so you started with frederick douglass, right? and i think for many people who have read the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, we're familiar with this fight he had with his former master that became the turning point if his kind of coming to sense of self. >> guest: right. >> host: what i didn't know about, what i knew less about were some of the other examples you gave. and one in particular was the case, i don't know if you can talk about william parker and -- >> guest: sure. so the christian that resistance in central, lower-central pennsylvania was prompted by a fellow named william parker who was a conductor on the underground railroad. and there are lots of instances in the first chapter where you get sort of snippets, a newspaper report, slaves fire on pursuers, and then you don't hear anything more about it. the thing that is interesting about the parker case is that william parker, who as a slave was illiterate, at one point or another -- and people contest this -- at some point along the way learned how to re

douglass and rosa parks feel like characters in a novel a world away from the clicking locks and nervous glances that plague millions of ordinary people dr leon do you sympathize with that sentiment do you think that this month maybe glosses over some of the struggles that the black community still face not only do i have sympathy sympathize with it i empathize with. the answer i think it is yes for a number of reasons to which would probably be that. it's great to have a black history month is great to have these stories told but the context of the story in many instances is as important as the story so intil these narratives are actually woven into and considered to be part of the american historical narrative then bill will always be this this disconnect the other problem is that in many instances the story is told from the perspective of america's relationship to the individual instead of the individual's relationship to america and an example that i would use of that would be the movie twelve years a slave sol solomon northup story one of the things that makes that story so so power

douglass and let's break the set. the please please a little very hard to take the. logic. that he ever had sex with that hurt their feelings. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who is an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time so you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for ho

douglass and rosa parks feel like characters in a novel a world away from the clicking locks and nervous glances that plague millions of ordinary people dr leon do you sympathize with that sentiment do you think that this month maybe glosses over some of the struggles that the black community still face not only do i have sympathy sympathize with it i empathize with. the answer i think it is yes for a number of reasons too which would probably be that. it's great to have a black history month is great to have these stories told but the context of the story in many instances is as important as the story so until these narratives are actually woven into and considered to be part of the american historical narrative then they'll they'll always be this this disconnect the other problem is that in many instances the story is told from the perspective of america's relationship to the individual instead of the individuals relationship to america and a an example that i would use of that would be the movie twelve years a slave sol solomon northup story one of the things that makes that story so

douglass and let's break the set. the please please please a little very hard to take a. look at he ever had sex with that her hair looked. like. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who was an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for h

douglass and rosa parks feel like characters in a novel a world away from the clicking locks and nervous glances that plague millions of ordinary people dr leon do you sympathize with that sentiment do you think that this month maybe glosses over some of the struggles that the black community still face not only do i have sympathy sympathize with it i empathize with. the answer i think it is yes for a number of reasons too which would probably be that. it's great to have a black history month is great to have these stories told but the context of the story in many instances is as important as the story so until these narratives are actually woven into and considered to be part of the american historical narrative then bill will always be this this disconnect the other problem is that in many instances the story is told from the perspective of america's relationship to the individual instead of the individuals relationship to america and an example that i would use of that would be the movie twelve years a slave sol solomon northup story one of the things that makes that story so so power

douglass and let's break the set. the please please please a little very hard to take that leap to the show. that you ever had sex with that her hair looked. like. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who was an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolde

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douglass and rosa parks feel like characters in a novel a world away from the clicking locks and nervous glances that plague millions of ordinary people dr leon do you sympathize with that sentiment do you think that this month maybe glosses over some of the struggles that the black community still face not only do i have sympathy sympathize with it i empathize with. the answer i think it is yes for a number of reasons to which would probably be that. it's great to have a black history month is great to have these stories told but the context of the story in many instances is as important as the story so until these narratives are actually woven into and considered to be part of the american historical narrative then they will they'll always be this this disconnect the other problem is that in many instances the story is told from the perspective of america's relationship to the individual instead of the individuals relationship to america and an example that i would use of that would be the movie twelve years a slave sol solomon northup story one of the things that makes that story so s

douglass and let's break the set. the please please please a. very hard to take a. look. at you ever had sex with that earthquake there. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who is an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten but just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time so you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for hours acc

