the quakers watched her closely.er friends warned her she needs to be aware they are watching her and she needs to be right by her son. this property is partly his property, too, even though he's only 2 years old at the time. dolley has to contend with the scrutiny of the community and have to go to court to petition the court to be guardian of her own son because that was the situation in those days for women in terms of rights. also, even though dolley's husband had mate her the executor of his will, her brother-in-law has kept the property so she has to hire a lawyer to protect her interests from her own brother-in-law. this is on the second floor of the house. this is where you would entertain your friends. one of the men interested in meeting her was james madison. he was a congressman here in capital city. philadelphia was the contemporary capital of the united states at the time. it was an exciting place to be. and james madison was friends with aaron burr. aaron burr had been living in his mother's boarding h

and this place was a haven for the quakers. they held slaves, yes, but they also protected the quaker friends as they were harried from south hole to new haven to salem and on to boston. mary dyer is down there, and she's thinking about whether she should go back to boston from which she'd been banished on pain of death. and eventually, she climbed into a little boat -- maybe the same little boat that you see on the back coffer of my book -- cover of my book, and she sailed off to boston, and nathaniel knew that she was going to her death. and she did too. and she was hanged on boston common in may of 1660, and she was hanged from a gallows when the wind blew through her skirt -- very rare to have a woman hanged -- when the wind blew through her skirt, and it shivered a little bit in the breeze, somebody said she hangs like a flag. and somebody else said, she hangs like a flag for man to do justice by. and that happened, it was the last of the hangings in boston. now, over there by the farm which you may have seen as you came i

and this place was a haven for the quakers. they held slaves and they also protected their friends as they were married from new haven to say long and on to boston. mary is down there and thinking about whether she should go back to boston from which she had been banished. eventually she climbed into a little boat may be the same that you see on the back cover of my book. and she sailed off to boston. and nathaniel and grizell knew she was going to her death and she did, too. she was hanged in may of 1660 and she was hanged from the gallows when the wind blew through her skirt -- very weird to have a woman hanged -- when the wind blew through her skirt and shivered a little bit in the breeze somebody said she hangs like a flag. and some deals said she hangs like a flag for man to do justice by. as that happened it was the last of the hangings in boston. now, over there by the farm, which you may have seen as you came in a walking through the garden. you may have seen some big farm buildings there is obium, african name, young m

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i know that dolley madison was raised a quaker and her first husband was a quaker. it and married james madison. i read stories about her father freed slaves and testimony to the catalyst of slavery. i was wondering, how do you think her upbringing influenced her as a first lady. >> i will cut to the chase. we do not know enough about her childhood. my theory on this is one of the central tenets of quakerism is to regard people as and god. that is why they do not use titles. dolley became famous for being empathetic and warm. i think that comes from her quakerness. >> she was able to take on and do so well in this role was because quakers believed men and women were equal. you do not get any sense of her being lesser them. she fits right in and does her thing. >> the first white house allocated a salary. was it still that much at the time? >> i do not know. >> most presume it was. it was about $1.10 million today. that is a lot. who paid for all the social functions? did they have to pay out of their own salaries for all the events we are talking about? >> yes. this

and this place was a haven for the quakers. they held slaves coming yesterday also protected the quaker friends as they were hurried from the same on and on to boston. mary is down there thinking about whether she should go back to boston, from which she had been banished on the pain of death. eventually she climbed into a little boat. maybe the same boat that you see on the back cover of my book. .. which you may have seen as you came in walking through the garden, some big buildings, there is polk p.m. african name, young man, 154/6 years old, he is hearing the news that he at the division in 1680 of all the possessions of this, he will be shipped to boston away from his community and away from all his friends. he goes to boston and the only way because it is so hard to parse out, the only way that he tried to free himself, a dry know in an account. one pounds sterling, the horse that of the ran away with. and somebody is going to stop him. they captured him and took him to lloyd next, a survey, long island, and he met a woma

you are the only quaker in congress. >> yes. >> stephen: quaker is a pacifist religion. >> it's anti-ware proud of looking for alternatives to war. >> stephen: would you engage me a thumb war? let's do it. one, two, three, four -- wait, no, that's cheating. >> (laughs) >> stephen: you just -- first first striking ability, something the united states has promised to never do. one, two, three, four, i declare a thumb war. (audience chanting "stephen") good luck on tuesday, the stars say it's very favorable. >> thank you, stephen. >> stephen: let's put new jersey's 12th up on the big board! (cheers and applause) looks like somebody in princeton just failed their nuclear physics midterms. don't forget, new jersey, the primary is tomorrow. go vote. we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: hey, welcome back, everybody! folks it's vacation season and i hate to admit this but i hate when t way americans are perceived when visiting the old country. i want those filthy garlic eaters to like us. (laughter) naturally, i was upset to learn that italians were throwi

