>> i think that abraham lincoln was tinkering. people did mark their stuff for ownership, to make sure that it wasn't stolen. >> the guys confirm lincoln did initial at least one other tool. in a blacksmith's shop in the 1830s, witnesses recall abe etching his initials into an iron wedge. it's on display at the smithsonian. those initials look very similar to the "a-l" on andrea and keith's wood mallet. that these letters are inlaid is another key to steve and tom's authentication. >> not just anybody could do inlay work. one of the questions you have to ask yourself, did abraham lincoln have the ability to inlay the metal into the mallet? >> if no, that's a problem. if yes, it's another reason to believe the tool was lincoln's. the guys find their answer in an example of abe's carpentry work, a cabinet door usually on display at a nearby museum. >> abraham lincoln inlaid the letters "e-c" because this cabinet was built for elizabeth crawford, a neighbor of the lincoln's. >> steve tells me both sets of initials are consistent with

for abraham lincoln, it inspired his very first major public address. in his home in springfield, illinois, where he said this act of violence should inspire reverence for the laws. as john brown interpreted it, he believed it should inspire reverence for insurrection. he became an abolitionist overnight, and he believed in armed resistance to the struggle. and he devoted the next 22 years of his life to ending slavery with violence if necessary. in the 1850s, he and his sons led a band of anti-slavery guerillas into kansas, a disputed state, which was either going to enter the union as a slave or free state, to frighten pro-slavery residents and those coming in to add to the pro-slavery voting bloc. and you know, conducted battles, burned people's towns, and meanwhile, the pro-slavery people were burning abolitionist towns and destroying newspapers and courthouses. he killed so many people in kansas that he became -- it sort of became bloody kansas on his watch. and his initiative. and he became one of named after one of those battles that his armed me

abraham lincoln himself said john brown's effort was peculiar. how so? >> by the way, he said that in new york city. and he said it two months after john brown was executed. and i'll talk a little bit about brown and then i'll explain a bit about why he said what he said. so, john brown was a former leather tanner like ulysses grant, cattle rancher, who had an epiphany in 1837 when a mob in illinois destroyed the printing press of a journalist named elijah lovejoy and then killed him in the warehouse where he had hidden his printing press. he was an abolitionist editor. that event had an interesting impact on the two people we're going to be speaking about tonight. for abraham lincoln, it inspired his very first major public address in his home in springfield, illinois, where he said this act of violence should inspire reverence for the laws. as john brown interpreted it, it was -- he believed it should inspire reverence for insurrection. he became an abolitionist overnight and he believed in armed resistance to the struggle. and he devoted the next 22 y

picture of abraham lincoln. donald trump. as far as i know has never read a single biography of any president he has no idea who. was and what is and i guess he is because donald trump is somebody who him as systematically stepped all over and destroyed lincoln's legacy lately he's been stepping all over trump's like you see a rather lincolns like you see involving questioning holding an election itself lincoln in 1964 faced his reelection as he said to a friend i'm going to be beaten and beaten badly general grant's offensive had ground down into a standstill in the trenches outside of richmond there were enormous cancel teas unheard of casualties and lincoln was deeply unpopular there seemed to be nothing that could rescue him all those advisors suggested that he would lose. and lincoln said that not to hold an election would be to be the greatest defeat of all and lead to the entire ruin of the idea for which we are fighting the idea of democracy. but for trump everything is about donald trump for lincoln in his humility h

lincoln receive them, and he said we've come to father abraham, we've come to abraham for relief. lincoln immediately saw the justice of the complaints and he countermand it grants order. but he was very careful about that initials a savvy lincoln was. he ordered general how arc his general and chief to countermand the order because he did not want to publicly review a military man a rebuke actually. the last thing he wanted to do was turn grant off and make him stop or worst take to drink and reaction to an affront. he handled it very well but he did refers the order. >> one more question and that was what was his feeling about using black troops? >> there are several schools of thought on that. i would say at the very outset, meaning march 1863 when black recruitment is authorized, other historians may agree disagree with me. i don't think he was tremendously enthusiastic about it. maybe lawson should maybe more, instrumentalist and lincoln. ultimately, you know again, you have a revolution and thought when you see soldiers an action and once he heard the heroics of black troops

