instead abraham lincoln writes out this paragraph. fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away, yet if god wills that it continues until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's 250 years of unrequited toil shall be sunk and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said 3000 years ago, so still it must be said, the judgments of the lord are true or and righteous altogether. abraham lincoln had been searching throughout the american civil war to figure out what is god's purpose? why the american people have to suffer such a horrible calamity of civil war, four years this war had gone on, 600,000 casualties by this point. mister lincoln spent a lot of time talking to god. this is the answer that he thinks god is sending to america. both sides, north and south, have to suffer because both sides played a role in the egregious sin of american slavery. abraham lincoln feared that people might not react really well to his words in the

even before abraham lincoln was assassinated here. this house was built in the early 1850s by german immigrant to america william peterson, and he used this house as a boarding house up to 10 or 12 people lived here at a time. and so this is really a relic of 19th century civil war boarding house culture once upon a time everybody lived in boarding houses here congressman senators, even vice presidents of the united states lived in group homes. so this house aside from its history of being the place where abraham lincoln died is an important part of antebellum civil and civil war washington dc history aside from this being the lincoln death house. this house is also great museum of immigrant culture in washington and boarding house life in washington dc. i've been coming here for years making pilgrimages here. i started coming here in 1986 when i joined the reagan administration and i've been coming here for years and very excited that this year for the $150th anniversary. there's going to be a big commemoration for abraham lincoln be

and which abraham lincoln died. he wrote a letter to relatives saying well, i'm sleeping in the bed with the president died the same coverlet that covered his body now covers me strangers come they beg to see the room they offer money to come and view the room and if you don't watch them they try to steal things. they try to steal little bits of cloth cut the sheets steal something from the room and so souvenir hunters. we're trying to raid this room within hours of the president's death. the coverlet is long gone stolen at the illinois state fair at the turn of the century, but some of the pillow cases and pillows survive. they're now in the collection of the park service at ford's theater. and the sheets were all divided up into little swatches and all over the country and museums and private collections one can find little swatches of the sheets that were on abraham lincoln's bed many of them stained with his blood. this room looks very much. like it did the night abraham lincoln was brought here and died the nex

in all kinds of media methods they painted lincoln as abraham lincoln abraham africanus the first they called him, you know the widowmaker they called they called him the inward lover and and worse. the republican party stood for nothing, but they said miscegenation a word. i know many of you know this a word that was literally coined and makes it into the american dictionary. that year republicans were the party of racial mixing if you elect these republicans again. it's just going to mix the races and destroy the gene pool and all the rest. now i'm leaving out the worst. i mean the cartoons that were put out the lithographs that were put out about miscegenation balls being held at the lincoln clubs all over the country. there were no balls and no clubs, but it didn't matter. this is the way they were portrayed. now the republicans now lincoln is going to get the nomination the renomination of the testy testy process to say the least frederick douglass flirted. for a little while supporting fremont he did. he backed away from that. in june of 64 the problem now was and by the time dou

every year, the abraham lincoln institute in partnership with the abraham lincoln -- this award breaks new ground and lincoln scholarship. we look for dissertations that offer fresh approaches to lincoln's life, career and legacy. they examine new evidence or reevaluates old evidence in exciting new ways. four dissertations drew extensive praise from our committee. our deliberations were brief and without contention. one dissertation stood out for its decidedly unique focus. the winner of the 2019 dissertation award is dr. mackey from western michigan university for his dissertation entitled a shrine for president lincoln. for the person who had the question about when do lincoln museums start? you will know all about it afterward. dr. mackey accepted the award at the abraham lincoln associations awards in springfield. in his speech, he noted the idea for his research came from his own checkered background in public history. he is currently an adjunct professor at indiana university east in richmond, indiana. he wrote his dissertation from the vantage point of his experience as a tour

each year, the abraham lincoln institute in partnership with the abraham lincoln association in springfield, illinois, presents this award to a dissertation that breaks new ground in lincoln scholarship. we look for dissertations that offer fresh interpretive approaches to lincoln's life, career and legacy, or legacy, that examines new evidence or that reevaluates old themes in exciting new ways. four dissertations this year drew extensive praise. the award was dr. thomas d. mackie junior from western michigan university for his dissertation entitled a shrine for president lincoln and analysis of lincoln museums and historic sites, 1865 to 2015. so for the person who had the question about when do lincoln museums start, that's the dissertation to read. you'll know all about it afterwards. dr. mackie accepted the award at the abraham lincoln association's annual symposium last month in springfield. in his acceptance speech, he'll note the idea for the search came from what he called his own checkered background in public history. he is currently an adjunct professor of history indiana univer

