changed toward him. and so he used that as an example of what slavery does to whi

we look at the life of frederick douglass, it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglasseeply personal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years in maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north. the book was widely sold and was said to influence abolition. our guest will discuss the book. watch books that shaped america, featuring narratives featuring the life of frederick douglass live at 9 p.m. eastern, on c-span, c-span now or online at the span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> c-span now is a free mobile app featuring your unfiltered view of what is happening in washington live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams of floor proceedings from the u.s. congress, white house events, the courts, campaigns and more from the world of politics, all at your fingertips. stay current with the latest episodes of washington journal and find scheduling information for c-span stevie network and c-span radio

that was, it's a long time between that and frederick douglass.t richard wright did was bring some of the same emotions, feelings the repercussions of what had happened with frederick douglass. so many writers especially in the african-american tradition talk about the impact of that book. in fact, desmond ward one of the authors at the book festival said when she was like i didn't learn about this in school. i didn't know about some of this. that book had quite a bit of influence. host: one of my original lists that i created, it was all more contemporary authors. we made the determination and this is how the library broke it up as well, if the year increments. -- 50 year increments. we chose to books from each 50 years. that made it hard, because there were so many in the last 40 years that we are all familiar with. roots, barry my heart at wounded knee. we could have chosen those and it would be easy but this is a history series so we wanted to go through history and that's why we chose two of them from each 50 year increments. let's hear from

it was the first of three autobay owegraphys by frederick douglass. deeply personal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore. and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the allow pwaeugs. historian and author will be on the program it discuss the book. watch books that shaped america. featuringaireivity life of frederick douglass, monday, live, at 9 p.m. eastern. on c-span. c-span now, our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. scan the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books feature.

we feature the life of frederick douglass written in 1845, the first of three autobiographies by frederickouglass. in sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1868. -- in 1838,. historian and authored everett will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch 'books that, shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of frederick douglass' monday live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app and c-span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our podcast we can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell thanked former house speaker kevin mccarthy for his service to the country. and call for house gop members to eliminate the rule which allows any one representative to call for a motion to vacate the chair. he says the rule makes the speaker's job impossible in the american people expect a functioning government. senate gop leaders also outlined priorities moving forward ahea

we feature the life of frederick douglass written in 1845, the first of three autobiographies by frederickouglass. in sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1868. -- in 1838,. historian and authored everett will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch 'books that, shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of frederick douglass' monday live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app and c-span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our podcast we can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> on capitol hill, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell thanked former house speaker kevin mccarthy for his service to the country. and call for house gop members to eliminate the rule which allows any one representative to call for a motion to vacate the chair. he says the rule makes the speaker's job impossible in the american people expect a functioning government. senate gop leaders also outlined priorities moving forward ahea

he was quite bold, like frederick douglass. frederick douglass is essentially eventually someone buys him so that he doesn't have to worry about constantly on the run, but germaine logan was sort of saying, dare i dare you to come after me? and in letter he says, i have many people who would come up and protect me from people like you. so do you know if reverend logan was ever able to find his brother and sister who had been sold? no no, i don't know that. it's a really interesting story, because it seems that his mother was actually free and was kidnaped, and that did happen. so the children should have all free. yeah. there is also a question online about i think it was danger field, his family, if you know the fate of his wife, i'm sorry, who's dangerfield? uh huh. dangerfield newbie. mm hmm. what about his wife? if you know the fate of the rest of his family after he was in the john brown raid? no, no, i don't. can you say something about how the civil war brought freedom? but also it created this enormous number of refugee

by frederick douglass.n deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have influenced the cause of abolition. a historian will be our guest to discuss the book. watch books that shaped america, featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books features. -- books featured. >> next, kevin mccarthy talking about the unfolding conflict in southern israel and how the u.s. should respond. he stresses the top priority should be rescuing all americans taking hostage -- taken hostage. he also discusses his possible reinstatement as speaker of the house. this is about 35 minutes. >> >> >> america needs a five-point plan to meet this moment, to help our all

it is the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838 the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition. historian and author edna greene medford will be on the program to discuss the book. books that shaped america, featuring the lives of frederick douglass, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. ♪ announcer: c-span's campaign 2024 coverage as your front row seat to the presidential election. watch as we follow candidates on the campaign trail with meet and greets, speeches, and more as you make up your own mind. campaign 2024 on c-span network, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or anytime online at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered

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by frederick douglass. in deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influence the cause of abolition. a historian and author will be our guest to discuss the book. watch "books that shaped america," featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, life at nanticoke p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also, be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the book featured. -- books featured. >> victor cha, former national security council asian affairs director, and others, testified on security challenges on the korean peninsula, the recent meeting between vladimir putin and kim jong-un, the nuclear is asian efforts, and china's role in the region. from the senate foreign relations subcommittee, this is about an hour and 15 minute

it is the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.sonal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold. and has said to highly influence the abolition. we will discuss the book. watch books that shaped america featuring the narrative of the life of rhetoric douglass tonight live at 9:00 eastern on c-span. c-span now our free video mobile app or a line at c-span.org. and listen to our companion podcast you can learn more about the books featured. announcer: the office of speaker of the house of united states house of representatives is your direct -- is hereby declared vacant. t-rex the candidates will be discussed for speaker because following kevin mccarthy's removal with the boat expected wednesday morning. house democrats have announced their plan to select hakeem jeffries as their nominee for speaker. stay with c-span as the battle over how speakership continues. watch on c-span, c-span now, or

it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influence the cause of abolition. historian author will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. watch "books that shaped america," featuring "narrative of the life of frederick douglass." tonight live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also, be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. announcer: the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. announcer: on tuesday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the house republican convert -- congress meets to discuss candidates for speaker of the house follow kevin -- following kevin mccarthy's removal with a vote expected wednesday morning. the house dem

it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. in deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shores of maryland, this time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. it was widely sold and deeply influence the concept of abolition. watch books that shaped america, featuring "narrative of the life of frederick douglass", monday, live on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or on c-span.org. scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast or you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> the resolution is adopted. without rejection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. announcer: statement c-span as the battle over house speaker should continues. follow every moment of the historical election unfolding. watch on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or on c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of government. anno

he was quite bold like frederick douglass. eventually, someone binds him so he does not have to worry about constantly on the run but he was saying, i dare you to come after me. in this letter, he says i have many people who would come appear and protect me from people like you. >> do you know if reverend wilden was ever able to find his brother and sister? >> i do not know that. it is a really interesting story because it seems that his mother was actually free and kidnapped and that did happen. the children should have all been free. >> there is also a question online of the family, if you know the fate of the wife. >> dangerfield newby? what about his wife? >> if you know the fate about the rest of his family ? >> no, i don't. >> you said something about how the civil war brought freedom but it also created this enormous number of refugees and disruption to family life. is that part of your story? >> yes. this is a war like no other war because enslaved people were not going to sit around and wait to be rescued whenever uni

watch books that shaped america, featuring narratives of the life of frederick doug -- frederick douglass. live on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> welcome back to the washington journal, joining us this morning is michael stratford. michael stratford talking about federal student loan payments resuming. what did the president say about student loans? guest: what he announced is the latest bucket of targeted student debt relief his administration has approved. since the beginning of the administration the education document has been working on making changes to various existing programs that provide debt relief and student debt cancellation to borrowers. those changes have been happening sort of on a parallel track to the broader question of whether the administration can cancel large amounts across the board of student debt for borrowers. what the administration did yesterday is focus on targeted individual groups of borrowers. for example, the administratio

he and frederick douglass are very good friends.bly well read and as you will see, i look late. i am reading excerpts. syracuse new york, march 28th, 1860. he's the administrator of the presbyterian church. duly ceived. you are a woman you could never have insulteda brother by telling him you sold his only remaining brother d sister because he put himself beyond your power to convert him into money. you sold my brother an12 acres of land because i ran away and now you ask to return your servant, and nd you $1000? but not redeem my sister? he goes on and on like this. calling about his hypocrisy. he lets her know, she doesn't respect african-american families. when the war came ahead, the centrality of american life is overwhelming. not just amongst slaves but freedom as well. enslaved people take advantage of the disruption of the war and they go looking for family members and in fact union captains had a hard time understanding why the soldiers disappeared. when they became involved in 1863 payments for their family. and so they ar

we'll feature narratives of the life of frederick douglass, written in 1856. it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass and deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition. we'll discuss the book with the author. watch books that shaped america, featuring narratives of the life of frederick douglass, tonight live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at cspan.org. be sure to span the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast, where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> the office of speaker of the how was of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> on tuesday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the house republican conference meets to discuss potential candidates for speaker of the house followed kevin cart cart's removal with a party vote

featuring the life of frederick douglass. tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free video mobile app or online at c-span.org and scan the q.r. code to listen to our companion podcast to learn more of the books featured. on capitol hill, republican representative mike lawler talked briefly about the upcoming house republican conference meeting and speaker election. >> a lot of people believe kevin mccarthy is the right person to lead us. reporter: you have a preference, jordan and mccarthy are the only two options? >> look, we'll have our conversation tonight. i've spoken with the perspective candidates and we'll have our conversation and then see where we go from there. but to me i've said repeatedly, if there's not accountability for what just happens, how do you work as a conference? how do you actually govern, if eight people can upend what 96% of the conference believes in and work with 208 democrats, including talib, omar, adam schiff and hakeem jeffries to remove a public speaker, how do you deal with that? reporter: have

it was it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition. the story and author and nickering medford will be our guest to discuss the book. watch looks that shaped america featuring narratives of the life of frederick douglass. monday night at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> the resolution is adopted. without objection to motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> stay with c-span as a battle over how speakership continues. follow every moment as this historic election unfolds. watch on c-span can c-span

