and when jefferson davis heard about this, he was furious. why would my people leave the comforts of that wonderful planation and life that i provided for them, when they could labor seven days a week for no pay. and that was the -- it's just an astonishing moment in the history of the civil war. >> could we see the images of -- of davis and grant, actually. >> it's just one year -- here's grant leaning on a tree. >> with a hat, right. >> to the right is -- with that hat. he was an informal fellow. and there is jefferson davis who was not an informal fellow but had abandoned his plantation for quote/unquote public service to function as the president of the confederacy. and again, he believed that the slaves had no legal right to their freedom and he expected still that they would win independence and he would petition for ownership. but as we know, that's not what happened. a few days after that incident in the drawing, maybe we could look next at the newspaper version. >> yes. >> yes. >> there it is. >> so we have essentially the adaptation

and there's jefferson davis, who was not an informal fellow. but had abandoned his plantation for, quote/unquote, public service. just to function as the president of the confederacy. and again, he believed that the slaves had no-legal right to -- to their freedom. and he expected, still, the confederacy would win independence, and he would petition for ownership. but as we know, that's not what happened. a few days after that incident, in the drawing, maybe, we can look, next, at the -- at the newspaper version. >> yes. >> which is -- there it is. >> so, we have, essentially -- the -- the adaptation of the drawing into a woodcut engravings for leslie's paper august of 1863. >> not a big story, as you say. >> yeah. and how -- are there substantial differences between this woodcut version and the sketch? >> well, i think, it's sort of a normal adaptation for the day. the sketches tended to be rather rough. and the -- the engraver -- the engravers back in new york cleaned them up a little bit. they added details. i think what's lost here is the -

he said, and i will give you next hurt, i jefferson davis, presidency of the -- of america, announce and declare benjamin butler to be a felon, deserving of capital punishment. i do order he be no longer considered or treated simply as a public enemy of the confederate states of america, but as an outlaw and common enemy of mankind. in the event of his caption, the officer in command of the capturing forced to cause him to be immediately executed by hanging. i do further order that no commissioned officer of the united states cat -- take him captive and should be released on parole between -- should have met with the punishment for his crimes. davis won on, adding in this proclamation, that all negro slaves captured in arms be at once, delivered over to the ethics -- authorities of the respective state for which they belong to be dealt with according to the laws of said states. that, the like orders be executed in all cases with respect all commissioned officers of the united states, when found serving in the company with armed slaves and insurrection against the authorities of the d

he has to talked jefferson davis. to me, let lee run with it. let robert e. lee run with it. by that time, the union army is allowed to lick its wounds and shadow him as it moves north. lee, looking at the loss of his general officers over the seven days to gettysburg, he loses 91 general officers, killed, wounded, captured in battle. and if you look from the seven days to gettysburg, he started the seven days battle with 92,500 men, and over a 13 month plus period, he lost almost that exact number. leeds style of warfare will grind this army down. he knew that he had to try to do something to win. by the end of the war, he will sustain 205,000 casualties. people like to bury grant with casualty numbers and like to call him a butcher. when you compare it, it's almost a one to one ratio of what lee lost to the confederates. at chancellorsville, to conclude, they gained another victory. -- we gained not an inch of ground, and the enemy could not be pursued. the enemy got away. what's really wanted to do was destroy his enemies army, its war capacity, its war making ability. wha

he has to talk to jefferson davis jameson. to me inferiors you know let lee run with it if you want to win this war let robert e lee run with it, but they don't allow him to do that and by that time the union armies allowed to lick its wounds and to shadow him as it moves north. lead looking at his loss of his his general officers. over the seven days to gettysburg. he loses 91 general officers killed wounded captured in battle. and if you look from the seven days to gettysburg, he started the seven days battle with 92,500 men. and over a 13-month plus period he lost almost that exact number of men. lease style warfare will grind this army down he knew that he had to try to do something to win. by the end of the war, he will sustain 205,000 casualties a lot of people like to compare him and grant with with casualties numbers and always call grant a butcher, but when you compare it, it's almost a one-to-one ratio of what lee lost to the federals now some people say well there's a lot of surrenders in there. yeah. well, yeah, bu

i had to go down jefferson davis parkway, to get to my middle school with name dr. a little better. a see that my the street my parents live on is named after somebody who owned a 115 people. and what are the implications of that? because we know that symbols and maggie and names are not just symbols. they are reflective of the story that people, story, people tell, check the narrative, communities carry those narrative, see the policy and public policy shapes material conditions of people's lives. which isn't to say that taking down that you wouldn't labor is going to erase the racial wealth gap in contemporary united states. but it is to say that all these things are part of the same. you go system a story that help us make sense of what has happened to community and that's what must be done for community in order to move forward. and so i was thinking about that in my home town in orland and i wanted to sort of brian it out and explore how different places across the country and even across the ocean wrecking with deal directly with their own relationship to you. how story you te

and pg beauregard, the confederate, general jefferson davis and better president bobby lease confederate general. and thinking about what it meant that i grew up in a majority blast city, in which there were more modules to labor than there were 20 people. and what does that mean? what does it mean to get to school? i had to go to our property, we boulevard to get to the grocery store. i had to go down jefferson davis parkway to get to my middle school with name dr. elite a better se that my the street my parents live on is named after somebody who owned a 115 slave people. and one of the implications of that because we know that symbols and maggie and names are not just symbols, they are reflective of the story that people tell. stories people tell, shape the narrative, communities carry those narrative, see public policy and public policy shapes material conditions of people's lives. which isn't to say that taking that you wouldn't labor is going to erase the racial wealth gap in contemporary united states. but it is to say that all these things are part of the same ecosystem of storie

lee, complained about it to jefferson davis and congressman, and so they repealed the partisan ranger act in february of 1864. taking that legitimacy away. the one partisan man who did continue to act in virginia was john mosby's band. here is a photograph, you see he signed it, he described what he was wearing, as a kind of souvenir. he had been a calvary officer serving with jeb stuart, and he formed a partisan band in 1863, and as stanton's letter reveals, he became quite tory us -- notorious. he liked to execute raids on horseback on wagon trains and supply depots. he also liked to launch surprise attacks at night and capturing union officers while they were sleeping. he liked to wake them up informed them they were now prisoners of the confederate government. mosby was so good at this and alluding capture, he earned the name the great ghost during the war. there were two other kinds of irregulars -- guerrilla referred to generally, who were individuals and small companies engaging in guerrilla activities unattached to local armies, or they were not actually operating with the uni

eventually shipped to richmond and confederate president jefferson. davis's. i know this guy has a place. i know he's really good at what he does. so what can we do with them? he makes them a special military advisor and then whenever joseph johnston is wounded three times at the battle of fair oaks in june of 1862, may 31st of 1862 on june 2nd. property lee is going to be given command of what he dubs the army of northern virginia and from that point forward. that's the lee we know today or most people know today. he is known as audacity personified he is a man who will take the bull by the horns, but before that he was granny lee. he was the king of spades. he was a man. who that even some soldiers a soldier in the 15th? south carolina said i don't know about this robert e lee guy, but i don't think he's going to be any better than i i think that he's no better than james longstreet or joe johnston two of the more prominent officers when lee takes over he was disappointing jeb stuart. jeff stewart says in his own writings. i'm disappointed by robert e lee, b

it was jefferson davis' order to remove the liberty cap, deemed inappropriate by him for a nation where slavery was still legal. as secretary of war, davis oversaw work at the capitol but would become president of the confederacy. the liberty cap was replaced by, quote, a bold arrangement of feathered suggested by the costume of indian tribes. in crawford's words, repeated right up to the official descriptions by the current curator's office. the deeper origin of the headdress is the role played by feathers for indian. going back to the 1490s. throughout the capitol, indigenous people are stereo typically marked by feathers, a symbol that functioned for five centuries. for that reason, i would suggest freedom has struggled her life to be recognized by her official name. newspaper reports on her as, quote, america's most misunderstood woman or one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted girls in the capitol have been regular. more often than being called what her creator dubbed her, or what the curator calls her, the statue of freedom, her popular names have evoked her identity as f

