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

the littlest rebel, lincoln meets with the charmingly petite confederate sympathizer played by shirley temple. she met lincoln, too. the two of them shared an apple and then lincoln frees shirley's father falsely accused as a spy from prison. lincoln also starred in novels and radio programs and in theater performances, including two popular plays produced by the w.h.a.'s federal theater. there are more than two. there are small regional productions and festivals about lincoln. it was a popular staple in the federal theater. in one of these popular w.h.a. plays, he was reincar natukacar kentucky professor who helps resolve a labor dispute. i have read a lot of lincoln scripts. is that one of the stranger interpretations of lincoln that i have come across. he was also frequently in the thick of politics. celebrated by conservatives, new doole dealers and civil rights activists. lincoln's power went beyond political symbolism. he struck a deal emotional cord with americans in these years. carl sandberg wrote, a well-known multi-volume biography of the president over the course of the 1920s and

1935 film the littlest rebel, lincoln meets with the petite confederate sympathizer played by shirley temple. she met lincoln also. the two of them shared an apple and then lincoln frees her father who was falsely confused confused with a confederate spy. place --e two popular plays. stable inery popular the theater. in one of these, he was reincarnated as a kentucky college professor who helps to resolve a labor dispute. [laughter] lincolnead a lot of screenplays and scripts and that is one of the stranger interpretations of lincoln that i have come across. he was also frequently in the thick of 1930's politics often scrutinized and celebrated. power went beyond political symbolism. he also struck a deep emotional accord with american in these years. knownandburg wrote a well multivolume biography of the president over the 1920's and 1930's. he probably did more than anyone to give lincoln and emotional have to. of swedish immigrant parents who had settled on the illinois prairie, and berg seemed attached to the notion that working people will and perhaps immigrants saw something in lincoln

they entertained amelia earhart, and shirley temple had a birthday party on their estate. but the fortune was no more. >> this magnificent family history that they had in terms of this extraordinary wealth had been dissipated by prior generations. >> so this is a picture of a young elizabeth and her brother christian v. >> joe fuisz was the family's neighbor when elizabeth was a child. >> this is my brother, justin, a young elizabeth. no evidence as yet of the black turtlenecks. the past of the holmes family frequently came up. and it's -- was not hard for me to imagine that the holmes family believed that elizabeth was restoring them to their rightful place. >> the holmes moved to houston, where elizabeth excelled at a private school. megan long went to st. john's with her. they both ran track, and she says elizabeth was incredibly driven, and never gave up. >> typically when you run a race, the thing that you're going to remember is the person who gets first place. but elizabeth always finished her races last. everyone would finish the race, and you'd hear the announcer