douglass and let's break the set. the please please please a little very hard to take a. look. at you ever had sex with that her right there. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who is an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time so you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for hou

i am saying what frederick douglass said. he stood up before an abolitionist society and said, i will not celebrate the fourth of july. it is not mine. it is your fourth of july. the fourth of july is an emblem of white supremacy. the civil war began. lincoln, who took douglass at his word, that he didn't belong in america and wanted a country of his own, said, ok. i'm going to now look to find where we can relocate the freed slaves after the war. lincoln had 7, 8 places he was sending emissaries to see where free slaves could have a country of their own. but frederick douglass said, no, we don't want to go anywhere. for all the problems, we are 100% american. we want to stay here. the us is our home, and we want to stay here. american indians, blacks, indians, all of us have a choice today to live in the old way. american indians who stay on their reservation will not have cell phones, they are going to live the old way. we are going to hunt and live the national geographic life. that is how it used to be and that is what we

the answer is frederick douglass. to save our nation and to turn things around all of us need to become frederick douglass liberty messengers. thank you so much and god bless you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen please welcome co-founder of southwest tea party patriots and state representative from minnesota, cindy hugh. [applause] >> before two thou think the only political activity i had ever taken was voting. .. : americans to be in washington d.c. before the first vote on obamacare. i felt like there were speaking to me. i got on a bus the following wednesday and took a 24-hour ride to washington. it was my first trip to d.c. again, i was alone. i met world war ii veterans. and when we got back to minnesota -- and we cannot finance research and our own. [applause] -- when we could not finance we started our own. [applause] that was the first time i asked, if not meet, who? if not now, wind? we launched the southwest metro tea party on the fourth of july. three months later my friend wrote in the parade with us.

black americans became the cheapest and they have no future in the country even frederick douglass began to toy with the idea of relocating to haiti so to kind of jump start this movement they met in october of 64 in syracuse and douglas as they are and of course is the alpha male in the movement and logan, logan was a runaway slave who moved to tennessee and they become in-laws. his daughter mar mary lewis dous was a wounded a black veteran and a friend of douglas. there also was the longtime abolitionist. there is the future virginia congressman langston and a young for the sofia activist i will talk more about him in a few minutes. for three days they issued their agenda items and they called for a full voting rights across the north and of course blacks can vote on the same basis where there were not many black voters anyway. the rights for black soldiers to get equal pay. at this point they were not being paid at the same amount and they called for the right of black soldiers including people like lewis douglas to be able to rise and become commissioned officers which at this point

frederick douglass would condemn colonization towards the idea of possibly relocating to haiti. they had to jumpstart this movement. douglas is bitter. he of course is the alpha male of the antislavery movement. a man named jermaine loken was a runaway tennessee slave who tennessee say for that to syracuse and he douglas become in-laws. his daughter marries lois douglas was the one at what better and. there also is the long-time abolitionists at incarnate. there is teacher of virginia congressman, john mike standing on philadelphia act to this named octavius cato. outside or about him a few minutes. they issued their agenda items. it called for full voting rights for african-americans across the north and blacks could vote on the same he says is whites only new england where they were any black voters anyway. the rate for black soldiers to get equal pay. they were not at this point being paid the same amounts. in a call for the right of black soldiers, including people like douglas to be able to rise in rank and become commissioned officers, which at this point they were not all

douglass and let's break the set. the cleveland area they are looking very hard to take a. look at the long line that you ever had sex with that hurt their feelings. that. the for. the for. the in the early. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who was an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this her for practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the.