capitol obliging abraham lincoln to have a look at it. it was believed that -- lincoln would be disrespecting him not to go look at it. he had photographers, camp artists and he managed to maintain the homespun image very much like, guess who, abraham lincoln. >> these photos served a purpose as far as his supporters were concerned, perhaps to put him in the public eye politically. did images really have that sort of power to do such a thing? >> yeah. think how successful abraham lincoln was as a presidential candidate when images of him as a rail splitter began circulating in 1860. i think they had a huge effect. you couldn't find them on the internet because there was no electricity and you couldn't find them in magazines or newspapers. they were sought after. they were hung on walls, put in family albums. and the grant victories early in the war and lincoln's seemingly inability to maintain control of the civil government in the wake of the emancipation proclamation encouraged a lot of grant's admirers to propose that he replace grant

, and lincoln received them and he said we've come to father abraham and lincoln immediately saw the justice of their complaints, and he countermanded grant's order. but he was very careful about it, and this shows how savvy lincoln was. he ordered general hallic, his general in chief to countermand the order because he did not want to publicly rebuke a military man who had done so well. the last thing he needed was to turn grant off and make him sulk or worse take to drink in reaction to an affront. he did reverse the order. >> interesting. one more grant question and that is what was his feeling about using black troops? >> you know, there are several schools of thought on that. i would say at the very outset meaning march 1863 when black recruitment is authorized and other historians may disagree with me, but i don't think he was tremendously enthusiastic. maybe more than sherman but less than lincoln and stanton wanted him to be the secretary of war. ultimately again you have a revolution in thought when you see soldiers in action. and once he heard about the heroics of black tro

>> first of all, he met abraham lincoln, who is easy to see in a crowd. he was six foot four, with the average man was about five for five. so grant, simply climbed up on a set a, so he could be seen above the crowd, and people rushed forwards. this was not calculated, to please the first lady, who had spent a fortune in federal money to redecorate the white house, and she took an immediate dislike to grant and his wife. who is not there but, soon her dislike extended to julio. but this crushing scene, was immortalized but yet another painting, by peter -- called republican court. and by the way this reception, was the first time that abraham lincoln, had ever met ulysses-esque grant. later they were treated to the cabinet room, in a more private scene, lincoln conferred his promotion on him. >> but in the painting, grant is standing on a pedestal, instead of a sofa. >> it looks like a pedestal for sure. >> so more more images are proliferating of grant, and he as you said, found time to post photographs, and in the field and in the studio, but sometimes

obliging abraham lincoln to have a look at it because grant had become so popular that it was that lincoln would be disrespecting not to look at it. yes, he had photographers and camp artists and he managed to maintain the homespun image very much like abraham lincoln, his commander-in-chief. depictions also served a purpose as reporters were concerned not only to elevate him but also to put him in the public eye politically. did images really have that power to do such a thing? harold: yes. think how successful abraham lincoln was as a presidential candidate when images of him as a rail splitter began circulating 1860. the grant victories early in the war and lincoln's inability to obtain control of the civil government in the emancipation proclamation encouraged his admirers to propose that he either replaced grant on the republican ticket or to be the democratic nominee since grant was not known to have any politics. he did not even vote in the 1860 presidential election. he was put forth as a potential candidate. lincoln would not entertain the idea of promoting him to lieutenant gener

ultimately, abraham lincoln was totally silent on this. the governor was sort of friendly to the riders, because he called that my friends, but ultimately, lincoln authorized the deployment of, and this is going to sound eerily familiar again, the deployment of federal troops, who were dispatched from the gettysburg area north on trains, and they ultimately fired their weapons downtown, and that ended the rights. >> we have other images, one more image, of fires, there were lots of burning buildings under such rights. >> here's the army, facing off against the riders. i think the rioters here are a little better arms, to give you a sense of the chaos. we will never know the fatality rate. they say there were 120 deaths and 8000 injuries. that is a lot in 1863, when you do it as a portion of the population. but i don't believe the 120 figure. i don't think african americans who were pushed off the docks recounted, and people whose bodies were burned weren't counted, so i would say it was ten times as high as we have been led to believe. >>