they painted lincoln as abraham africanos i. they called him the widow maker. he this called him the n-word lover and worse. the republican party stood for nothing but, they said, a word that was literally coined and makes it into the american dictionary that year. republicans were the party of racial mixing. if you elect these republicans again, it's just going to mix the races and destroy the gene pool and all the rest. now, i'm leaving out the worst. i mean the cartoons that were put out, the lithographs that were put out about balls and clubs. there were none, but it doesn't matter. this is the way they were portrayed. now, the republicans -- and lincoln is going to get the re-nomination. it's a testy, testy process to say the least. frederick douglass thought a little while of supporting fremont. he backed away from that in june of '64. by the time that douglass visits lincoln at the white house, august '64, the republicans are trying to kind of sidestep and do a dipsy-do on the emancipation issue. even lincoln proposed a letter that he asked douglass abou

welcome to the abraham lincoln institute online lincoln symposium. my name is michelle le crowell and i will serve as your host of this series through may 3rd. this live stream speaker symposium is focused on the lifetimes and legacy of president abraham lincoln. you can learn more about the lincoln symposium event schedule by visiting the ford's theater website at www.fords.org or the abraham lincoln institute website at www.lincoln-institute.org. a note to all our viewers. we are taking your questions on our social media platforms later in the program. we will have a q&a section with today's speakers moderated by my colleague jonathan w white please feel free to submit your questions so that we may share them with the speakers then. finally the abraham lincoln institute would like to take this opportunity to thank paul tatro erica, scott, gary erskine carolina dulce, lauren ba juliana avery, andrea bowman and the staff affords theater for all their hard work to make this virtual symposium possible. our first speaker is lucas e morell the john k boa

a petition to abraham lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. this is addressed to his excellency abraham lincoln. and bears a number of signatures. what is it, harold? >> it sure does bear a number of signatures. hundreds and hundreds of signatures. so it is a petition that was a brain child of someone named j.e. gardner, we don't know much about j.e. gardner except that he organized this effort to call on the president of the united states, in july of 1862, to unleash the power of african-americans who up until this point had not been permitted to volunteer for the union army and constituted what some people called a sable arm that could help the union win the war by increasing its man power exponentially. we've seen this object. it's a scroll. it's a big scroll. >> 25 feet or something. >> 25 feet long. it's never been exhibited altogether because you need two floors of the majestic galleries of the historical society to give it the full justice. it is signed by an amazing group of supporters of black enlistment for the time. it's signed by,

forum, the abraham lincoln association, the abraham lincoln institute, the ulysses s. grant. author and editor of several books including "lincoln and emancipation." harold holzer, our moderator this morning, is director of roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln bicentennial foundation and co-chaired the u.s. lincoln bicentennial commission, appointed by president bill clinton. he's the author of numerous books including the 2015 gilder lehrman prize-winning "lincoln and the power of the press." and his most recent "the life and art of daniel chester french." he served his chief historian for new york historical's 2009-2010 exhibition lincoln in york and fellow here. his honors include the national humanities medal which was presented to him in 2008 by president george w. bush. and now as i yield the floor to our speakers, i just ask you as always to make sure that anything that makes a noise like a cell phone is switched off, and now please join me in welcoming our speakers this morning. thank yo

and so one of my objectives was what can i say that's new about abraham lincoln. i felt that by viewing him, by seeing him framed or reflected against frederick douglass, i could offer some new interpretations. primarily i think one of the things that i do with lincoln is i deromanticize him. i demythologize him. i think lincoln continues to be written about in ways that suggest a mythological figure. what do i mean by that? a lot of writers see lincoln as being essentially perfect, particularly during his presidency. he truly was, in my view, the greatest president. he was a brilliant politician. but i think too many writers see him as someone who never made a mistake, whose every action was a perfect one, so to speak. and that is to create a myth, not a human. to be human is to make mistakes, to be deeply flawed. i felt that by acknowledging, highlighting, even, some of the flaws, i would come away and hopefully readers would come away respecting and appreciating him even more by understanding how far he was able to grow. by pairing him with frederick douglass,