lee boulevard, to the grocery store had ago done jefferson davis highway, my middle school was namede leader of the confederacy, the street my parents about today is named after somebody who owned 115 enslaved people. names and symbols and holidays aren't just names and symbols and symbolism, they are reflective of the stories people tell. though story shape and narrative. those narratives shape policy and public policy shapes the material conditions of people's lives. not to say taking out a statue of robert e. lee or making juneteenth a holiday is going to erase the racial wealth gap, but it is part of an ecosystem of narrative and ideas that can help us recalibrate our understanding of why certain communits look and do and what needs to be invested in those communities to create a new set of opportunities. we should recognize and celebrate the juneteenth holiday and also recognize that that is not enough. it is not nearly enough and it is one part of a much longer struggle and larger struggle to make sure we are creating more equitable and just world. amy: that was pointed out ear

that immediate origin, was jefferson davis is ordered to crawford, to remove the statue of liberty. deemed inappropriate for a nation where slavery was still legal. the secretary of war, davis would soon become capital prison of the confederacy. and it was replaced by a bold arrangement of feathers, suggested by the costume of indian tribes. and repeated in some form or another up to the official description of the curators office. but the deeper origin of the headdress, is the role pay role play offenders by -- . throughout the capital, indigenous peoples are stewart real typically mark why feathers. a symbol that has now function officially in the west for five centuries. for that reason, i would suggest freedom has struggled her entire life to be recognized by her official name. newspaper reports on her as america's most misunderstood woman. or one of the most misunderstood, and misinterpreted girls in the capital. far more often has she been called with her creator dubbed her, armed freedom, or what the creative creator of the capital calls her, statute of freedom, but it is fem

it calls for the removal of about a dozen statues including those of jefferson davis. it would also remove the bust of roger taney, the chief jusice who delivered the landmark dred scott decision denying the rights of citizenship to people of african descent. a similar bill failed in the senate last year, but supporters are hoping for a different outcome now that joe biden is president and democrats control the senate. >>> coming up, wimbledon shocker. serena williams makes a tearful exit from the tournament in the first round. >>> and later, move over, jetsons, a new flying car cruises to new heights. this is the "cbs morning news." cruises to new heights. this is the "cbs morning news." ready to shine from the inside out? try nature's bounty hair, skin and nails gummies. the number one brand to support beautiful hair, glowing skin, and healthy nails. and introducing jelly beans with two times more biotin. you love your pet...but hate wearing their hair. did you know that your clothes can actually attract pet hair? with bounce pet hair & lint guard, your clothes can r

and, of course, you know, spoiler, at the end he doesn't assassinate jefferson davis because that would be historical alternate universe and not historical fiction. i h was, like, you know what? [laughter] i really wanted him to have -- he deserved to, okay,s this is gettingot weird, but in the scoe of that book and that character, i didn't feel that what he had been through, and i like the ending of that book that i gave him. but i feel like he deserved more because america had really done him and all black people dirty. and he deserved more than he got. and i was, like, i really want -- and i feel like, you know, there are movies and shows that have come out that have been, like, had the promise of catharsis and then not had the catharsis. and if i think, you know, forgiveness is great in some ways. but -- [laughter] catharsis is also necessary even if just in a book or in a movie. i mean, honestly, we're not trying to go out and do anything terrible k in real life, but sometimes -- and that's what fiction can be for, the kind of address those. and for me, i was -- at the end, when i

which allowed jefferson davis to mobilize these gorilla fighters to muster them into the confederate army, which meant that they were paid. they got rations. and they got war materials so they got uniforms they got shelter and this legitimated them. this act also did something interesting which it established that partisan. rangers would be paid for whatever booty they lifted from the enemy so they would bring back if they could bring back any material or horses or whatnot then they could turn them into the quartermaster and be paid. so there's an incentive for you right partisans though. some groups got a little out of control and some confederate officials including robert e lee. complained about it to jefferson davis and to the congressman and so they repealed the partisan ranger act in february of 1864 so sort of taking that legitimacy away. the one part is a band that did continue to act in virginia was john mosby's band. so here's a photograph of him and you see that he signed it he sort of described what he is wearing at this moment that his photograph has been taking and sign