it voted more than 67% against abraham lincoln in 1860. we have a lot of irish americans in the city who are not only angry about the 300 dollar exemption, but have been told by an early form of the yellow journalism that if they go to fight for the union, that african americans who are free will come into new york city and compete with them for their jobs on the docks and in factories by accepting lower wages. so a great deal of racial hatred is being stirred up in this population as well. it is a hot area. it's ugly. that is the foundation of what occurred on july 13th. it is literally hot. >> it's the summer. talk to us about the first few days of the draft. what unfolds over the weekend and starting on monday the 13th? >> the stabbed, the sunday, the 12th, there is a pause. according to new york culture and tradition. and it resumes on a particularly hot day on july 13th. new yorkers can really visualize the streets because begins on second avenue, 46 than 47th street, you a neighborhood, just before the martial office reopens, someone

abraham lincoln had been a whig. party, theay democratic party has a lot of .he factions -- innocence, henry clay lives on in both parties. certainly, you mentioned the 1830's. you have the rise of the new england anti-slavery society. he does develop some democratic ideals. the idea of a gag rule in congress, which many wanted. she definitely overrules that idea. even though he does not support it. >> before we get too far into the 1830's, we have not spent time on one of the great compromises that he is known for. when you talk about the politics around that? 1820. maine was about to enter at the same time. one is a slave and one is free. slavery isuestion of like a farm bill in the night. on the slavery question arises, it smolders like a fire. they bring it to the forefront and there are debate. on.ould go attempts to limit it completely. clay is not really the man who makes the first compromise. it came from other people. it is not really his compromise. it seems like it is done. the u.s. says they can go anywhe

it shows a kneeling slave rising through the benefits sense of abraham lincoln. in may look politically incorrect today, but it was funded, paid for exclusively by free african americans. everything is complicated, and that message is complicated as well. >> absolutely. one last your opinion kind of question. what do you think of ground on the history channel right now? >> i think it is a little simplistic. i love seeing my friend. i wish i could see more of him. there are some very good historians on the show. i think in some areas it's a little simplistic. as they speak, the beginning of 1864, mid 1864, or the order number 11 -- grant had issued an order in the western theater of the war. jews -- out of town -- the juice of the day said, when they saw lincoln was oi! >> thank you for being such a significant partner in this program and the series. thank you all of you out there for watching this evening for your attention, your questions and your memberships of course. and your value. we are so happy to present these programs to you. >> weeknights this month we

this thing 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 the 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 until this point have not been permitted to volunteer for the union army and have constituted what some people called a sable arm that could help the union win the war by increasing its manpower exponentially. this -- 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 displayed altogether because you need even the two floors of the historical society to give it justice. and it's signed by an amazing group of supporters of black enlistment for the time. it's signed by -- clearly by irish-americans, by jewish-americans, by german-americans, people from all walks of li

son and not abraham lincoln. who, when he met harriet beecher stowe,-- harriet beecher said to her, you are that lady that started this great war. she had never mentioned nor is uncle tom who is -- i consider the greatest christian in american literature. neither are mentioned ever as being great in their time. and yet on the times in which they lived and even today, their influence is greatly felt. especially by many african-americans who are historically informed. why is not lincoln? >> your response, please? >> abraham lincoln certainly -- kentucky, he may have started off as being friends in kentucky. certainly when the emancipation proclamation is issued, he becomes a much hated figure here in kentucky. so henry clay, who considered himself a westerner, but many southerners would have -- would choose him over abraham lincoln , who is certainly considered a traitor to the kentucky cause. you mentioned harriet beacher stowe, who is a popular kentucky figure. we read and study her. lincoln in that relationship,

our final object are the frame leads from abraham lincoln's beer. less than a week after appomattox of president lincoln, he is assassinated, assassinated. and his death as you say elevates him to the stoosz of secular saint. how so? -- status of secular staaint. how so? >> walt whitman had a way of putting it, what a place this man whom his friends had been patronizing for four years as a well-mean, kind-hearted, ignorant old cottager had won for himself in the hearts of his people, what a place he will fill in history. you know, i think it was the sudden change in emotion from elation to grief. a week after the fireworks and the church bell ringing it harted, he suddenly dead -- he died on good friday, which has also sorts of -- sorry, he was shot on good friday, which has all sorts of religious connotations. that sunday, easter services were devoted to what they called the black easter. lilies were painted black in churches as crepe begins to adorn public buildings and religious buildings. it's also the jewish holiday of passover. and in synagogu