, written in 1845, the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass.eeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland. his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influenced the cause of abolition and we will have a guest to discuss the book watch books that shaped america featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, monday, live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org . scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> my name is wayne coleman, the head of archives at the institute and i want to welcome all of you to the event tonight. as we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1963 children's crusade, we do so tonight with a talk between journalist paul kix who is the author of "you have to be prepared to die before you can begin to live." eight minneapolis police officer suffocated george floy

we will feature a narrative of the life of frederick douglass. in 1845, it was the first of three autobiographies of frederick douglass. he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have influenced the cause of abolition. endocrine medford will be our guest on the program -- edna green medford will be our guest on the program to discuss the book. live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, our free video app, or c-span.org. also, be sure to you can learn more on the companion podcast. >> the resolution is adopted. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. >> stay with c-span as the battle over house speaker ship continues. follow every moment as this historic election unfolds. watch on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. c-span -- your unfiltered view of government. >> nonfiction

we will feature narrative of the life of frederick douglass. written in 1845 it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick bliss -- frederick douglass. he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1938. the book was widely sold and hot -- watch books that shaped america, featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, to not live at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. announcer: the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. announcer: on tuesday at 5:00 p.m. eastern, the house republican conference meets to discuss potential candidates for speaker of the house, following congressman kevin mccarthy's removal, with a party vote expected wednesday morning. and the house democrats have announced their plan to again select minority l

three autobiographies by frederick douglass. indeed the personal and sometimes graphic language come he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland come his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and the center of highly influenced the cause of abolition. historian and author edna green medford will be our guest to discuss the book. watch books the shaped america featuring a narrative of the t of frederick douglass monday live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span networks free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to her companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> as part of her new series we're asking you what books do you think shaped america? >> my pick for the books that shaped america is "to kill a mockingbird" ." >> the jungle. >> you can join in the conversation by submitting your pics of the book you think helped shape this country. go to our website c-span.org/books a s

lincoln used to have conversations with frederick douglass a lot. he not allowed to eat at the white house or anything. or do you know it's not that he wasn't allowed to eat, he wasn't invited to dinner. what happened was booker right. i think at receptions, frederick douglass but i don't think like a dinner and meetings. i mean, lincoln would meet with people all the time, but, but, you know, having a person at dinner sitting down to eat was a really, really big deal. and i think we should celebrate teddy roosevelt for for doing it with booker t washington. and i think it's extra cool that he did it after reading his book. that's great right here. i just have to i think fdr was an exceptional president and i just wanted to ask if there were any others that made the impact after the that following the stock market crash, fdr was over the wpa, which was the works project and it it employed a lot of musicians and artists and things that you don't even hear about today. and are there any other presidents that have come close to that kind of a platform

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by frederick douglass.n deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore, and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have influenced the cause of abolition. a historian will be our guest to discuss the book. watch books that shaped america, featuring narrative of the life of frederick

it will feature narratives of the life of frederick douglass. deeply personal and sometimes traffic language, he describes his childhood years in maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape in 1838. the book was sold and was said to have highly influenced the concept of abolition. watch books that shaped america, featuring narratives of the life of frederick doug -- frederick douglass. live on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> welcome back to the washington journal, joining us this morning is michael stratford. michael stratford talking about federal student loan payments resuming. what did the president say about student loans? guest: what he announced is the

it was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. deeply personal and sometimes graphic language he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold. historian and author edna greene medford will discuss the book. watch books that shaped america featuring narratives of the life of frederick douglass monday, alive at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, our free video app or online at c-span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books. c-span shop.org is c-span's online store, browse the collection of c-span products, apparel, books, home to core and accessories. every purchase help support our nonprofit operation. shop now or any time at c-spanshop.org. washington journal continues. host: this is the cofounder of the tea party patriots joining us this morning. thank you for giving us your time. guest: thank you so much for having me. host: remind people about yo