jefferson davis then appointed him as secretary of war. after the war, he fled the country. he fled the country for several years, madam speaker, this statue must also be removed. i asked my colleagues to answer the summonses of our time by voting to remove these statue fless capitol of the united states of america. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. loudermilk: thank you, again, ma'am chair. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. as i stated earlier, you'll find that many, if not all, on this side of the aisle will agree with most of the comments, if not all the comments made by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i think we need to go back and look at where we've been as a nation and where we're going and a lot of what we put into this building should reflect not only our history but our values as a nation. that's why i in the past have advocated strongly for certain statues to be removed. i think it's important now that we have both parties looking at

left the union on the election of abraham lincoln, the immediate proximate cause of secession, jefferson davis was a president before abraham lincoln, that's how quickly secession came about but if you read those they are all very very clear they stand on the side of progress so i will pick up with mister randy love who asks digging even deeper, calhoun's position is a continuation the men of our do what they can, the poor suffer what they must, do democracies just war inside themselves with men of power seeking power, as slaves make them powerful. we get that. >> so in one sense yes, i would love to know if he had read lucidity but getting this from history, his position is exploitation is a common fact in every society, he stands up and says let's not denies this but in every society the rich prey upon the poor and exploit them and it has been this way through all of human history and that is a very bleak pronouncement. calhoun in that sense is a realpolitik or philosopher of naked power in that sense in human relationships and his argument is slavery is simply a more honest configuration of

it is surely enough just to quote from confederate president jefferson davis message to congress declaring that a stage of war existed with united states on april the 29th. 1861 quote in our independence. we seek no conquest. no aggrandizement. no session of any kind from the states with which we have lately. confederated all we ask is to be let alone and quote. but i ask let alone to do what? i will surprise to discover first enrichment virginia newspapers that confederate journalist boldly proclaimed that they were succeeding and fighting the war to change the world. naturally. we should use scholarly detachment about what is written in the press. but ambitious plans for the future will also expressed and then attempted to be implemented by leading confederate who my term the planners. many of them were politicians who did so in speeches proclamations and legislation from davis himself to his vice president alexander stevens and his old rival from mississippi days henry foote from across the confederate congress and state legislatures. business leaders also planned as evidenced by the pr

henry clay, jefferson davis and so on but i think yes, even though marshall buchanan, i knew i was inre. and i know i view things differently from what i called real stories who want the facts out and write a big book, i don't want to write a big book.k i want to write a story book for people to be inspired to look up things. we know everybody died and starve to death that's not the real story, that is part of the story, they'll start to left, we wouldn't have had a revolution, would we. >> will be coming up on questions in a few moments, there's want to remind you if you have a question, type it into the comments, we'll collect those turn to your questions about ten or 15 minutes or so. one of the key things you discuss in your book is this idea that marshall in the early 19th century keeps the union together in the period after the constitution adopted, how did the court accomplish this? >> it had nothing to do, he had nothing to do. he couldn't have had a federal problem because the country just started. >> one of the things people would be appalled at, he was supreme court justice

beauregard, jefferson davis, robert e. lee. and thinking about what it meant that i grew up in a mostly black city that there were more homages of black slaves. my middle school was named after a leader of the confederacy that my parents still live on a street named after someone who owned 150 enslaved people. because as we mentioned, the thing about symbols and monuments and iconography is that they're not just symbols. symbols shape the stories that societies tell. and conditions of people's lives. it's not saying taking down a statue of robert e. lee is going to erase the wealth gap. but these things are part of an ecosystem of ideas and stories how communities do and don't and how what communities have has been shaped by their history. i want to go to different places across the country and examine how different historical site, angola prison, whitney plantation, new york city among others, how they wrestle with and confront their relationship to this history or run from it. >> i really enjoy this conversation. i hope you w

