instead, he is there to grant shirley temple's request for freedom for to imprison white men. one, her confederate father. the other, a kindly union officer. if you know the premise of john ford's young mr. lincoln, you might recall that henry fonda's lincoln has virtually no contact with black characters. his real work and involves helping to white brothers who had been falsely accused of murder and in the most dramatic moment of the film, the two of anrs faced the wrath angry lynch mob then lincoln turns back of the mob and after that, melds a successful defense of the two brothers so that he again liberates white men from confinement. yet, and a very halting and hesitant sort of way, some new dealers acknowledged the possibility that race played a part in keeping people down in both the 1930's and 1860's. lincoln's attention to racial emancipation did merit some attention and consideration. when the african-american singer marian anderson was banned from performing in the daughters of the american revolution concert hall here in washington, many figures and fdr's fdr's admi

ancoln even meets with confederate sympathizer played by shirley temple. she met lincoln too. the two of them shared an apple and then lincoln free' -- lincoln freeze shirley's father, who was falsely accused of being a confederate spy, from prison. lincoln starting novels, radio programs, theater performances, including two popular plays produced by the wpa federal theater. i think there were a lot more than just the two. there were small, regional productions and festivals about lincoln. he was very popular staple in the federal theater. in one of these popular wpa plays he was reincarnated as a kentucky college professor who helps resolve a labor dispute. [laughter] i have read a lot of lincoln screenplays and scripts, and that is one of the stranger interpretations of lincoln i have come across. frequently in the thick of 1930's politics, scrutinized and celebrated by new dealers, conservatives and civil-rights activist. -- activists. lincoln's power went beyond political symbolism because he also struck a deep emotional cord with americans in these years. carl sandberg wro

. >> shirley temple is created as ahsha safai the nation with happens and light heartenness shirley temple my biggest influence i love david boo and el john and may i west coast their flamboyant and show people (singing) can't be unhappy as a dr. murase and it is so fun it is a joyful instrument i learned more about music by playing the piano it was interesting the way i was brought up the youth taught me about music he picked up the a correspond that was so hard my first performing experience happened as 3-year-old an age i did executive services and also thanks to the lord and sank in youth groups people will be powering grave over their turk i'll be playing better and better back la i worked as places where men make more money than me i was in bands i was treated as other the next thing i know i'm in grants performing for a huge protection with a few of my friends berry elect and new berry elect and can be ray was then and we kept getting invited back you are shows got better we made it to paris in 2005 a famous arc we ended up getting a months residencey other than an island and he cam

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. >> the shirley temple program usually seen at this time will not be presented in order that we mayhis guarded wasteland the first american will be launched into space. he will not go into orbit azuri gagarin did, but he will ride his spacecraft 116 miles up, and there he'll hang weightless for about five minutes until gravity pulls him back through the atmosphere to the sea nearly 300 miles down range. >> astronaut shepard making his way to the elevator. applause from the 120 or so people. and now astronaut shepard ascends the gantry crane. in a few moments he'll be placed in the capsule. >> t minus ten, nine, eight seven, six, five, four, three, two, one, zero, ignition. liftoff. liftoff. >> lift-off, and the clock has started. all systems are go. >> some lawmakers want to award the medal of honor to shepard. all today appeared ready to spend more money on our space effort. all agreed russia is still ahead. but all this was beside the point for the wife of the first american astronaut. mrs. alan shepard at virginia beach, virginia heard the news with relief. >> mrs. shepard, can y