and many of them, especially the quakers, especially quakers who went to the fox sisters, the quakers would find out that there was no flagrant in heaven which was a big deal. you see what i mean that particular context. what, i mean, is that interested in bringing together various questions or various item, various people, various event in trying to figure out what their relationship had to go with one another. what did the construction, if any, there may not be answer or other people may have different answers bhap did we construction in the south after the war have to do with the settlement of the west and the indian war. you realize the war is over but the war are not over. it's something to think about as well. because it doesn't necessarily signal the end of fighting. many of the military think of sherman or here cherton of who were soldiers during the war. particularly in the north. they went to the west and became part of the army movement out there. so asking these kinds of questions. seeing these juxtaposition coming from my other planet, and looking at these disconnected ev

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nothing gets you going quite like the power of quaker.es getting up into the low 80s. which is just about what it was back 50 years ago today as dr. martin luther king, jr. addressed a quarter million americans with that7 minute iconic speechhat changed our country. let's show you what we have going on today on this day. we are looking at some showers and thunderstorms now rumbling through westn pennsylvania and maryland. that may cause some problems as we move on into the afternoon here. we have also got wet weather making it's way into the pacific northwest. showers coming out of mexico and moisture fromropical storm fernand may cause problems -- will cause problems actually as we move into the beginning of the end of this week with torrential downpours. plenty of sunshine into >> that's your latest weather, willie. >> thank you. we'll see you in a second. we'll continue to remember the "i have a dream" speech with people that were there as eyewitnesses 50 years ago today. but first, these messages. >> live in a nation where they will n

and many of them, especially the quakers, especially the quakers who went to the fox sisters, the quakers would find out that there was no slavery in heaven which was -- [laughter] so you see what i mean in that particular context, what i mean is that i was interested in bringing together various questions or various items, various people, various events and trying to figure out what their relationship had to do with one another. what did reconstruction, if anything, because there may not be answers or other people may have different answers, what did reconstruction in the south after the war have to do with the settlement of the west and the indian wars? and, lo and behold, you realize the war is over, but the wars are not over. and that is something to think about as well because -- does not necessarily signal the end of fighting. many of the military, sherman, sheraton or custer who were soldiers during the war, particularly in the north, they went to the west, and they became part of the army movement out there. so asking these kinds of questions, seeing these juxtaposition, coming in

. >>> today's weather is brought to you by quaker.ts you going quite like theower of quaker. quaker up. >> got a birthday girl here, at's your name? >> kyla. >> 9 years old today. happy birthday. we have seen flooding down in southern california. this is outside of san diego. well, we have got more moisture to deal with with the reminisces of tropical storm fernand. we'll show you the maps and you'll see we do have flash flood watches and advisories from utah into california. a lot of heavy rain moving through arizona on up into utah. rainfall amounts anywhere from 2 to 3 independence from lands ch all over. it will be gusty with dry thunderstorms so that may cause more fires and it looks like we won't get any relief in sight r our friends fighting the fires out >>> 7:38. welcome back, al. we sure missed you. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. socked in with fog. fog at the immediate coast. no flight delays though for the first morning in four days out of sfo, you'll find flight delays if you try to get in to new york city'

bartram was a quaker. he lived a little outside of philadelphia. he gradually got drawn into the intellectual life of philadelphia through franklin and his associates. we'll seek about him a bit more later. the glazier and mathematician thomas godfrey. godfrey was a member of franklin's inner circle, and he invented an improvement quadrant for navigation. interestingly, he sent this balloon off to london -- sent this plan off to london claiming credit for a new, improved method of navigation, and someone independently had invented a very similar system and happened to be sitting on the board of the royal society which was then the main arbiter of science. you can guess what happened, who got the official credit. it was eventually sorted out, and godfrey has been recognized as a co-inventer of an improved adequate rant. eastbound needer -- ebeneezer inforwardsly. frankly had gone to bat for him. they'd failed, and so he was out of work and franklin suggested that he take the results of their electrical experiments, take them on the road as i tin ran