jefferson davis, robert e.e, and thinking about what it mend that i grew up in a mostly black city that there were more homages of black slaves. my middle school was named after a leader of the confederacy that my parents still live on a street named after someone who owned 150 enslaved people. the thing about symbols, they're be just symbols. symbols shape the stories. and those stories he will bed themselves into the narratives that the community carries. public policy shapes people's lives. that's not to say that it will raise the racial wealth gap but they're part of an ecosystem of ideas and stories to understand what communities do and don't do and deserve. and how what communities have have been shaped by their history. so i wanted to go to different places across the country and to examine how different historical sites would be, how they wrestle with and confront this history or run in it. >> i really enjoyed the conversation. the book is how the word is passed. thank you, clint smith. >> thank you. >>

lee for credit by breaking with jefferson davis we have to look at everything the bar did leading upat point to judge him fairly want to do is trump's number one henchmen not a person with the moral rectitude to stand up to a corrupt and illegal president. the thing i keep thinking of is this is june you're a big boy you could deal with this press i would've given him a little more credit if in december he, had written legislation later saying poor our conversations mister president, i won't do what you want me to do. i will not gin up nonexistent -- i'm greatly honored you called on me to serve you and ministration hen as attorney general i'm proud to rney general i'm proud to he should ascend mitch mcconnell. that's the nugget i think is important borrowers in cahoots with mitch mcconnell call woods went to do to save -- an entire republican establishment beside trump was focused on winning that georgia senate race on january 5th such that they just not saw january six coming. they can think beyond that day they will talk about playing with fire the entire republican has department

as a section of other people who could have been president henry clay, henry stevenson, jefferson davis and so on. so i think that yes is more biographies of marshall or fewer biographies of any sort of james buchanan. i know i view things differently from what i call real historians who really want to get all defects out. want to write a big book. i don't want to write a big book i want to write a story book by people to get inspired to look up different things to look at valley forge. we know valley forge everybody died they had rags for shoes and they starve to death. that is not the real story. that is part of the story. they all starve to death would not have won the revolution would we? it was tough it was not time a death march either. >> speaking of inspiration will be coming up on the questions in a few moments a switch remind the folks at home you have a question for robert please do typos into the comments. we'll be collecting those interns your questions here in about ten or 15 minutes or so. you know robert, or the key things you discussed in your book is this idea that mar

it wasn't any or it was the immediate approximate cause, jefferson davis was a president before abraham lincoln was not so quickly the profession came about. but if you read those, they are all very clear how they stand on the side of progress. so i'm going to pick up with mre digs deeper. this is positioned just get continuation of the old them in a power do with you can and the poor stuff aboutca what the most another was the democracy is just more inside of themselves and minute power seeking power. but the real for continuous slaves to make them powerful. [inaudible]. robert: so in one sense, yes, and calhoun, he's getting this from history. his position is that exploitation is a common fact in every society. he stands up and he says, let's not deny this. he said let's not deny that every society, the rich pray upon the poor and export them. and it has been this way for all of human history. that is a very bleak pronouncing pronouncements. calhoun in that sense is kind of a realpolitik or a philosopher of just negative power. in the human relationships that says in his argument is t

which allowed jefferson davis to mobilize these gorilla fighters to muster them into the confederate army, which meant that they were paid. they got rations and they got war materials so they got uniforms they got shelter and this legitimated them. this act also did something interesting which it established that partisan. rangers would be paid for whatever booty they lifted from the enemy so they would bring back if they could bring back any material or horses or whatnot then they could turn them into the quartermaster and be paid. so there's an incentive for you right partisans though. some groups got a little out of control and some confederate officials including robert e lee. complained about it to jefferson davis and to the congressman and so they repealed the partisan ranger act in february of 1864 so sort of taking that legitimacy away. the one part is a band that did continue to act in virginia was john mosby's band. so here's a photograph of him and you see that he signed it he sort of described what he is wearing at this moment that his photograph has been taking and signe