easily, i mean, i think, the greatest speech ever given about abraham lincoln. and one worth reading and re-reading because it's so nuanced. i mean, basically, he is -- the other thing that makes it so challenging is he's unveiling a statue that is, by today's standards, politically incorrect. it shows a kneeling slave, rising through the magnificence of abraham lincoln. it's clearly a great emancipator which was the thing in the 19th century. and it may look politically incorrect today but it was funded, paid for, exclusively, by free african-americans. by pennies. so, it's just -- everything is complicated and that message is complicated. >> absolutely. one, last, kind of, your opinion kind of question. what do you think of grant on the history channel right now? >> okay. i think it's a little simplistic. i love seeing my friend, ron. i wish i saw more -- more of him. and there are some very good historians on the show. joan and -- and -- and others. i think it's -- you know, in some areas, it's a little simplistic. where -- as i speak, you know, at the beginn

. >> next on booktv civil war historian looks at how abraham lincoln throughout his political career used the constitution to abolish slavery. in an hour, princeton university history professor examines the history of written constitutions from the 18th century to today. >> good evening. one of the leading historians his work focused on the self examining economic social system that shaped southern life. his books include the ruling class the radical and republican and triumph of antislavery politics and freedom national. they later won the prize and annual award for the scholarly work in english on abraham lincoln or the civil war era and from california berkeley he's been on the faculty of the university of new york graduate center since 1997 and the holder of the graduate school of humanities chair since 98. he teaches courses on contracts with criminal law and regulations. he attended princeton university, oxford university and yale law school and served as a law clerk for the judge of the united states court of appeals. he was awarded for his book race, crime and the law and rec

instead, when abraham lincoln was assassinated, the assassin effectively muted reconstruction. leaders like pennsylvania congressman thaddeus stevens rightfully called for a bunch more aggressive reconstruction but he failed to persuade his colleagues. the long struggle in defense of freedom is part of america's history at our founding in the declaration of independence, or founders eloquently stated that all people are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. winning the revolution offered the potential for leaders like john adams to rightly persuade their colleagues to end slavery. but they failed. their failure set the stage for the civil war and the failure to complete reconstruction meant 100 years of jim crow and separate but equal that continued into my dads lifetime. america's failure to rightly recognize our painful and often unjust history have meant ongoing division, open wounds that continue to fester. today, let us not fail to persuade our colleagues. let us recognize this holiday. it

the parallel lives of frederick douglass and abraham lincoln john stauffer received his phd from yale university in 1999 and began teaching at harvard the same year. he writes and lectures on the civil war era. antislavery movements and social protest movements and vegetable culture he is the author of seven books in more than 45 articles including. the black hearts of men radical abolitionists in the transformation of race, which won four major awards including the frederick douglass book prize. the avery craven book award and the lincoln prize runner up. his essays have appeared in time magazine. raritan new york post 21st the journal of contemporary photography and the harvard review excuse and he has appeared on national radio and television shows currently dr. stauffer is completing a book with sally jenkins on the radical interracialism and unionism and civil war era, mississippi. the story free state of jones will appear as a major motion picture. by the filmmaker gary ross with whom he served as a scholarly consultant after his lecture, there will be a book signing at the arch

one of my objectives was what can i say that's new about abraham lincoln. and by seeing him framed or reflected against frederick douglass i could offer new interpretations. primarily one of the things i do with lincoln is deromanticize and mythologize him. lincoln continues to be written about in ways that suggest a mythological figure. lot of writers see lincoln as perfect. particularly in his presidency. in my view the greatest president and brilliant politician, but too many writers see him as someone who never made a mistake, whose every action was a perfect one so to speak and that's to create a myth, not a human. to be human is to make mistakes, be deeply flawed. and i felt that by acknowledging, highlighting even some of the flaws i would come away and hopefully readers would come away respecting him even more, understanding how fare was able to grow. pairing him with frederick douglass i also wanted to represent and show douglass in a new light, especially by showing him in a light that sees him as an equal, as significant as abraham lincoln. most

