that young frederick douglass was incorrigible. douglas is owner decided that frederick douglass needed in effect to detained. to be broken. and so he shipped frederick douglass off to a man that is literally known as a slave breaker. the slave breaker was named edward kobe, c o v a why,. c o v e y. >> he said, i have now lived with him, for nine months. and he had given me and number of severe weapons without any -- without my character or conduct. now he was resolve to put me out, as he said, quote to be broken. there was, in the base side... a man named edward c o v e y who enjoyed the extra created reputation of being a first rate hand at breaking a young ... breaking. he then goes on in chapter after chapter after chapter in this autobiography, look at this the experiences of covey, driven back to covey. you know... covey it's manner of proceeding to whip. chapter after chapter after chapter he describes this experience in the way that edward covey tortured him. and beat him nearly to death and worked him nearly to death all t

this is part of how frederick douglass describes him. he says, quote, i have now lived with him, meaning his slave owner, nearly nine months, and he had given me a number of severe whippings, without any visible improvement in my character or any conduct. now he was resolved to put me out as he said, quote, to be broken. there was in the bay side a man named edward covey, who enjoyed the execrated reputation of being a first rate hand at breaking young negroes. breaking. frederick does las then goes on in chapter after chapter after chapter in this autobiography. chapter in this autobiography. look at this. the experience. you know, covey's manner of proceeding to whip. chapter after chapter after chapter he describes this experience, the way that edward covey tortured him and beat him nearly to death and worked him nearly to death all the try to destroy frederick douglass's spirit, to turn him into a docile slave who would work without question, where he would then be returned to his owner. because douglass is so capable and brilliant,

douglass that david life knows more about frederick douglass then frederick douglass did. >> i had a conversation with him like this. >> and the documentary rights to his book that will be aired on hbo next year. >> one final question. how can we implement the book the black church into the k-12 curriculum? >> we talked about this. my dear friend needs no introduction to this audience and has asked me to work with him the reconstruction curriculum about the black church and jim is a hard person to say no to but i would like your input because what i did giving as shout out to my the editor in the audience was to tell black history to the evolution of the black church. so instead of putting into the history of african-americans we tell the history through the church and through the denominations. oh and i would tell you about the triangular structure. born in 1825 what is now in west virginia but daniel payne was born 1811 born free of them a lot of of the brown society not too dark you were brown and becomes bishop of the church in 1852 after tell you the story. he believes they shou

. >>> coming up, "politics nation," frederick douglass once made a famous speech about the fourth of july. and we are still asking ourselves today, what, to the slave, is this holiday? i have more in today's rise up. but first, today's other top news stories. joe. >> thanks, rev. stories we are watching this hour. the partially collapsed champlain towers complex in surfside florida could come down later tonight. that's according to two sources close to the search and rescue efforts. crews are making preparations for the demolition and monitoring the potential impact of tropical storm elsa, which is tracking toward the area. 24 people are confirmed dead. and 121 are still missing as a result of the building collapse. >>> pope francis has checked into a hospital in rome for scheduled intestinal surgery. the pope was seen greeting the public in st. peter's square earlier in keeping with his sunday tradition and told the crowd he was planning to visit hungary and novakia in september. >>> visitors to the capitol can once again walk all the way up to the north lawn fence in front of the w

. >>> coming up, "politics nation," frederick douglass once made a famous speech about the fourth of july. and we are still asking ourselves today, what, to the slave, is this holiday? i havein today's rise up. but first, today's other top news stories. joe. >> thanks rev. stories we are watching this hour. the pashlcally collapsed champlain towers complex in surfside florida could come down later tonight. that's according to two sources close to the search and rescue efforts. crews are making preparations for the demolition and monitoring tropical storm elsa, which is tracking toward the area. 24 people are confirmed dead. and 121 are still missing as a result of the building collapse. >>> pope francis has checked into a hospital in rome for scheduled intestinal surgery. the pope was seen greeting the public in st. peter's square earlier in keeping with his sunday tradition and told the crowd he was planning to visit hungary and slovakia in suspect. >>> visitors to the capitol can once again walk all the way up to the north lawn fence in front white house. the secret service has rem