send lazarus back, cried the rump of jefferson davis's revolution. douglass provided the new answers, but father abraham says, if they hear not grant or sherman, neither will they be persuaded, so i send lazarus unto them. with an armed gesture to the sky, douglass shouted the transformation -- "i say that we are way up beyond her now, no mistake." with his audience shouting for approval in "great merriment," said a reporter, douglas had re-crafted a piece of scripture to fit the moment of impending victory for the federal union, and for black freedom, just how much of the mortal father abraham's buddhism, or the united states -- bosom, or the united states could hold and comfort the free to people as they came back to life was now to be determined. and very soon, the mortal father abraham was gone. thank you. [applause] david: questions? >> david, given how strongly douglass felt about the war, and given the number of hits he took over his actions, how do you feel he justified to himself his refusal to actually take part in in the war? david: thank

and he briefly sat behind the desk from which jefferson davis. had led the confederacy. then he returned to a union riverboat to steam back north. along the way he pulled out a well thumbed volume of shakespeare. and rather in red aloud. to a surrounding group of officers for more than an hour from macbeth which was shakespeare's favorite play. this may seem as strange place to turn during a terrible war it hardly provides solace at least. in a conventional way, but perhaps macbeth fit particularly well because lincoln understood that as the english poet philip sydney wrote in shakespeare's time. tragedy shows quote upon how weak foundations yielded roofs are builded. lincoln had a deep appreciation of tragedy we can hear it in the second inaugural address after explaining that the military situation was well in hand. lincoln described the onset of the conflict with warcoming even though both sides had tried to avoid it. then he cut right to the tragic heart of the civil war. he said fondly, do we hope and fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge of war? may speedil

jefferson davis was a great guy. stonewall jackson is a hero of heroes. robert e.orts these things out. now it's all the rage. a year or two from now, you're not going to have white kids looking at each other and hating themselves. this will even out. i want -- why are we so freaked out about differences? what happened? the old concept of "we are in this together." >> dana: that's kind of the issue, right, katie? we are all in this together. >> katie: and not going to insult the parents in the county been leading the charge against critical race theory and they are at a diverse group of parents who grew up with the legacy of martin luther king jr. saying want to judge our kids at each other by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin. they have very publicly stated that the critical race theory curriculum that they are seeing their kids come home with does the opposite of that and it's teaching their kids and the kids of the neighbors who live on the same street and the kids they play baseball with poor sports without school to hate each ot

lee credit for breaking with rebel president jefferson davis after that event.have to look at everything that parr did leading up to that point to judge him fairly. if you do that, what you see is trump's number one henchman, not a person with a moral representude to stand up to a corrupt and illegal president. >> also, the thing i keep thinking is it's june, dude. you're a big boy. you can talk to the press. you could have written a resignation letter and i would have given him a little more credit if in tease he wrote a resignation letter saying, per our conversations, mr. president, i will not g in non-existent fraud. what you are doing is dangerous and reckless. instead he wrote i am honored you calleden me to serve your administration. i am proud to have played a role in the successes you have delivered for the american people. give me a break. >> maybe what he should have said is per our conversation majority leader mitch mcconnell, because that's the nugget in the carl story that i think is actually super important. it's that barr was in cahoots with mitc

i watched beauregard, jefferson davis.d sharing the news with them, that you had landed on the "new york times" best seller's list and you talk with your grandfather's grandfather, this is an intellectual pursuit but also really personal. what did that moment mean to you? what did it mean to them? >> it was everything. the epilogue is based on the conversations ben interviews with my grarnd parents. i was writing the book over the course of four years and spending so much time with the history of white supremacy and sometimes i think we forget the best primary sources are the people next to us and my grandfather said something when i was facetiming him, i was born in 1930, jim crow mississippi, never thought my grandson would be number one on the "new york times" best seller list. it's a reminder that it's so much bigger than us, than me and i hope the book and the stories in this book can tell the story and lift up the stories of so many public historians, teachers, scholars, students, activeists across the country doing