braham abraham lincoln's words of 165 years ago still resonate because of who we are and what we are. a country where a boy born into poverty in a log cabin, raised here on the frontier of indiana could educate himself, become a lawyer, become a president of the united states who would preserve the union, abolish slavery, and save the nation. as a fellow hoosier, visiting lincoln's boyhood home has always been a treasured experience for me and my family. it's a place that made lincoln. it shaped lincoln. and defined the man that lincoln would become. america is the land of opportunity. as president donald trump declared at mount rushmore, in america you can do anything. you can be anything. and together we can achieve anything. every day, president donald trump is fighting to protect the promise of american liberty. every day our president has been fighting to expand the reach of the american dream. president ngle day donald trump has been fighting for you. tonight i'd like to introduce you to a few remarkable americans who represent that solemn pledge. who embody our president's unbr

one day john wilkes booth who shot abraham lincoln tracked me down and said this is the family of john wilkes booth and everyone knows the 12 days after abraham lincoln was shot, john wilkes booth was killed. this is his family and said they shot the wrong guy. he escaped and they have the proof and you want to hear the story cracks yes. i want to hear that story. [laughter] i love people tell me the secrets. went to a private lunch in the white house in the private dining room nobody look twice at me because i write thrillers for a living and i hosted tv show about conspiracies and i am the perfect spy. im. maybe he's telling the truth. that's what i want you to think. [laughter] i have the perfect cover. everybody thinks i'm doing fine research for another thriller. had were not use that idea in the next book? also on the other side what happens is when conspiracies become mainstream and candidates talk about them that does develop an industry of conspiracy. that's what we are at. it hasn't been about fear mongering that trying to get the hardest thing of all to the american people t

and teddy as a boy actually saw the new york funeral of abraham lincoln. you see the black kraiped horses drawing the coffin, the rolling coffin down the street. and it was packed like this for months. >> so let's go back to his relic which is our final object. what is this, and what does this demonstrate? what does it show? >> it's an amazing little relic. it's like many of the things we've shown in our series it's very personal. it's a sprig of laurel leaf that one of those people who passed by the open coffin at city hall simply took, plucked -- not legally certainly but plucked, put it in his pocket and took home as a souvenir. and then lovingly framed -- press and framed it leaf in a gold oval frame along with and look in the center and you'll see a little silhouetted cut out photograph of abraham lincoln made the year before. it was -- it was the same photograph that now appears on the $5 bill. and below it a little shred of black mourning crepe that perhaps this same person wore on his lapel as he walked around new york that weekend. a city that was

. >> next on "the presidency," a conversation about portraying abraham lincoln on the stage. ford's theater director paul tetreault talks with richard hellesen, the writer of a play about two meetings between abraham lincoln and frederick douglass. they are joined by actors craig wallace and david selby. ford's theater provided this video. >> today, we are happy to welcome playwright richard hellesen and actors david selby and craig wallace. all of these men have either appeared on the ford stage or created works that appeared on the ford stage too many times to count. so we are thrilled to have them with us today. i'd also like to say we have been watching demonstrations unfold in our neighborhoods and across the nation. as we plan for the future of ford's theater, we know we have work to do. we commit to using our platform to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, healing, and of course, abraham lincoln. today, we're talking with richard, craig, and david about a specific play in which they all took part, "necessary sacrifices," which ford'

. >> what do you think that infatuation is with abraham lincoln? >> i think all presidents fall in love with abraham lincoln, because no matter how bad they have it, lincoln had it worse. and yet, he ended up being number one ranked as presidents. remember, barack obama was very interested in the presidency of lincoln, and george w. bush called it his favorite president. what's different here is donald trump is trying to say, i'm as great as lincoln, i'm the equal of abraham lincoln, which is just preposterous. if he is a one-term president, donald trump will be remembered with james buchanan, towards the bottom of american presidents. two-term president, it could become a different story. so, he's trying to elevate himse himself. as his mt. rushmore speech indicated, donald trump's running saying, i am george washington, i am lincoln, i am buffalo bill, while all of these democrats are trying to tear down american heritage monuments. i stand for them all. i'm the representative of them all. i even want a garden of statues, he called for. so, he's