forum, abraham lincoln association, the abraham lincoln institute and the group of president lincoln's cottage. she's the author of several books. harold holzer is director of roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. he co-chaired the u.s. lincoln bicentennial commission appointed by president bill clinton. he's the author of numerous book including "lincoln and the power of the press" and his most recent, the life and art of daniel chester french. he served as chief historian for the 2009/2010 exhibition, lincoln in new york and is a fellow here. his honors include the national humanities medal which was presented to him in 2008. and now as i yield the floor to our speakers, i just ask you, as always, to make sure that anything that makes a noise, like a cell phone, is switched off. now, please join me in welcoming our speakers this morning. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, louise mirrer, it's wonderful to be at the historical society, particularly for the bill clinton lecture. it's an honor to be one of the participants in that annual event. and it's a special

the abraham lincoln institute. the illnesses as a grand institution and the scholars advisory group of president lincoln's at cottage. he's the author and editor of several books including lincoln and emancipation. our moderator this morning is a jonathan, director of roosevelt house public policy institute at hunter college. he previously served as chairman of the abraham lincoln and bicentennial foundation and co-chair the u.s. lincoln bicentennial commission appointed by president bill clinton. he's the author of numerous books including the 2015 prize winning lincoln and the power of the press, and his most recent monument, the life and art of daniel chester french. he served as chief historian for new york historical 2009, 2010 exhibition only did in new york, and as roger herzog fellow here, his honors include the humanities metal which was presented to him in 2008 by president george w. bush. and now as i yield the floor to our speakers i ask you as always to make sure that anything that make some noise like

monster that he referred to in the inner world of abraham lincoln. so it grace gives me great pleasure to introduce to everyone dr. michael burlingame. well, thank you very much. john's good to see you again and always an honor to be invited to speak to a group like yours or you're both of yours, but it's a space and and but it's a special honor to be invited back. so yeah, i've had the opportunity to speak to the lincoln group of washington on more than one occasion, and i'm delighted to be able to do so once again. and what i'd like to share with you tonight is a chapter of a forthcoming book. let's do that in june. well, actually the one that's due out in it's it's throughout october. i have one book coming out in june which is called an american marriage the untold story of mary abraham lincoln and mary todd. and then in october i have another book coming out called emphatically the black man's president abraham lincoln and racially quality. so it's from the latter book that i wish to share a chapter. and the title by the way, emphatically the ba

one of my objectives was what can i say that is new about abraham lincoln? i felt that by viewing him, seeing him framed or reflected against frederick douglass, i could offer some new interpretations. primarily i think one of the things i do with lincoln is i de-romanticize him. i de-mythologize him. i think he continues to be written about in ways that suggests a mythological figure. what do i mean by that? a lot of writers see lincoln as essentially perfect, particularly during his presidency. he truly was, in my view, the greatest president, a brilliant politician, but i think too many writers see him as someone who never made a mistake, whose every action was a perfect one, so to speak. that is to create a myth, not a human. to be human is to make mistakes, to be deeply flawed. i felt by acknowledging and highlighting even some of the flaws, i would come away and hopefully readers come away respecting and appreciating him even more by understanding how far he was able to grow. by pairing him with frederick douglass, i also wanted to represent and show d

abraham lincoln gets up and one of the things he does is he is sitting there. and he starts talking about southhampton county. he asks his audience and new yorkers what induced the southhampton direction 28 years ago, in which as many as three times as many lives were lost. we are going back to 1831, not 1832, the year gettysburg college was founded. it's not lincoln who is president, it is jackson. that guy. economics. i want to set this economically. when we look at the civil war, many more historians know railr. 18:30 -- 1830. here is a map of railroad construction in the united states by decade. 18:30 there is nothing. there are three dots. there are two dots in pennsylvania. shows how advanced pennsylvania is. there are no railroads. we want to remember there is a good deal more isolation. by 1860 thewhat they do have a s coming as cotton revolution. there have been caught news forever. but there is going to be a tremendous increase in the availability of cotton as we move from -- here is a map of cotton production. top one is not cotton production of 1820

they later won the prize and annual award for the scholarly work in english on abraham lincoln or the civil war era and from california berkeley he's been on the faculty of the university of new york graduate center since 1997 and the holder of the graduate school of humanities chair since 98. he teaches courses on contracts with criminal law and regulations. he attended princeton university, oxford university and yale law school and served as a law clerk for the judge of the united states court of appeals. he was awarded for his book race, crime and the law and recent books include race, affirmative action and the law, the persistence of the color line, radical politics and the racial politics and the politics of racial be a trail. abraham lincoln and the antislavery constitution that explores how the party adhered to the strategy founded in the constitution itself. so without more from me we look forward to a wonderful conversation. >> thank you so much for that gracious introduction and i would like to get the conversation started. i am delighted to be in conversation with james oa