but i also realized that what jefferson davis is saying in 1862 which is a response to the preliminary emancipation proclamation being passed in 1863, that black soldiers were going to be a fact and how to deal with them. interestingly, he makes this argument that these men do have to be delivered to state authorities in order to be dealt with. according to the laws of these states, for sure, which would entail, perhaps, some court processes, unfair court processes, as well as execution, but also this -- requires, especially, keeping these men alive in order to deliver them to one place, from battlefield to executive authority of the state. so something to consider. and i started pulling on the thread once i was thinking about this. okay, what was going on with these men? but as i went through the official records, i kept finding these really interesting details. and i found out of more than 120 volumes of correspondence, four instances of testimony from black men themselves, two were from black sailors from new york, and two were from black soldiers who had been captured in alabama. a

you had jefferson davis, the president of the confederacy, saying at a historical society speech that they had been cheated and not conquered, and that gave breath to the lie that the south was cheated and it opens up the door for what comes after that. the expression is history belongs to the victims. the southerners were not the victims. they lost that war. but somehow they've managed to control that narrative for 150 years and that has a lot to do with how we suddenly and now finally get this juneteenth holiday when that should have been celebrated the same way we celebrate the 4th of july. >> it is interesting, because the historian timothy snider said after the first world war, the germans too felt that they were cheated and that led to them being defeated in a second world war. when you have been defeated for being on the wrong side of history, it is wrong to acknowledge it, figure out what you did wrong and don't make that mistake again. it is not something america has fully recognized yet. renee graham is a boston globe columnist and associate editor. >>> a multitude of questi

send lazarus back cried the rump of jefferson davis's revolution. and robert e. lee's army. douglas provided the new answers but father abraham says if they hear not grant. north sherman neither will they be persuaded? though i send lazarus. unto them with an arm gesture to the sky douglas shouted a transformation i say we are way up yonder now. no mistake. and with his audience shouting for approval in quote great merriments that are reporter. douglas had recrafted a piece of scripture to fit the moment. of impending victory for the federal union and for black freedom just how much the mortal father abraham's bosom. or the united states could hold. and comfort the freed people as they came back to life. was now to be determined. and very soon. the mortal father abraham was gone. thank you. all right questions. yes sir you david given how strongly douglas felt about the war. and given the number of hits he took over his actions. how do you feel he justified to himself his refusal to actually take part in the war. thank you. oh, he had many justifications. actually, like any

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this is what jefferson davis says after war. of course, that's monstrous slavery. was that the great evil of american history, um, the us one because it had more power and material. well, that's too grant had to go down. in fact capture three different armies, uh and and had to defeat not just indeed just defeat he destroyed three american army three correction confederate armies. all the south had to do is not lose and they would have been been victorious. so that's too easy a part of it was that reconstruction was an evil failure because black people were ready for the vote. that's also wrong. it was our best chance at a biracial democracy and we come out with a 13 14th and 15th amendment much of that and and the civil rights legislations and the antietam the kkk act all of these done by grant. so it was it was a promising time that eventually failed but it was not a fail it wasn't a failure because black people were ready for part of it. was that grant was a butcher and a drunk. we know that's absolutely i don't have to tell this audience. that's not true. great

to go ahead and negotiate with jefferson davis if you can find him. he also has a back up plan about enforcing emancipation while the federal government can with frederick douglass. let's just briefly talk about that. >> douglass in that photo, they're all great photos, but you might think douglass is inperterbable if that's a word. when he meets him in 1864 at lincoln's invitation. lincoln needs him. lincoln believes there's a chance he's not going to get reelected. >> it's only a week from sherman -- >> exactly. that makes all the difference. but what is it, 65,000 casualties, dead, wounded and missing in the summer of '65 alone? >> '64. >> '64, sorry. >> the north is sick of the war. calls douglass to the white house, looks him in the eye and asks him to be the chief agent of a scheme to funnel as many slaves as possible out of the upper south before election day -- >> before inauguration day. >> i thought it was before november. >> i think it was after. >> that's right, four-month -- all this time -- anyway, i may lose this election so help me cre

he's telling the editor of the new york times to go ahead and negotiate with jefferson davis, if you can find him. he also develops a backup plan about enforcing the emancipation, while the federal government can with photographs. let's just briefly talk about that. >> douglas not photo, they're all great photos but you might think douglas tunis in portable. when he makes lincoln anytime, august 64, it's a lincoln invitation. >> right. >> lincoln needs him. lincoln, rightfully believes that he's not going to win the. we're >> at that moment -- >> they still made in virginia. >> it's only a week from sherman taking, -- >> that makes all the difference. what is, it 65,000 casualties? dead, missing and wounded in the summer of 65 alone? 64, sorry. the north is sick of the war. called stop at the white house, looks him in the eye and ask them to be the chief agent of a scheme to funnel as many slaves as possible out of the upper south before an election day. >> before not gracious day. >> i thought was before november? >> i think it's after. >> that's right, because for months -- anyway,

removal of about a dozen statues including slavery supporter john calhoun and confederate president jefferson davis wrote a notorious pro-slavery decision d be removed. a similar bill failed in the senate last year before joe biden became president and democrats took control of the senate. >>> now we have a story this a glimpse into the future. if you want to skip over traffic, and who doesn't, this car may be for you. a prototype of this flying car logged its first 35-minute flight between two airports in slovakia this week. the inventor says it hit a cruising speed of about 106 miles per hour. it can reach heights of about 8,200 feet. think that's cool? check this out. it can transform from an aircraft into a car in two minutes and 15 seconds. the prototype took two years to build. the pricing to --usun >>wow.in. skipng over trfic, a says new york has the worst traffic, that we spend more time sitting in traffic. but it's still -- it scares me, but it's cool. it's worth the $2.4 million price tag. who can afford that? >> nobody can. obviously if they start manufacturing them more, that will come

jefferson davis then appointed him as secretary of war. after the war, he fled the country. he fled the country for several years, madam speaker, this statue must also be removed. i asked my colleagues to answer the summonses of our time by voting to remove these statue fless capitol of the united states of america. thank you and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from california reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. loudermilk: thank you, again, ma'am chair. i yield myself as much time as i may consume. as i stated earlier, you'll find that many, if not all, on this side of the aisle will agree with most of the comments, if not all the comments made by our colleagues on the other side of the aisle. i think we need to go back and look at where we've been as a nation and where we're going and a lot of what we put into this building should reflect not only our history but our values as a nation. that's why i in the past have advocated strongly for certain statues to be removed. i think it's important now that we have both parties looking at

among the confederate statues there is a statue of jefferson davis, the president of the confederacyplayed in statuary hall and a picture is provided. you should also know that this would have to go to the senate side in order for it to pass in the senate. it would need 10 votes from republicans in order to gain passage. that is yet to be determined as far as what it would take place. go ahead and give us a call. and then you can let us know what you think about this move, the removal of the statues for the next half hour or so. you will remember that earlier we showed you the committee chair of the house administration committee that would oversee this action. she was the one who led the debate on this bill. your are some of her thoughts from yesterday. [video clip] >> the united states capital is a beacon of democracy and equality visited by millions of people each year before covid hit, and soon we hope to be visited by millions of people again. what and who we choose to honor in this building must represent our values. chief justice tawney, who in the dred scott declared that afr

he and other key southern leaders, senators robert tombs of georgia, and jefferson davis of mississippi, apparently decided they could do nothing to deflect the mob mentality and i chose instead to amplify it. before the election republicans assumed that secession threats were a harmless charade and a mixture of bravado and posturing. after the election, most republicans refused to take seriously and outburst based upon what they considered ludicrous and seemingly deliberate misconceptions. some republicans however did fear that secession posed a great crisis. but they faced an uphill struggle when they tried to offer concessions. republicans for the most part saw the crisis as artificial and they thought it had been whipped up by the south and only could be resolved when the south climbed off its high horse. let me shift now to my third topic. a glimpse of the book i recently finished. and which you can buy in the back if you are so disposed. it is called lincoln and the politics of slavery. the other 13th amendment and the struggle to save the union. make sure you catch that qualifyin