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he was a quaker regulate outside philadelphia. he grabs a got drawn into the intellectual life of philadelphia through franklin. and his associates. we will speak about him a bit more later. thomas godfrey, godfrey was a member of franklin's inner circle. and he invented an improved quarter for navigation the keys and the splits off to london which was then the heart of the anglican science, clinic credit for a new improved method of navigation. and someone independently had envisioned a very similar system, happen to be sitting on the board of the royal society which was then the main arbiter of science. you can guess what happened, who got the official credit. it was eventually sorted out and godfrey has been recognized as a coinventor of improved quadrant. ebenezer kinnersley. ebenezer kinnersley was a mission was in trouble, congregational church in philadelphia. franklin who was a big newspaper publisher at the time had gone to bat for him but failed. so ebenezer kinnersley was out of work and franklin suggested that he take

is he converts to quakerism. they go off and they live in the frontier, which is in north carolina. they were just going to move there. she was born in north carolina, so she is north carolina's only first lady. she spends most of her live -- life denying it. they moved back to virginia. thats raised in so she's raised in the world of slave holding. >> her father released his slaves as a quaker. is that the cause of his inability to continue his business? >> i think he had other problems besides that. he couldn't farm so they moved to that chilly northern city of philadelphia. >> i'm not sure if you know so much about her thoughts of slavery. how is it that she reconciled herself to actually having slaves in the white house? >> i think that's a good question. i'm not sure i know the answer to that. but she did not free any of her slaves as her father had. and she didn't speak out against slavery so the quaker background there did not effect her slave holding. >> are there letters about that? >> this is why historians have a hard job. >> it's a real dichotomy. >> her father frees sla

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she was sent to the relocation center in arkansas and with support from the quakers she was able to leave the camp and attend college in wisconsin. she intended but was not allow today become a teacher because of her race. instead she went to study art at black mountain college outside of ashville, north carolina. it it was a remarkable place with unique curriculum and teaching methodology and this is where ruth developed her philosophy of arts education. she was able to study with [speaker not understood] and she also met architectural and design student all bert lanier whom she would marry, move to san francisco and raise six children. in 1968 as an sfusd parent ruth cofounded the alvarado workshop an innovative program that involved parents and professional artists in the public schools so that young children had the chance to develop more fully as individuals. at its peak, the alvarado arts workshop was in 50 public schools in san francisco. it employed artists musicians and gardners and recruited thousands of parents to be involved in public education and certainly was the precursor

wrongs >> the song has been adopted by choirs across the country, including this one called "singing quakerends." >> mcferrin says the song was inspired after he and his choir were rehearsing in a church and began discussing the many male images in the bible. >> this seemed to make sense, people forget you know, a father's love and then there's a mother's love, which complements the father's love and they fit together nicely. so that's why i wrote it. >> the new album has a song he wrote based on psalm 25, verse 15. ♪ well you know the mind is forever on the lord ♪ >> spiritual also includes another feminine reference to god. ♪ she's got the whole world ♪ in her hands >> in his concerts such as this one at st. lewis's concert hall, mcferrin always encourages the audience to sing along. often pulling people up on the stage to join him. >> i like to think that regardless of how you come into the concert hall, at the beginning, you'll leave differently. i think that's part of my job description as an artist. is moving people to make important changes in their lives. >> another part of his job

there's listeners from catholics to the quakers. it's gone down well. i've annoyed people, and i'm surprised if i was not annoyeded some people, and it's the kind of people i wanted to annoy, so job done. >> host: to paraphrase an earlier guest we had in london, freedom from organizedded religion is a basic human right. >> guest: we know it isn't. freedom from organized religion is a strange cultural deficit that makes it impossible for you to understand your own past successfully. freedom from organized religion leaves you wondering who the bloke on the cross is in the oil paintings. freedom from organized religion means huge areas of human thought are from morality, culture, are blank and silent. freedom from organized religion means you do silly things like trying to rewrite the bible yourself. i refer personally to the own for good book. come on. you don't rewrite the bible yourself. what kind of -- i better not go on before i become disrespectful to a fellow guest. >> host: what's your career track been? >> guest:er deer none of the books have anyt

quaker up. ♪ >>> back now at 7:50 with a debut of a today show app. we're excited about this.ou can multitask. you pick a story, tap on that. you've got the story itself. but you can also watch the video while it's playing. then you can scroll, you can go into other stories. that's really kind of cool. then you can get rid of that. now the other thing that's great, a lot of time you're away from an internet. >> wi-fi. >> you can save a story and check that. you're coming here, you hit save. >> you can watch it later. >> watch it on the air. >> sharing, you go right here and any number of platforms, you can either e-mail it, facebook it, twitter it, message it out. all these neat things. >> cool. >> fancy. >> check it out. head to today.com/app and it's released on all platforms. usually it's -- >> windows 8 -- everything. >> whatever you have, it's on there. >> nicely done. >> found stuff they haven't created yet. >> it will be on there. thank you, al. coming up, why it's good to be leonardo dicaprio. >> why stay at home moms are finding it harder to rejoin the workforce. >> a