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lincoln and the decisions he made? this issue of military arresting civilians, mark neely's ellis are prize-winning book shows that both of the civilians arrested were people who were doing things to materially hurt the union war effort or help the confederate war effort. his argument is that these are people who would've been arrested anyway. the reality is that the arrests that really got the attention of the american people and that continue to get our attention today are of the great political leaders. people like clement lending him lanningham, there was a judge and richard carmichael, these guys get great press headlines and it is vance is this narrative that lincoln is using claims of necessity to go against the constitution and do whatever he wants to do. for the democratic perspective they argue that this is simply to silence their opposition. they argue that he is using the laws of war in a way to silence his political opponents. frome in's perspective -- lincoln's perspective he is doing what he needs to do. he writes in a famous letter that he could've arrested robert e lee and other great confederate leade

lincoln, nebraska. >> woodruff: now as part of our our ongoing "race matters" series focusing on solutions to racism, special correspondent charlayne hunter-gault has a second part of her conversation with golden globe-winning actress tracee elliss. last week, they talked about the momentum behind the "times' up" movement. tonight, charlayne examines the popular tv series "blackish," starring ellis ross, and its handling of race. the daughter of singer diana ross, who plays rainbow johnson, or just plain bow. >> i joined the young black republicans at school. >> reporter: "blackish" is a comedy to be sure. but it doesn't shy away from controversial issues, especially racism, taking on the n word, biracial bow is confused about her identity and going to extremes to fit in with both black and white friends. >> those were my friends. >> were they? >> you should, like, totally audition for the theater this year. they could really use some strong black actors. toodles. >> a flying monkey? why did you agree to do it? >> admittedly mistakes were made but if you're in that situation you overcompensate. you do what you can to fit in. >> reporter: then there was a debate about the lack of justice for african-americans in the u.s. crimina