he tweeted this, speaking of frederick douglass. frederick douglass closed the speech of his that said it, i therefore leave off where i began with hope, while drawing encouragement from the declaration of independence, the great principles it contains and the genius of american institutions. my spirit is also chaired by the obvious tendencies of the aged. he went on to tweet this "douglass rightly and ferociously called out injustice but contrast douglass' hope, optimism, passion for justice and unifying call for america to live up to her grand ideals with the squad's angry, hateful, consistently anti-american venom. it is a contrast indeed. >> you think about our founding documents and our constitution, this is a flawed country but we are provided all of the tools and the things that we need to fix it. i think about the 13th, 14th and 15th amendment to the constitution abolishing slavery, providing poor citizenship and voting rights. we got a lot of things right in our attempts to make them better. are we perfect? no. do we need t

. >> 1867, frederick douglass appealed to congress in 2021, texas legislature came to washington, d.c. >> mlk was an activist. john lewis was an activist. sojourner truth was an activist. there is nothing wrong with activism to push the levers of power to do the right thing, and i think that is what texas democrats and civil rights leaders are calling for. >> the threat to have you all arrested when you return to texas and supposedly to track you down like the fugitive slave act. >> laura: joining me now, founder of -- cynthia, we played some of kamala last night at the end of the show, but i'm interested in your thoughts on her specifically invoking frederick douglass in this little drama. >> looked, laura, i know i am not here to be speechless, but i have to tell you i am speechless and i have been speechless all day about this because to compare frederick douglass to the bozos that left their job in texas to serve the people that elected them, to them, as if they are some threat to the nation because all the texas legislature wants to do is pass a voting security bill. they want to

and the marxist left how they demean lincoln and frederick douglass. and demean martin luther king what you mean a colorblind society? all of the civil rights activist and movements and supreme court decisions. all they did was enshrined the white dominant society. it is now bleeding into our classroom supported by the teachers union in media no link in are ulysses s grant black lives matter are no martin luther king jr. or frederick douglass this is a great country it is a magnificent country. look at the border people pouring over from every corner of the world to escape their countries and culture. it's a nation worth defending that so my book american marxism about that's what the s about. see you next time on "life, liberty & levin". steve: former president trump on stage at cpac a short time ago. >> we will take back the house. we will take back the senate. and after everything that has gone wrong in such a short period of time with our borders, with our economy, crime, we will take back the glorious white house. steve: much more later. welcome t

and the marxist left how they demean lincoln and frederick douglass. and demean martin luther king what you mean a colorblind society? all of the civil rights activist and movements and supreme court decisions. all they did was enshrined the white dominant society. it is now bleeding into our classroom supported by the teachers union in media no link in are ulysses s grant black lives matter are no martin luther king jr. or frederick douglass this is a great country it is a magnificent country. look at the border people pouring over from every corner of the world to escape their countries and culture. it's a nation worth defending that so my book american marxism about that's what the show is about. see you next time on "life, liberty & levin". steve: former president trump on stage at cpac a short time ago. >> we will take back the house. we will take back the senate. and after everything that has gone wrong in such a short period of time with our borders, with our economy, crime, we will take back the glorious white house. steve: much more later. wel

douglass entitled frederick douglass prophet of freedom which garnered nine book awards including the pulitzer prize for history. and i will note we have been privileged here the medicine foundation now to have two back-to-back fillets or prize pe winners deliver this for us. without further ado, please join me in welcoming doctor david blight. [applause] forgive me for bringing all of these books and notes up here. sorry i was told to do that. for god. my microphone is on i presume. i apologize for bringing all these books up here but it's just the way i teach. there's no light on this podium but that's okay i think. anyway, hello. i've had as you can tell by the introduction way too many privileges in this profession here and there and book prizes and all that stuff but a few of you know me well enough and might believe me that there is really nothing more a thrill to me than to be with teachers, to speak with teachers and teach with teachers. i've been doing these institutes for i don't know, 25 years. coordinator of three, four or five of those. it's possible some of you may have