with them putting pressure on abraham lincoln, for their courageous fighting, and then abraham lincoln decided what was he going to do. in relationship to those black men for legislation. what did he decide? >> i'm confused here. >> okay let me cleared up for you. >> the south, and the north there were winning sometimes, and the other side winning sometimes, and it was even steven. but then harry tubman put pressure on him to finally allow the black folks like harriet tubman came to first by car, being a nurse in the union services, and their courageous funding of those black men with weapons in their hand, killing white folks, and as i think mr. clark said earlier, those black men then coming back to d.c., and the african american soldiers from the civil war they would become a problem because so the question is what about those black soldiers fighting gave rise to abraham lincoln for him to decide i'm going to pass legislation to give them the what to do. >> well if you're talking about compensated emancipation proclamation, that's bright lacks being there -- to the army. but african

on the record of thy years, abraham lincoln's name appears. grant and logan no tears, illinois, illinois. grant and logan and our tears. i thank you. rod: that was wonderful, gary. before we move away from your career, talk about the logan statue and the two bus reliefs in washington -- by reliefs in washington, d.c.. gary: you will probably have to speak on the reliefs. the statue was put up in the early 1920's. that was the iowa circle. one of the bas reliefs -- rod: it's almost a take off on your book title. logan and his corps commanders. gary: the other 1 -- was that the impeachment one for andrew johnson? rod: i think it has to do with the luminaries even though he was sworn in and already a senator by then. mary logan said it should be inspirational and not a static representation. gary: i'd don't remember the -- i do not room numbers bas reliefs. rod: how did you get interested in logan in the first place? gary: most of my early books on the civil war were battles and campaigns. i remember getting one of those gray covered time life bo

what would america have looked like had abraham lincoln not been assassinated? malice toward none. but what would america have looked like had the agreement to remove the federal troops from the south because joseph rainey was elected to congress. jim crow laws were passed by democrat-controlled offices in the south. our nation was built on the unifying vision from the beginning. -- from the beginning. as lincoln said, we are conceived in liberty the dedicated proposition that we are all equal. i'll vote for this bill today just as i voted for it before. but madam speaker, if we have not learned anything we should not divide our nation based on race. i applaud the democrats for standing up, removing democrat statues from democrat-controlled majorities sent to a democrat majority house who accepted them. it is about time. but madam speaker, to continue along in a critical race theory where you would teach an individual that they're right or wrong based on the color of their skin goes against everything we're voting on today. madam speaker, you know my heart. and i know yours. at tim

welcome to the abraham lincoln institute online lincoln symposium. my name is michelle le crowell and i will serve as your host of this series through may 3rd. this live stream speaker symposium is focused on the fe

and thank you to the abraham lincoln institute for having me today. i'll go ahead and begin throughout the american civil war african-american women and girls tested the scope of emancipation policies leverage the conditions of war and redefined the meaning of liberty in the nation's capital. legal emancipation began first in washington dc at the beginning of the war in 1862 and set off a series of legislative aftershocks that would gradually break down the stronghold of chattel slavery. the story of black women and girls liberty claims. however, began well before the outbreak of war. this evening. we'll begin with a classroom crowded with black girls anxious to learn about politics. we will then weave into the alleyways of the district brothels where black women sold sex and leisure and then explore the journey of enslaved women who initiated a social contract with the federal government that would forever transform their relationship to the union. these women and girls were driven by the ideals of their time and expressed their desires to govern the

we are footsteps away from where president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. and we are here to witness president joe biden establish juneteenth as a national holiday. amy: after headlines, we'll discuss the history of juneteenth and the legacy of slavery with the writer and poet clint smith. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell signaled thursday republicans will use the filibuster to block the "for the people act," a sweeping bill to restore protections of the 1965 voting rights act, which was gutted by the supreme court in 2013. mcconnell's pledge came as senate republicans rejected a compromise offer of a watered-down voting bill offered by west virginia democrat joe manchin. manchin and arizona's kyrsten sinema have refused calls from within their party to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation, an infrasucture bl toombat catarophic cmate chae, and otheprioriti of the den administrati. the hoe of repsentativ has voteto repeasweepingar powers gnted to e presidt in 200ahead ofhe u.s.-d invasi and occation ofraq. thbill to peal