and the portrayal of abraham lincoln at fords theater and jfk's response to the nuclear arms race and siflt righcivil r. enjoy it tonight and every weeke weekend. ♪ >>> 24 wthis was the europe of . the nazi blitzkrieg had overwhelmed france, holland, belgi belgium, denmark, energy way. russian armies were in desperate retreat. italian and german forces were menacing egypt. their objective, to defeat an opposing british army and dominate all north africa. and there was a bloody quest over china. only one was stirl nll not at w. the united states. it was a sunday afternoon in 1941 and the statue of liberty towered over new york harbor as if she were the last symbol of freedom left to the crumbling fr free world. afternoon in new york. early morning in hawaii. and another great harbor where american ships were dockside. planes stood idle when suddenly without warning, ♪ >> the immediate japanese military objective was no knock out united states naval and air power in the pacific at a single stroke. they reasoned that we were committed to eventual entrance in the war in europe, convin

lincoln, tracked me down. and said to me, it was an amazing moment that this is a family and everyone knows if you read any history book, the 12 days after abraham lincoln was shot, john was then killed, this is his family and they actually escaped and they have the proof, do you want to hear the story? [laughter] yes, i want to hear that story, i want to hear that story, to me i love the people tell me the secrets, i went to a private lunch in the white house and walked in and had private lunch in the presidents private dining room, where they telling me secrets, i write thrillers for living, and hosted a tv show about conspiracy and i realize i'm the perfect by, i am, the thing is the more i insist, the more you laugh and the more you say maybe he's telling you the truth, that's what i just want you to think. that is it, i have the perfect cover, i can go anywhere and everyone thinks i'm making fun research for another thriller and i said how do i not use that idea and the next book, the house of secrets cre

a petition to abraham lincoln for the recruitment of black troops. this is addressed to his excellency abraham lincoln. >> it 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 arms and constituted what some people call a sable arm that could help the union win the war by increasing its man power exponentially. we've seen this object. it is a scroll. it is a big scroll. >> 25 feet or something. >> 25 feet long. it is 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 was signed by clearly irish americans, by jewish americans, by german am

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the objection of the 1864 election the terms of surrender and three briefs from his abraham lincoln's appomattox final year long before. long before political around computerized record keeping, lincoln seemed uncannily able to to -- like it had been a serious student voting trades ever since day is a poll watcher in illinois. tell me, where his predictions political over they statistical or where they just instinctive? >> all of the above. he was by all accounts, but people who knew him, a remarkable and very localized analyst of votes. he used to make the rounds in the illinois legal circuit in the 18 fifties and would come into a county and look at the elect election results and say wow, the republican part of the vote increase by 2%. if this continues by 1858 will be able to elect a senator and maybe with a little more presidential electorate. he had in his mind from precinct to precinct. why? because he lived and died by those results. he knew about turn out and vote polling, and all of the above. >> so our first object is a projection of the 1860 sure election this. isn't lincol

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but next on the presidency, a conversation about portraying abraham lincoln on the stage. ford's theater director paltrow talks with playwright, richard allison, who wrote necessary sacrifices, if forbes commission play about two meeting 15 leak in an abolitionist fredericton bliss. we are joined by actress david solely and craig wallace, who played lincoln and douglas respectively. ford's theater provided his video. >> today, we are happy to welcome playwright richard hellesen, and actors david salley and craig wallace. all these actors appeared on the ford stage, or great works but appeared on the forwards stage, too many times to count. we are thrilled to have them with us today. i am also, i would like to say that we have been watching demonstrations unfold in our neighborhoods and across the nation. as we prayed to the future of the ford's feet are, we know we have work to do. we commit to using our platform to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, feeling, and of course, abraham lincoln's legacy. today we are talking with richard he

claudia: se reunieron en las caminatas de monumento de abraham lincoln. en donde en 1963, 250,000 personas marcharon por el empleo y la libertad. donde martin luther king jr. pronunciÓ su discurso "yo tengo un sueÑo". pide en el fin de la fuerza policial contra la comunidad negra. >> muchos latinos dicen que no es pleito, pero es de todos. en medio de las emociones, familiares de jacob blake , george floyd, briana taylor, y otros hablaron. un policÍa de kenosha, wisconsin baleÓ a blake siete veces por la espalda y lo dejÓ paralÍtico. el sistema es culpable de racismo, grito su padre. despuÉs de esta marcha hace 57 aÑos atrÁs, en el congreso se aprobaron leyes contra la segregaciÓn racial. ahora con un congreso dividido es difÍcil que se apruebe legislaciones contra la brutalidad policial. claudia: los organizadores esperan que la marcha motive a mÁs gente a acudir a las urnas en noviembre. >> no tenemos nada que hacer, vinimos porque las vidas de los negros importan.si no hay legislaciÓn, no hay cambios. claudia: la familia de martin luther k