frederick douglass was a great orator. black people don't have social security numbers? plaque americans don't have i.d.? here is amy horowitz asked black voters about the voting laws. >> do you have an opinion of voter i.d. laws? >> they are pretty racist. >> it's a way to perpetuate race i'm:they are less likely to have state i am d.s. some people don't live in areas with easy access to dmvs. >> they don't have the knowledge of how it works. >> do you have i.d.? >> yes, i do. >> do you know any black person that doesn't carry i.d.? >> everyone i know has i.d. >> we heard black people have no access to the internet. >> everybody has access to the internet. >> they are pretty much ignorant. >> i think it's a little racist. jesse: the on people who think these laws are racist and suppress the black vote are liberals. they want to scare americans into submission with these racist laws. but it's a loss cause because we have the truth on our side. joining us is texas governor greg abbott. i saw an editorial in the as you continue statesman. even the liberal newspaper in the

figure six frederick douglass and harriet tubman on the face of admittance diversity of cracked open the door to change. confederate ideology by contrast, was a acdefense of slavery in the political supremacy of slaveholders, flatly rejected the possibility of progress they were about enemies of change and sought to close that door to freedom and chain shots. the union causes frederick douglass himself invoking the war of ideas, was based upon the broadest and grandest declaration of human rights the world ever heard or read. the confederacy was on shocking denial. the right side won the war and falls to us to fulfill the promise of that victory, thank you. : : : high school and a member f the student advisory council of the institute of american history. i'm honored honored to inintrodr next guest, larry walker, acknowledge thing finalis of the 2021 lincoln prize. larry is a a businessman and civic leader just getting for college and from prize word altering the government this award. mary, please tell us about the 2021 finalists. >> thank you and good evening. it is a privilege to

. >> the vice president of planning experts comparing them to civil rights leaders like frederick douglass, the selma marchers and suffragettes but republicans say a cushy trip dc isn't exactly the same as what freedom fighters have gone through. >> they took bold, courageous action in line with everybody from frederick douglass. >> last i checked the heroic civil rights protesters were not in a private charter jet, didn't have a case of miller light next to them. >> reporter: the group of texas democrats will meet with moderate senator joe manchin to push him unending the filibuster the democrats can pass bills with littleton a republican support like sweeping election reform, the 50 plus democrat lawmakers, to stop of voting bill that they call voter suppression. >> nothing was going to happen so why keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different response, that is insanity and we refuse to do it which is why we left. >> reporter: there are calls by the speaker of the house to forfeit for their legislative stipend of $221 per day. members say they will give that money u

. >> in 1867 frederick douglass appealed to the congress, in 2021 the texas legislature came to washington dc. >> okay was an actress, john lewis was an activist, sojourner truth was an activist, there's nothing wrong with activism to push the levers of power to do the right thing and i think that is what texas democrats and civil rights leaders are calling for. >> the threat to have you all arrested when you return to texas, and supposedly to track you down like the fugitive slave act. laura: joining me is cynthia garrett, founder of cynthia garrett ministries. we played some of kamala last night but i'm interested in your thoughts on her specifically invoking frederick douglass in this little drama. >> i'm not here to be speechless but i'm speechless. i have been speechless all day about this. to compare frederick douglas to the bozos that left their jobs in texas to serve the people that elected them as if there's some threat to the nation because the texas legislature wants to pass a voting security bill, they want to protect the rights but frederick douglass and people like him died f

he decided that frederick douglass

now there are so many subjects one can address about frederick douglass. you know, the oldest and most famous idea about douglass is that he was this former slave who escaped at age 20, managed to write his first autobiography by age 27, took the world boy a storm as an orator and had a big role to play by the ends of the civil war, inviting lincoln and making lincoln do it in some case. there is so much more to douglass. it has been in the last 20 to 25 years, 30 years if you push it, yeah, at least 30, it gets back to my first book. so he's been taken seriously as a thinker, very seriously as a thinker, by political theorists, by law school professors, he has been taken seriously by literary critics for a long time. that's where it all start door douglass, one article after another, about chapter one his narrative, where he watchis his aunt beaten to a bloody pulp by his owner. that must have stimulated 45 essays by literary critic. but all different disciplines have now discovered douglass as artist and thinker. that was not always the case. if american

this fourth of july, let's remember what frederick douglass was fighting for and let's teach our kids about it because if we don't, who will? ? pay for clean. it's got to be tide. >>> the trump organization is facing criminal allegations. now the district attorney is willing to tell the jury all she knows. jennifer weisselberg, the x daughter-in-law of allen to prosecutors who are seeking to gain better insight into the organizations business dealings. she said the document she provided are what help to get the 15 count indictment levied against the president's former namesake business. she told nbc, i'm thrilled to hear this is not about an apartment in a mercedes, this is a serious criminal organization, the grand larceny, theft, tax evasion and tax fraud. it is allen weisselberg, it is all the officers, it is the family. now she is still meeting with the da to discuss charges with trump himself. jennifer weisselberg joins us right now. i want to ask about this whole idea. donald trump said just last night what your tolling the manhattan da in the charges they filed, they are not ju

today in this special broadcast, we begin with the words of frederick douglass. born into slavery around 1818, douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. on july 5, 1852, in rochester, new york, he gave one of his most famous speeches, "what to the slave is the fourth of july?" he was addressing the rochester ladies' anti-slavery society. this is james earl jones reading the historic address during a performance of voices of a people's history of the united states co-edited by howard zinn. the latereat historian introduced the address. >> frederick douglass, once a slave, became a brilliant and powerful leader of the anti-slavery movement. in 1852, he was asked to speak in celebration of the fourth of july. frederick douglass: [read by james earl jones] fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am i called upon to speak here today? what have i, or those i represent, to do with your national independence? are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that declaration of independence, extended to us? and am

i think he would've talk to frederick douglass about it or booker t. washington and all the people who talk about it today. i think he would've looked how do we do this? >> how were the canals financed? there was some speculation in the stock market so explain how this was financed. >> this is one of the interesting stories of american finance when they financed they floated some bonds which were horribly inadequate. for those sections of the canal which in management theory probably not a good idea in today's age you hire one contractor. for the contract out for bid and in the best bidder gets the job. and they send notices out to ireland to say to promise the poor irish guys doing to be a navigator? that's what they called them a navigator digging it by hand. so at first it was an undercapitalized project then they got foreign financing and then to build the canals of course the land-grant system is basically you get the land and you find the money to build it some money was raised for the transcontinental railroad mostly bonds but a lot of foreign i

they wanted to be frederick douglass. but we've got to do the work to be frederick douglass, you got to be the work to be mlk. from the media standpoint, they stumbled. because the moment never produced itself. let's be honest, the bill is going to be passed. they are going to be arrested when they come back to the state of texas. they won't be written in the history books. the media won't cover the story anymore, and every single thing the republicans want head after negotiating for months is going to be drafted in this bill. so the question is, where do we go from here? they've got to run on this. the democratic national committee is already invested in this. but it was never about texas, about hr one. it's about satirizing this. they're going to say, look, we tried to fight back. politico gave us four pinocchios, just like george apparently tried to fight. this is why we have to run on this in the next election. it has to be a federalized election system. and then that's when you're going to see the voters push back, b

douglass to emphasize the suppose it responsibilities that african-american men had to emancipate. and that rhetoric that rhetoric claims to allow them to have full citizenship including voting rights war propaganda argues the racial discrimination that all united states that soldiers would experience some form of discrimination. even so potentially the recruits were told to focus ending slavery while simultaneously proving that african-american man had for the white counterparts such as suffrage rights and the protection of refuting negative racial stereotypes all through military service. unfortunately for many northern african-american families with a dire situation that they experience in american society the removal of able-bodied african-american man had an ongoing economic crisis for the philadelphia families who were already suffering due to racial discrimination that impacted their lives on a daily basis. in some cases their financial wealth continued generations after the civil war ended. military service cannot exist in isolated segments although different from the soldi

douglass and start there. you tell us a little bit about what the reaction to douglas' words work from african-american in the united states or do they listen to the treaties of leaders like douglas and margaret left. alaina: yes so douglas, there are plenty of black leaders who talk about are either already existed and worlds like a church pastor or as well as like a politician after the civil war. there also people become speculators who work with white americans to create black talons so there are lots of african americans who want to take advantage of what they see as an opportunity to cash in on the land black people getting needed territory but also there are people who really appreciate the kinds of ideas that frederick douglass is talking about african-americans deserve to kind of not just settle west but have access to these ideas of democracy and freedom and everything that the united states stands for. rose: and then how did the five tribes and people react to the migration. alaina: bullets really i

by 1880, frederick douglass, the world famous frederick douglass is campaigning with logan, sharing the stump when they are giving political speeches together. and in 1884, douglas is supporting logan for the presidency of the united states . and he says the republican party is generally supportive of african-american rights, but he said, in a party of candidates for the republican ticket, most of them are invertebrate animals but general logan has a spine like the brooklyn bridge. so frederick douglass is a huge , fan of general logan and the new york times had several articles in 1884 with the title s, "negroes support general logan." then they have, general logan and then you grow vote: -- general logan and the negro vot e: early war hero and hero of the antislavery movement. even though it's not really true that he was the early mover of the antislavery movement, he is being linked with it. you can see where this complete so conversion has taken place , leading to that june 12 event i just talked about. when logan was still in -- before he even became a senator, finishing one of his

frederick douglass and martin luther king believed there was no way and they wouldn't have thought to change, we had the constitution, liberty of all men, all races and all creeds. >> this interview we will see by a lot of people but your viral video is awesome, thank you for joining us. coming up we will show you how the left is even brainwashing the youngest of our kids, princeton and vanderbilt professor next. >> other than providing public funding for basic educat >> (providing public funding for basic education the other purpose of it was to effectuate the melting pot, to instill a sense of common identity, promote solidarity among students as americans but now the schools have taken the opposite mission of separating us, teaching unbridgeable differences, dividing us into different identities to be antagonistic. if that is the purpose of education, to separate us from each other, to drive us apart then why shouldn't we have a diverse school system? laura: william barr does ask the right questions, why send our tax dollars to schools that end up teaching our kids to hate each oth

black lives matter, they are no frederick douglass or martin luther king, jr. this is a magnify sent country. look at border and people pouring over from every corner of the swormd trying to escape their country and their cultures. this is a country worth defending. that's what this book is about. that's what this movement is about, that's what this show is about. see you next time on "life, liberty & levin." [♪♪♪] jesse: welcome to "watters' world." i'm jesse watters. the democrats' lost cause. that's the subject of tonight's "watters words." ronald reagan won texas by 30 points, and 40 years later trump won by single digits. trump beat biden

. >> i would cite the example of frederick douglass, the runaway slave who knew something about the real pain and gave what appeared initially to be a denunciation of the fourth of july. he stood before the rochester ladies and said what to the slave is the fourth of july, are you inviting me to be here, but the trajectory of the speech as it moves along frederick douglas turns and says the constitution, the founding, they are not implicated in these crimes of slavery. douglas called the constitution the scaffolding like the scaffolding of the building which is taken down once the building is completed. douglas said it was a gloriously anti-slavery document. it is critical the spirit, people actually read who wants to do only one side of the story as if racism was baked into the american dna. there is the racist side of the story but they miss the emancipatory tradition represented by frederick douglass who was a lifelong republican, said the republican party is the ship and all else is the see. laura: the contrast between the way the media covered china's nationalistic pride at the way

. >> well, frederick douglass said that the constitution is a glorious liberty document. and i believe the same thing. and that, you know, frederick douglass and martin luther king believed we were systemically racist and there was no way that we could change, then i don't think that they would have fought as hard as they did to change. they knew we had something called the constitution, right? and it's for liberty of all men, right? and all races and all creeds. so --. >> laura: kory this interview is going to be seen by a lot of people but your viral video was awesome thank you so much for joining us. >>> coming up we're going to show you how the left is even brain washing the youngest of our kids. former princeton and vanderbilt professor carol swain is here next. and you need it here. and here. and here. which is why the scientific expertise that helps operating rooms stay clean is now helping the places you go every day too. seek a commitment to clean. look for the ecolab science certified seal. >> other than providing public funding for basic education, the other pu

