. >>> up next on american history tv, historian jason h. silverman talks about his book "link on and the immigrant" describing lincoln's interaction with immigrants. he concludes these encounters boosted america's economy. the event is about an hour. >> and now for our speaker this evening. jason h. silverman is the professor of history at winthrup university. author or editor of 11 books, several of which nominated for national book awards, his recent work "lincoln and the immigrant" is a volume in the series published by southern illinois university press and was released in september. of the 16,500 and counting volumes published on abraham lincoln, this is the first full length study of its kind. dr. silverman received his undergraduate degree at the university of virginia and his graduate degree at colorado state and the university of kentucky. he has received many distinguished teaching awards. currently working on a companion volume detailing president lincoln's reputation in 19th century europe. he also served two elected terms on his local sc

jason h. silverman talks about his book "lincoln and immigration." his encounters persuaded president lincoln that immigration boosted america's economy. the lincoln group of the district of columbia was host of this event. this lasts about an hour. >> and now for our speaker this evening. jason h. silverman is professor of history at winthrop university, where he has taught for 31 years. prior to that, he taught at yale university for four years and winthrop university. he is the author of 11 books. his recent work "lincoln and the immigrant" is a volume in a concise lincoln library series. it was released in september. of the more than 16,500 volumes -- 16,500 and counting volumes published on abraham lincoln, this is the first full-length study of its kind. dr. silverman received his undergraduate degree at the university of virginia and his graduate degree at colorado state and the university of kentucky. he has received many distinguished teaching awards. he is currently working on a companion volu

silverman concludes that these encounters boosted america's economy. the lincoln group of district of columbia hosted this event. it's about an hour. >> and now for our speaker this evening. jason h. silverman is the professor of history at winthrop university. where he has taught for 31 years. prior to that he taught at yale university for four years. author or editor of 11 books, several of which nominated for national book awards, his recent work "lincoln and the immigrant" is a volume in the series con size lincoln library series published by southern illinois university press and was released in september. of the 16,500 and counting volumes published on abraham lincoln, this is the first full length study of its kind. dr. silverman received his undergraduate degree at the university of virginia and his graduate degrees at colorado state and the university of kentucky. he has received many distinguished teaching awards. is currently working on a companion volume detailing president lincoln's reputation in 19th century europe. he also served two elected terms on his local school board. so let's welcome professor jason silverman. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. that last p

silverman concludes that these encounters boosted america's economy. the lincoln group of district of columbia hosted this event. it's about an hour. >> and now for our speaker this evening. jasonerman is the professor of history at winthrop university. where he has taught for 31 years.

jason h. silverman is the professor of history at winthrop university. he has taught for 31 years there. prior to that he taught at yale university for four years. author or editor of 11 books, several of which nominated for national book awards, his recent work "lincoln and the immigrant" is a volume in the series published by southern illinois university press and was released in september. of the 16,500 and counting volumes published on abraham lincoln, this is the first full length study of its kind. dr. silverman received his undergraduate degree at the university of virginia and his graduate degree at colorado state and the university of kentucky. he has received many distinguished teaching awards. currently working on a companion volume detailing president lincoln's reputation in 19th century europe. he also served two elected terms on his local school board. so let's welcome professor jason silverman. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. that last part about the eight years on the rockhill school board, forget about all my education. that's when i

so let's welcome professor jason silverman. [ applause ] >> thank you so much. that last part about the eight years on the rockhill school board, forget about all my education. that's when i learned the real meaning of civil war. i have been interested in abraham lincoln since the fourth grade. we had a parents' night which we were going to do silent vignettes. a signing of the declaration of independence, all sorts of things. one of the silent vignettes was lincoln/douglas debates and my fourth grade teacher told me you can't be abraham lincoln, you're not tall enough. to add insult to injury, she said, you have to be steven douglas. so i swore by all that was sacred that i was going to study abraham lincoln for the rest of my life and try to make a contribution. now, i grew up right across the river in alexandria, virginia. i'm a product of the virginia public schools, and i can tell you that very little about abraham lincoln was said flatteringly in the state of virginia as i was growing up. but those comments were glowing compared to what i encountered when

jason h. silvermanalks about his book "lincoln and immigration." his encounters persuaded president lincoln that immigration boosted america's economy. the lincoln group of the district of columbia was host of this event. this lasts about an hour. >> and now for our speaker this evening. jason h. silverman is professor of history at winthrop university, where he has taught for 31 years. prior to that, he taught at yale university for four years and winthrop university. heth

we start with history professor jason silverman giving a lecture about immigration during lincoln's presidencyand "washington post" journalist bobwood ward on what lincoln's presidency means for the 21st century u. and lib con's effect on america today. >>> washington journal is in cleveland for the republican national convention and this morning a staff attorney for the aclu of ohio will discuss the rights of protesters at the rnc and the lawsuit the aclu filed on behalf of pro and anti-trump protesters ahead of the convention. followed by rnc rules committee members. then christy thompson, politics reporter for the cincinnati inquiry u will preview the convention speakers and events. join us for washington journal live from cleveland beginning at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning.