that's one of harriet tubman's keys. she goes behind enemy lines so a lot of it is runners, messengers. messengers that are coming in and some are the individuals who are in fact conducting the work so it's disguises, messengers. you can also accompany confederates officers when they would go and make -- they might be coming in to do a prisoner exchange and the manservant of one of the confederate officers is actually the spy. and while they're doing the prison exchange he's sharing some information. then he goes back with it. >> so it was a global network? >> yes. it's an oral network. we know that some messages are sent through message on paper. we know that. especially the navy used african-americans in that capacity. we know that. sherman writes about that in receiving messages from david porter from african-americans coming in with them written. so it's oral, it's written. it's really the full gambit of what's used in that day except for the telegraph. how, -- however, delaney would use the telegraph because what co

they don't say it's harriet tubman in the article, but they talk about how it delivered an effective blow. the -- it's illustrated, they don't mention that it was for tubman. they don't mention the woman at all. but they give a report of how successful. over 800 enslaved persons liberated. the rice plantation infrastructure that are destroyed. highly successful raids led by harriet tubman in june of 1863. general quincey gillmore would have her said as a special agent. i'll call her special agent harriet tubman. highly successful raids. on the more let's say administrative side of things, mary ka ree had been working as a recruiting agent. that's kind of hired out by a commission to recruiting officer from the state. well, in 1864, mary ann carry, her influence over men was so persuasive she could convince them to enlist and the governor of indiana would commission her as a recruiting officer. she's not simply a recruiting agent. she is a commissioned recruiting officer by the governor of indiana. oliver morton. african-american women would also come to the relief of union soldiers wh

highly successful raids led by harriet tubman in june of 1863. general quincey gillmore would have her paid at a special agent. may i simply call her special agent, harriett tubman. highly successful raids. on the more, let's say, administrative side of things, mary ann carrie had been working as a recruiting agent. that's kind of hired out by a commission to recruiting officer from the state. well, in 1864, mary ann carrie, her influence over men was so persuasive she could convince them to enlist and the governor of indiana would commission her as a recruiting officer. she's not simply a recruiting agent. she is a commissioned recruiting officer by the governor of indiana. oliver morton. african-american women would also come to the relief of union soldiers who had been taken as prisoners of war and this prisoner of war camp -- this is a drawing of a prisoner war camp in florence, south carolina. union soldiers, when they escaped from this camp, they immediately were taken in by african-american women. who put them in a safe house and kept them

from harriet tubman to slave porters in the underground railroad, to michelle obama and today's white house. the footprints on history from african-americans cannot be washed away. and the bells of greatness, ingenious, artistic talent, philanthropy, and leadership cannot be on rum -- cannot be unrung. we have come this far by faith. we celebrate and embrace this theme of the african american women, culture, and history. wellcome will not allow me in this discourse to call the role of great women in african american history. let me pray that their numbers are many, and the stories of them tell the truth of women, african american women, in culture and history. for our women have been on the move. our women have refused to be moved. and our women continue to move mountains in african american history. and now, in closing, let me cradle this month's celebration in the history -- in the city of st. francis, with a sense of gratitude and neutral respect. the we black, white, brown, or red, we are all god's children. mavis in vacation -- may this invocation be accepted and the record show

he meets with harriet tubman. he lived his believes in a quiet, astonishing way. as to the white support, the secret six, i believe one of my favorite parts of the story in an area where there's a little room for humor, they were really par local radicals. they were very wealthy businessmen mostly in the boston area who funneled brown money and guns. they fed it to him at salons in new england and brown dines with thoreau and emerson. alcott calls brown the manliest man they've ever met. they're intoxicated by this. it's like the 1960s when you had wealthy folks in manhattan hosting black panthers and other radicals. in the end these people are not shall we say profiles in courage. when brown's raid goes bad and they're implicated, one of them is already overseas, three of the others flee for canada. my favorite, garrett smith, checks himself into an insane asylum in new york to avoid prosecution where he's treated with cannabis and morphine and says he remembers nothing of the events, which might well have been true. only one thomas higerson remains true to brown