douglass and let's break the set. the please please please take a look very hard to take a. look at you ever had sex with that her right there. yesterday on the show i talked about a pakistani man named kareem khan who is an active drone activist who filed a lawsuit against the u.s. and pakistani government after his son and brother were murdered by u.s. drone back in two thousand and ten well just before he was set to speak with european lawmakers about this horrific practice he was abducted from his home by twenty men some of whom were wearing police uniforms according to witnesses for entire eight days khan's whereabouts were unknown and only because of the tireless efforts of international activists putting pressure on both the u.s. and pakistani governments khan was just released today from his captors and now we know the horrifying details about what happened to him during that time so you can was taken to a cell where he was aligned folded and driven for hours i'm sorry after he was blindfolded and driven for h

douglass because today is his birthday so after scraping the shackles of slavery back in eight hundred thirty eight douglas became one of the leaders of the abolition movement as well as an extremely accomplished writer in order his leadership was an integral in raising slavery consciousness in the civil war era and after the war was over douglass helped lincoln move the emancipated slaves out of the south he proved the colonizing myth that black people were somehow inferior to whites completely wrong even though his dedication was primarily for black equality also believe in the equality for.

not only church leaders but people like frederick douglass. alsois in the film, but conversations with elizabeth cech lee. she is the woman who is alstom -- often seen with mary lincoln. the film is a little bit disingenuous in that you can think that maybe she was a servant, but she was an independent business woman who had basically become best friends with mary lincoln, but she also spent a great deal of time at the white house having discussions with abraham lincoln about race, slavery, the future of the country. her story is important to be was part of ahe contingent of african-americans who is thought to have influence the presidency, addressed issues that needed to be dealt with. the movie does not quite take you there to show you that side of the people who influenced lincoln, but it is an important part of understanding what happened in the civil war and how the lincoln got to the point where he said the only way out of this adulation is for slavery to end. then that meeting in 1852, lincoln meets with a small delegation of black lead

i am saying what frederick douglass said. he stood up before an abolitionist society and said, i will not celebrate the fourth of july. the fourth of july is an emblem of white supremacy. the civil war began. lincoln, who took douglass at his word, that he didn't belong in america and wanted a country of his own, said, ok. lincoln had 7, 8 places he was sending emissaries to see where free slaves could have a country of their own. but frederick douglass said, no, we don't want to go anywhere. for all the problems, we are 100% american. we want to stay here. the us is our home, and we want to stay here. american indians, blacks, indians, all of us have a choice today to live in the old way. american indians who stay on their reservation will not have cell phones, they are going to live the old way. we are going to hunt and live the national geographic live. that is how it used to be and that is what we value. we will make it as if columbus never came here. >> who is arguing this? you have a great argument against somebody, but

i am saying what frederick douglass said. he stood up before an abolitionist society and said, i will not celebrate the fourth of july. the fourth of july is an emblem of white supremacy. the civil war began. lincoln, who took douglass at didn't belong he in america and wanted a country of his own, said, ok. lincoln had 7, 8 places he was sending emissaries to see where free slaves could have a country of the road. but frederick douglass said, no, we don't want to go anywhere. for all the problems, we are 100% american. we want to stay here. the us is our home, and we want to stay here. american indians, blacks, indians, all of us have a choice way. to live in the old american indians who stay on their reservation will not have cell phones, they are going to live the old way. and liveing to hunt the national geographic live. that is how it used to be and that is what we value. we will make it as if columbus never came here. >> who is arguing this? great argument against somebody, but i don't know who it is. my point, everybod

i am saying what frederick douglass said. he stood up before an abolitionist society and said, i will not celebrate the fourth of july. the fourth of july is an emblem of white supremacy. the civil war began. lincoln, who took douglass at his word that he didn't belong in america and wanted a country of his own, said, ok. lincoln had 7, 8 places he was sending emissaries to see where free slaves could have a country of their own. but frederick douglass said, no, we don't want to go anywhere. for all the problems, we are 100% american. we want to stay here. this is our home, and we want to stay here. american indians, blacks, indians, all of us have a choice today to live in the old way. american indians who stay on their reservation will not have cell phones, they are going to live the old way. we are going to hunt and live the national geographic live. that is how it used to be and that is what we value. we will make it as if columbus never came here. >> who is arguing this? you have a great argument against somebody, but i