i want to pick up how what you were just saying about frederick douglass and just start there. could you tell us a little bit about what the reaction to douglas' words were from african-americans in the united states? did they listen to people like douglas customer. >> yes. douglas there plenty of black leaders who pop up who are either existing and rolls like a church pastor, as well as like a politician after the civil war towns. lots of african-americans who want to take advantages of what they see as an opportunity to cash in on that land blacks are getting in indian territory for there also people who really appreciate the ideas frederick douglass is espousing as african americans to not just settle in the west but also have access to the ideas of democracy, freedom, everything the united states supposedly stands for. >> how did the five tribes and indian free people react to that migration? >> it's really interesting. there's lots of intermarriage between indian people and native americans. their expenses are very similar as former slaves. there are also groups of indian

frederick douglass is of course one of the greatest americans of all-time. his autobiography about life as a slave and his struggle to become free, in addition to everything else that he did in his life, those written works are some of the most

douglass and the quest for racial justice." now let's hear from michael burlingame. thank you for joining us today. >> before i begin my remarks, i would like to thank the archives for letting me participate in this series. over the years i've spent many ours in the archives conducting lincoln research, and this is relevant for the book i'm talking about today within the records of the committee on -- [inaudible] there's a great deal of information about how -- was done at the white house indicating that it was not always above board, and it was was -- see official documents about what was really going on. so i'm very grateful to the archives for superbing these records and making them so easily available to scholars like myself. okay, enough said. let's talk about the book. abraham lincoln was apparently one of those men who -- as an oxymoron. a contradiction in terms. during the civil war he pardoned a union soldier who had deserted to return home and weld his sweetheart. he -- wed his sweetheart. he reportedly had been flirt

. >> they took bold courageous action in line with everyone from frederick douglass to the legacy that includes the women who marched on pennsylvania avenue for women's right to vote. to all of those folks who shed their blood on the bridge, to make sure we would in 1965 passive voting rights act. >> it's pretty ridiculous for the last i checked the heroic civil rights on the bridge were not in a private charter jet spray they did not have a case of miller light next to them. these are partisan democrats playing a political stunt. they are desperate for media attention, they are getting it. guy: that's a pretty good come back from ted cruz there, that is ridiculous comparison from kamala harris apparently likes to offer those from time to time. chris, the quote about the crying. we are such a sacrifice they are such courageous heroes were shedding tears as he went and this private jet guzzling beer to washington d.c. per here is a thought, if you do not too cry yourself to sleep or cry and tear non- texas beer i know this is crazy bear with me, do your job. let's of the democratic proc

douglass says this is how you prove. you're a man, you know in this battle and it's like to me that devalues every second that these people have fought before that moment and after that that by saying that kind of rhetoric you're ignoring the fact that those children saw their father as a man or that those man saw themselves men because of the way they keep their fames together or the critical role that every person played in that family to keep it afloat. sometimes successfully and sometimes not the war provides a new avenue, but it also complicates manhood, you know, there's a recent book that talked about black men became men through their deaths in the civil war and you know my book out. i'm like, what does that mean? it means nothing when i'm dead like it doesn't and and families of soldiers and veterans will say that same thing. this means nothing. some of them said i want my family back so, you know talking about even monuments and all that and is proud chivalric or militarized manhood. it's really complicated and

kamala harris called the trip courageous, in-line with the brave actions of frederick douglass. watch. >> i had an extensive meeting yesterday with i think some of the most courageous elected leaders that we could know at this moment. i said it yesterday and i'll say it again. they took bold, courageous action in line with the legacy of everyone from frederick douglass, who is over my right shoulder, when he fought for the right of black men to vote in america, to the legacy that includes all those women who marched down pennsylvania avenue for women's rights to vote. to all of those folks who shed their blood on the edmund pettus bridge to make sure that we would, in 1965, pass the voting rights act. >> sean: now mitch mcconnell, republican colleagues, skipped town to prevent a quorum in the u.s. senate. let's see how kamala harris reacts then. what they call them courageous? which he be calling republicans courageous? i tend to doubt it. what is this really all about? we all know there is nothing racist about integrity in the elections. democrats are all easily worried. chance