we are footsteps away from where president abraham lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. and we are here to witness president joe biden establish juneteenth as a national holiday. amy: after headlines, we'll discuss the history of juneteenth and the legacy of slavery with the writer and poet clint smith. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell signaled thursday republicans will use the filibuster to block the "for the people act," a sweeping bill to restore protections of the 1965 voting rights act, which was gutted by the supreme court in 2013. mcconnell's pledge came as senate republicans rejected a compromise offer of a watered-down voting bill offered by west virginia democrat joe manchin. manchin and arizona's kyrsten sinema have refused calls from within their party to eliminate the filibuster in order to pass voting rights legislation, an infrasucture bl toombat catarophic cmate chae, and otheprioriti of the den adnistrati. the hoe of repsentativ has voteto repeasweepingar powers gnted to e presidt in 200ahead ofhe u.s.-d invasi and occation ofraq. thbill to peal th

here an extraordinary letter from corporal henry james gooding to president abraham lincoln complaining about that desparility in pay and he says quite pointedly to president lincoln. are we soldiers or are we laborers? as so many others would argue, you know in the years thereafter arguing for equal pay for equal work and then he goes on to remind president lincoln that at that as soon as the north had opened its armies up to enlistment by african-americans the south had tried to inhibit that by saying that any african-american soldiers who were caught would be killed outright some rarely executed. and lincoln had said if you know you if you do that, you must treat all of our soldiers equally black and white gooding in this letter goes on to say if you tell the south that it has to treat all soldiers black and white the same then why aren't you paying all soldiers the same so wonderful extraordinary letter and indeed when the union army refused to pay the african-american soldiers that the 13 dollars a month that they had promised all of the 54th both the officers and the soldiers refu

lincoln, the immediate proximate cause of secession, jefferson davis was a president before abraham lincoln, that's how quickly secession came about but if you read those they are all very very clear they stand on the side of progress so i will pick up with mister randy love who asks digging even deeper, calhoun's position is a continuation the men of our do what they can, the poor suffer what they must, do democracies just war inside themselves with men of power seeking power, as slaves make them powerful. we get that. >> so in one sense yes, i would love to know if he had read lucidity but getting this from history, his position is exploitation is a common fact in every society, he stands up and says let's not denies this but in every society the rich prey upon the poor and exploit them and it has been this way through all of human history and that is a very bleak pronouncement. calhoun in that sense is a realpolitik or philosopher of naked power in that sense in human relationships and his argument is slavery is simply a more honest configuration of that exploitation in his accus

instead, when abraham lincoln was assassinated, the assassin effectively muted reconstruction. leaders like pennsylvania congressman thaddeus stevens rightly called for a much more aggressive reconstruction, but he failed to persuade his colleagues. the long struggle in defense of freedom is part of america's history, independence our founders eloquently stated that all people are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights. that among them are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. winning the revolution offered the potential for leaders like john adams to rightly persuade their colleagues to end slavery. but they failed. their failure set the stage for the civil war and the failure to complete reconstruction meant 100 years of jim crow and separate but equal that continued into my dad's lifetime. america's failure to rightly recognize our painful and often unjust history have meant ongoing division, open wounds that continue to fester, so today let us not fail to persuade our colleagues. let us recognize this holiday. it should, however, be known as freedom

and abolitionist frederick douglass the abraham lincoln institute and ford's theater society hosted the symposium and historic ford's theater

abraham lincoln knew abraham lincoln knew as much at this at his cooper union address. said the same thing. the word leaks out so, is he a fanatic? well, i mean if by fanatic you mean religious person. yeah, maybe i guess. okay. but you know, i'm not sure he's fanatic in the sense that i think the sense when people say fanatic they mean a lot more than that. so here he is with this four comments telling them about the plan. let's set up a plan. how do you set up a slave volt? okay given let's start with the two premises. i have one is he's not crazy. okay, and two is slaves are a whites outnumber slaves three to two in virginia. how do you do a slave revolt? hmm? by the way, if you can answer this, please come to the microphone at the end and tell us and you're not allowed to use zombies in your answer. yeah, it's hard. it's hard. it's not obvious. i mean, i got a phd i've thought about it. i don't know how you do it. it's not clear. of course. i have a phd means i'm probably couldn't start a slave of all even if i wanted to. hey guys. talk to the hand. no, there's a th