biographies of our founding fathers, washington, jefferson, right-click, and then threw to lincoln, frederick douglass, theodore roosevelt, martin luther king, shirley chisholm, henrietta lacks, james baldwin, dwight eisenhower, among manyrs others. but within two years ago i was fortunate enough to read jack davis the bald eagle. and then whole new world open to me. i missed the little upon which our country was founded, and without which there would be no united states of america, our natural resources, land, water, flora and fauna. and how we struggle to gain and profit from it. the stories in the lies that jack davis, patrick dean, rien fertel and deanus king bring us are indispensable to an understanding of our society, our culture and our future. the story of our natural resources as recounted by these four authors bring a heartbeat and the context to our american history. in-depth, dramatic and deeply immersed in the delicate splendor of the natural world, these books we will discuss over the next hour exploring humanities connection to nature, the history of conservation and the heroes who hav

we will feature narrative of the life of frederick douglass.was the first of three autobiographies by frederick douglass. in deeply personal and sometimes graphic language, he describes his childhood years on the eastern shore of maryland, his time as a slave in baltimore and his escape north in 1838. the book was widely sold and is said to have highly influence the cost of abolition. and degree medford will be our guest to discuss the book. watch books that shaped america featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass, next monday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. also be sure to scan the qr code to listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books featured. >> tuesday on the c-span networks, live at 10:00 eastern on c-span, the u.s. housof representatives returns and will consider 2024 energy and water spending legislation. on c-span two at 10:00 easrn, the supreme court hears oral arme on whether the consumer financial protection beau funding structure is constit

watch books that shaped america, featuring narrative of the life of frederick douglass. monday, live at 9 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video up or online -- app or online at c-span.org. listen to our companion podcast where you can learn more about the authors of the books features. has been rems speaker ofmccarthy the house after eight icans and every democrat present voted for him to vacate the speakership. the effort was led by matt gaetz who offered a motion that would require a vote by the full house, an election for a new speaker will happen next week. representative mccarthy has said he will not be running. up next, floor debate leading to the historic vote in the house.

he used the n-word and somebody he you know came along and his relationship with frederick douglass written about by david blight john stauffer so dubois could look back and say wow, this moved abraham lincoln to embrace the right to vote for the black troops. plus these, you know, whoever very intelligent -- were. so make the case. did what did dubois have grounds to make this argument how do you come you have the the advantage of hindsight right but you're dubois since 1918 make the case. this is our country this is our country we built this country we fought for this country. we have fought for this country. america would not be without us and for reason it is our obligation to fight for america, not for the america that has been, not for the america that is, but for america that we want it to be. my channeling. dubois good enough. there. yeah. i think he would say something like he have grounds. do you think? i mean could you, can make the case that there was to his support the war. i think you can i think for for reasons that you just laid out the historical precedent that dubois again

amna: you cover as well his first face to face meeting with frederick douglass. steve: yes.mna: which takes place in august of 1863. why was that important to understanding lincoln? steve: this is one of the great meetings in american history because it's two of the greatest americans of the century. and in this case, they had a disagreement with each other. lincoln was president. had issued the emancipation proclamation, freeing the enslaved people of confederate rebels. and many of them had become union soldiers. but frederick douglass, who had helped to recruit those black soldiers, knew they were receiving unequal treatment. they weren't getting paid the same as white men. they weren't being treated the same as white men or promoted the same as white men. and he effectively came to washington to object, to d you make a liar out of me?why i recruited these men by saying they would be fighting for equality and that they would get equal treatment. and they're not. and it's an incredible meeting because lincoln admitted what had been done. he said they're not receiving equal

and many of them had become union soldiers, but frederick douglass, who had helped to recruit those black they were receiving unequal treatment. they were not getting paid the same as white men or treated the same or promoted the same as white men, and he effectively came to washington to object, to protest, to say to lincoln, why did you make a liar out of me? i recruited these men by saying that they would fight for equality and would get equal treatment and they are not. it's an incredible meeting because lincoln admitted what had been done. he said, they are not receiving equal treatment and that is because of politics. we have a lot of white men who would resist employing them as soldiers at all. so, i'm getting all i can for now and i wiltry to fix the rest of it later which in fact he did, black men ultimately did get equal pay. these were two men who disagreed, often publicly. douglass publicly excoriated lincoln again and again, but in private they could work together and they were pulling the boat in the same direction. >> the term politician carries a very negative connotation.

we will feature the life of frederick douglass.dhood years in eastern maryland, his time as a slave in eastern baltimore and his escape in 1935 . it was said to have influenced tons of abolitionists. watch books that shaped america featuring narratives of the life of frederick douglass live at 9 pm eastern on c-span or online at c-span.org. be sure to scan the qr code to listen to ourcompanion podcast where you can listen to the authors of the books feature . >> american history tv, exploring the people and events that tell america's story . in lectures in history university of kansas professor robert rowland talks about barack obama's keynote address at the democratic national convention. on the presidency catherine brunel discusses the mingling of hobbit hollywood celebrity with politics and how they impacted the presidency itself. watch american history tv every weekend and find all fall schedule or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history . >> we are funded by these television companies and more including while . >> while is