well, delany, or harriet tubman, or mary ann shadd-cary who had never done anything operationally that we know of. for them to say you should follow john brown is to say they should follow a captain. why did i say that? if you read frederick douglas, martin delany, mary ann shadd-cary. they refer to john brown as a captain. what does that mean? john brown wrote his own constitution. he viewed himself in that way as a general. captains don't lead generals. captains are tactical, not strategic. this organization already had a plan, it was to end slavery in league with the constitution, not write a new constitution. however they found -- they found tactical value in what john brown did. and anyone subordinate to the captain, they would encourage them to follow john brown. you have to be subordinate to the caption. it's a tactical operation. you don't send strategically important folk on a tactical operation that may be a suicide mission. they do view john brown as a martyr. in many ways it was a suicide mission. but one african-american that was recruited in chatham that went with john br

many of them like harriet tubman, frederick douglas, once they achieved it, they would return and they would tell those who they had left in bondage, you can be free. but do you know what happened when they returned, telling the others about their freedom? many times those who had that slave mentality and a plantation way of thinking, they would tell the overseers that they had troublemakers in their midst. my friend herman cain was called a bad apple by harry belafonte. and i tell you today that that type of thinking is exactly what the progressive left wants to keep a certain group of people believing. that people like myself, people like herman, if you place that bad apple in the barrel with the rest of them, they are going to spoil those who we have already in the barrel. and americans, i say to you that as one who was a part of that system, one who ran away from that system, and found freedom for myself as i now return to tell others, that you can be free, the same thing happens to me as did to them 150 years ago. but except the dogs that are sicced on them now and the overseers t

and when some one like harriet tubman, born on the eastern shore of maryland in the ear

. >> the state of maryland is called a free state, the birthplace of frederick douglass and harriet tubman. we are now cut the front line in the battle against those guys in d.c. that truly hate us for our freedom. we cast our votes as follows, gary johnson, nine votes, lee wrights, for boats, carl peterson, one vote. -- lee wrights four votes. >> the commonwealth of massachusetts, home to lexington and concord, where the battle for american liberty began, home to john adams, our second president, samuel adams, who organized the committees of correspondence, and paul revere, a patriot and silversmith, among other things, proudly cast our votes as follows. four votes for lee wrights and four votes for gary johnson. >> mr. chairman, from the region known as michigan, the home of government motors, where voters overwhelmingly voted to legalize medical marijuana, only to have republican drug -- michigan cast one vote for jim burns, 14 for gary johnson, and 54 lee wrights -- 5 for lee wrights. >> the sexy state of minnesota, the bae, the blue ox, beloved for 16,000 lakes, and the cohen brothers

martin luther king, jr., in his struggle for civil rights, and going all the way back to harriet tubman as far as the underground railroad. whites have always been involved in african americans bringing about freedom, justice, and equality. we have never said we did it all by ourselves and with ever be able to do it all by ourselves. even this museum, the white community throughout the state and country has embraced this museum. if it was not for the white community working along with african-american leadership and the african-american community, we would not have this museum. i would be the first to say that what america has been a very intricate part of bringing about freedom, justice, and the quality here in america and also in our local community. host: our next call comes from shreveport. tim, you are on the "washington journal." caller: a couple of commons. has anyone seen the reporting that fox news did where o'reilly, those two white people that were news reporters, and they were pulled out of their van at a red light by a bunch of blacks, and that almost killed them. no report

many of them like harriet tubman, frederick douglass, once they achieved it, they would return, and they would tell those who they had left in bondage, you can be free. but do you know what happened when they returned telling the others about their freedom? many times those who had that slave mentality and a plantation way of thinking, they would tell the oversears -- overseers that they had troublemakers in their midst. my friend herman cain was called a bad appleby harry belafonte. -- apple by harry belafonte. and i tell you today that type of thinking is exactly what the progressive left wants to keep a certain group of people believing. that people like myself, people like herman, if you place that bad apple in the barrel with the rest of them, they're going to spoil those who we have already in this barrel. and americans, i say to you, that as one who was a part of that system, one who ran away from that system, and found freedom for myself, as i now return to tell others, that you can be free, the same thing happens to me. as did to them 150 years ago. but the dogs that are sicked