abraham lincoln was forward thinking. let's go to our phone lines and talk to tony calling from arlington, virginia. good morning. caller: good morning and happy juneteenth, jesse. i just wanted to call to say i think that the holiday is significant, specifically it is something going to be acknowledged and a reminder each year in remembrance of those who were enslaved, however, i do think there is more things that need to be done, like reparations for the descendants of those who were enslaved in america, specifically african-americans. i would just quickly like to say to all of those people whining and self-loathing about why isn't there more acknowledgment of holidays for caucasians, white people, it is not always about you. it's ok to celebrate black people. it is ok to celebrate the end of slavery. you are all about freedom for americans, you should be happy and proud of juneteenth. host: let's go to betty calling from florida. good morning. caller: good morning. i am 89 years old. this is it. juneteenth is ok but i'

here an extraordinary letter from corporal henry james gooding to president abraham lincoln complaining about that disparity in pay and he says quite pointedly to president lincoln. are we soldiers or are we laborers? as so many others would argue, you know in the years thereafter arguing for equal pay for equal work and then he goes on to remind president lincoln that at that as soon as the north had opened its armies up to enlistment by african-american's the south had tried to inhibit that by saying that any african-american soldiers who were caught would be killed outright some rarely executed. and lincoln had said if you know you if you do that, you must treat all of our soldiers equally black and white gooding in this letter goes on to say if you tell the south that it has to treat all soldiers black and white the same then why aren't you paying all soldiers the same so wonderful extraordinary letter? indeed when the union army refused to pay the african-american soldiers the 13 dollars a month that they had promised all of the 54th both the officers and the soldiers refused to ac

overlooking the festive atmosphere, the president quotes abraham lincoln on storm clouds. pres. kennedy: abraham lincoln, in the dark days before the civil war in my own country said, i know there is a god, i see a storm coming. if he has a heart and a place for me, then i am ready. no one can tell in the future whether there is a storm coming for all of us, but what we can be sure about is, no matter what happens, we believe in god, and we are ready. thank you very much. [applause] >> the president's entourage, which includes his sister-in-law , stands by as a spontaneous kennedy disregards security measures. unquestionably, the most sought after souvenir of the day is a presidential handshake. >> from the roman hill to st. paul's church, this neoclassic oedipus was opened in 1848. that same year, the first german national assembly met here under the slogan, there shall be one germany. today statesmen of west germany gathered in the historic auditorium to hear an american president. in the overwhelming welcome that has accompanied kennedy this far is interpreted in the address

he is quoting abraham lincoln on storm clouds. >> abraham lincoln, in the dark days before the civil law in my own country, said, i know there is a god i see a storm coming. if he has a place for me, then i am ready. no one can tell in the future whether there is a storm coming for all of us, but what we can be sure of is, that no matter what happens, we believe in god and we are ready. thank you very much. ♪ ♪ ♪ the presidents entourage which includes his sister, raw as well, stands by as kennedy disregard security measures. unquestionably the most sought after soon veneer of the day is a presidential handshake. ♪ ♪ ♪ from the roman hill to st. paul 's church, this new classic edifice is an 1848. in that same year, first national assembly met here under the slogan, there shelby won germany. today, statesman called the auditorium -- the overwhelming welcome that accompany kennedy thus far as interpreted in the address by his guest. the german people are more thankful that it may sometimes appear these says, especially for having been able to experience the miracle reconci

overlooking the festive atmosphere, the president quotes abraham lincoln on storm clouds. pres. kennedy: abraham lincoln, in the dark days before the civil war in my own country said, i know there is a god, i see a storm coming. if he has a part and a place for me, then i am ready. no one can tell in the future whether there is a storm coming for all of us, but what we can be sure about is, no matter what happens, we believe in god, and we are ready. thank you very much. [applause] >> the president's entourage, which includes his sister-in-law, stands by as a spontaneous kennedy disregards security measures. unquestionably, the most sought after souvenir of the day is a presidential handshake. from the roman hill to st. paul's church, this neoclassic -- this neoclassic edifice was opened in 1848. that same year, the first german national assembly met here under the slogan, there shall be one germany. today statesmen of west germany , gathered in the historic auditorium to hear an american president. the overwhelming welcome that has accompanied kennedy this far is interpreted in