. >> frederick douglass was born a slave, escape slavery, self educated, involved in politics, an adviser to presidents, he disdained affirmative action and special treatment. so if he was someone that could do it and be successful, anyone can with our work. >> the bake sales highlight the hypocrisy. you cannot be for rate -- race preferences and college admissions, college jobs come up contacting, and in, what you did outrages. john: thank you. more on so-called victimhood coming up. ♪ my dad has aor afib.brillation, he has the most common kind... ...it's not caused by a heart valve problem. dad, it says your afib puts you at 5 times greater risk of a stroke. that's why i take my warfarin every day. but it looks like maybe we should ask your doctor about pradaxa. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate)... ...was proven superior to warfarin at reducing the risk of stroke. and unlike warfarin, with no regular blood tests or dietary restrictions. hey thanks for calling my doctor. sure. pradaxa is not for people with artificial heart valves. don't stop taking pradaxa

which is what people like frederick douglass wanted so much for black americans to be allowed to serve because once you fight for your country, whites can't stop you. said douglas once said let a black man did indeed go on his button and no power on earth can tell them he is not a citizen of the united states. because douglas was a well-to-do publisher and editor from rochester did vote. like 80% of black new yorkers could not vote during the civil war. this went back to 1821, new york revise the state constitution are there still was slavery in new york until 1827 to if you are born in 1798, one year before the cutoff date, you are not covered. finally, new york passes a law 1827 and everybody becomes free. before they do that the writing a new constitution and he seems to make sense to keep the distinction between whites and black voters to so the removed in 1820 property qualifications for whites, but put one on blacks at $250 in owning property. douglas can vote, the black shopkeeper in buffalo would not be able to. in 1860, the state puts this as a ballot referendum, do you want t

i appreciate his admonition about frederick douglass and that whole notion that we need to pay for what we get, and i think that's a good word in which to end. in other words, the american public is -- has an expectation that they are going to get something and they're paying for it. they're paying for it in taxes that in some cases are confiscatory. very, very high tax burden. and they are voluntarily complying with the tax code. and toward that end they have an expectation that they are going to be treated courteously, that they are going to be treated with respect and they are not going to be subsequently targeted by some other federal agency completely unrelated to their inquiry. so i urge the passage of h.r. 2530, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 2530 as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and without objection the motion t

douglass and john f. kennedy. it had a huge influence on the middle east well before the advent of middle eastern oil. in fact, during the 19th century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east. mostly in the form of kerosene. the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east, mostly not through economics or oil, but through education. america built the universities in beirut, in cairo, american universities in turkey, through which american educators imparted american ideas. perhaps the most influential i encouraged george bush to las vegas.arry reid he did not. sessions do not change the fact that the senate was unavailable. planned 20-day no business break. it was gone. there was no forum to be had. the constitution, in my view exclusively grants the executive , both responsibility to determine senate availability and discretion to sign temporary commissions.

douglass, john f. kennedy. huge influence, cultural and economic influence well before the advent of middle eastern o oil. in fact, during the 19th century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east, mostly in the form of kerosene. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east, and mostly not through economics, not the oil but education. america's built the university of beirut, built the american university of cairo, and universities in turkey through which american educators and parties american ideals and perhaps the most intellectual i did with the idea of nationalism and independence. and those ideas percolated through educated classes first through many of middle eastern christians, then into the military, and to understand there is a direct link between america's educational involvement in the middle east and the arab nationalist ideas. the arab awakening, and to use -- and the struggle our arab state independence throughout the course of the 20th

douglass and john f. kennedy. on thea huge influence middle east well before the advent of middle eastern oil. during the night the century america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east. was in the form of kerosene. had a nod states also less transformative impact on the middle east. mostly not through macroeconomics, but through education. america built the university in beirut, in cairo amman universities in turkey through which american educators imparted american ideas. the most influential idea was the idea of nationalism. those ideas percolated through educated classes, first through middle eastern christians, then into the military, to understand there is a erect link between america loss educational involvement in the middle east and the movement of an arab nationalist idea, the arab awakening, and the use a term, in the struggle for arab state dependence throughout the course of the 20th century. nasserism which had a huge arab-israeli situation. it must be traced back to america's invo

douglass and john f. kennedy. it had a huge influence and cultural and economic influence long before the advent of middle eastern oil. america was the main exporter of oil to the middle east mostly in the form of kerosene. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east and mostly not economics but through education. american-built the university of beirut and the american university of cairo and universities in turkey through which american educators imparted american ideas and perhaps the most influential idea was the idea of nationalism and independence. those ideas percolated through educating classes first through middle eastern christians and into the military and to understand there is a direct link between america's educational moment and arab nationalist ideas. the arab awakening and the struggle for air arab state independence throughout the 20th century. nasrism which has a huge impact on the arab-israeli situation in the 1967 wars and we are still trying to g

they went to the black leader frederick douglass and said we supported you. will you support us? what is going to happen with women getting to vote? he said to you? the vote is desirable, to us it is necessary. okay. you -- who is missing in that statement? white women, black men. they it's one example of a turning point. we also have women who were black sufferrists being asked not to march in the famous suffrageist parade that alice paul read. a number of white were hoping to get southern male senators to support it. these are all examples of what alienated folks from the each other in the movement. the fact that white women were abusive slave owners. add that and stir. if you look at the current film "12 years a slave." you see examples of women doing injustice to other women. so, yes, it is the agenda of every decent women's study program in the country to make sure that it is not just white feminism that is being instructed. i really appreciate your call. you can count on me. >> host: you are a professor. because in your book "women's history for beginners." you makes take a

frederick douglass reese from selma, alabama. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from georgia, mr. broun, for five minutes. mr. broun: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, as the truth of obamacare continues to come out, we see that the promises of this administration are just not factual. obamacare's crushing our economy. it is killing jobs. and it's hurting hardworking americans and family businesses the most. there is a solution. it's called the patient option act. h.r. 2900. it repeals obamacare in full, and it replaces it with free market, patient centered reforms. the patient option act is a set of reforms that will revitalize american health care. not through government interference, but giving doctors and patients full control over their dollars and their decisions. in fact, it is the only health care plarnl that -- plan that completely removes bureaucrats from everyone's personal health care decisions. the association of american p

kennedy -- frederick douglass and john f. kennedy. a huge influence on cultural and economic interests in the middle east well before the advent of middle eastern oil. in fact, during the 19th century, the united states was the main exporter of oil to the middle east. mostly in the form offer kerose. but the united states also had a no less transformative impact on the middle east. and mostly not through, not through economics, not through oil, but through education. america built the universities in the middle east. and universities in turkey, cairo through which american educators imparted american ideas. and perhaps the most influential idea was the idea of nationalism and independence. and those ideas percolated through educated classes, first through, many through middle eastern christians, then into the military. and to understand that there's a direct link between america's educational involvement this the middle east and the emergence of an arab nationalist idea, the arab awakening and to use george's term, and the struggle fo

they went to the black leader frederick douglass and said we supported you. will you support us? what is going to happen with women getting to vote? he said to you? the vote is desirable, to us it is necessary. okay. you -- who is missing in that statement? white women, black men. they it's one example of a turning point. we also have women who were black sufferrists being asked not to march in the famous suffrageist parade that alice paul read. a number of white were hoping to get southern male senators to support it. these are all examples of what alienated folks from the each other in the movement. the fact that white women were abusive slave owners. add that and stir. if you look at the current film "12 years a slave." you see examples of women doing injustice to other women. so, yes, it is the agenda of every decent women's study program in the country to make sure that it is not just white feminism that is being instructed. i really appreciate your call. you can count on me. >> host: you are a professor. because in your book "women's history for beginners." you makes take a

white suffragists went to the black leader frederick douglass and said we supported you, will you support us? what is going to happen with women getting the vote? and he said, do you desire what is necessary? who is missing in that statement? black women are missing in that statement. one example of a turning point. we also have women who wear black separatists being asked not to march in the suffrage parade down pennsylvania avenue that alice paul lead because a number of white suffragists were hoping to get southern male senators to support women's suffrage. these are all examples of what alienated folks from each other in the movement and the fact the white woman, slave owners, if you look at the current film 12 years a slave or even -- you see examples of women doing injustice to other women so it is the agenda of every decent women's studies program in the country to make sure that it is not just white feminism that is being instructed and i really appreciate your call. you can count on me. hart senate office building your book women's history for beginners you make us take a quiz at