and release from abraham lincoln. long before computerized lincoln seems, able to comprehend and analyze the most fragmented early voting trends. you write lincoln had been a serious student of voting trends since his day as a poll watcher in illinois. political,redictions statistical? or instinctive? above.zer: all of the he was a remarkable and localized analyst. he used to make the rounds in the illinois legal circuit and and looke into account at the election results and say the republican part of the voting increased by 2%. if this continues, we will be able to elect a senator and he to increases head the precinct. he knew about turnout. all of the above. is aie: the first object projection of the november 1864 election. this is in lincoln's handwriting. what does this reflect? aboutlzer: don't worry the focus. this is a very faded document. it was not meant to be kept. those of us old enough to whenber the 2000 election estimates were written on a big piece of vote tag, this is octoberdoodling in 1864, a month b

two, complicit in the assassination of abraham lincoln. and three, the mistreatment of federal soldiers in prison by the confederate states army. in order to answer those charges in federal court, he had to be in a place where his last residency occurred, and that would be in richmond, the white house of the confederacy. it is here he will stay four months to remain incarcerated at fort monroe for almost two years. he would never see his day in court. he would never be acquitted. and he would retire and write his memoirs and live to the age of 80. with the understanding that jefferson davis was charged with three federal indictments, many folks in the united states, men of wealth, men of influence, decided that that was not going to be the best way to heal the nation. to try jefferson davis with the fear that he might be acquitted would cast a shadow over 3.2 million people going to war and over 750,000 of them losing their lives. at the conclusion of the american civil war, the priority of not only our congress and the president, but the

lincoln was the 1st republican president who were only it. the road and i have done more in 3 years for the black community then joe biden has done in 47 years azar and when i'm reelected the best is yet to come ross thought the os software. the read all the way through the read through the thought through through the threat the threat the threat the threat through the threat the thread through the rule over all. when i took office the middle east was in total chaos isis was rampaging iran was on the rise and the war in afghanistan had no end in sight. i withdrew from the terrible one sided iran nuclear deal. sure we're going to like many presidents before me i kept my promise recognized israel's true capital and moved our embassy to jerusalem we were hurt thanks but not only did we talk about it is a future site we got it dealt rather than spending $1000000000.00 on a new building as planned we took an already owned existing building in a better location. real estate deal right yeah. and opened it at a cost of less than $500000.00 to own a.

lincoln onng abraham the stage. a ford's commission to play between lincoln meeting two abolitionists. we're joined by the actors. ford's theater provided this video. >> today, we are happy to welcome playwright richard allison and actors david selby and craig wallace. all of these men have either appeared on the ford stage or created works that appeared on the ford stage. too many times to count. so we are thrilled to have them with us today. say wei'd also like to have been watching demonstrations unfold in our neighborhood and across the nation as we planned for the future of ford's theater. we know we have work to do. we commit to using our platform to tell stories that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, healing, and of course, abraham lincoln. with, we're talking richard and david about a specific play in which they all took part, necessary sacrifices, which ford's theater premiered in 2012. ford's commissioned richard to write the play to celebrate leadership in 2011. this play explores the

i am proud of what abraham lincoln stood for. i am proud of what this party stood for. i believe people can have differences of opinion and not hate. they can debate ideas. when you debate ideas, there is a lot of common ground. we are all americans. i yearn for those days again. that people don't hate one another just because they have different thoughts. think -- >> you do not mean to imply that you became a republican simultaneously the president. >> if i had been alive during that time, oh yeah. note, iat historical will turn over the remainder of the program to you and rrb. remember, was the first time the republicans took down confederate flag. thank you so much, congressman. we have a number of questions. the first one is what do you intend to do to make the republican party more inclusive for people of diverse ethnic backgrounds? >> that's a great question. best we could have is to show everybody that people have the ability to serve. if we are really a big tent, then we should look like what we believe we are. and this is interesting. we're going through primar

susan: were going to jump to abraham lincoln. i have to read this because i've read it several times to prepare for this interview and it is so strong. he had become by 1864 the harshest and indeed the most repressive presidential sensor yet. even the sedition act could not match the ferocity and scope, the undeclared and largely unchallenged war the lincoln administration begin warring against hostile newspapers within months of his inauguration. harold: i was tough. susan: you were tough. harold: well, we can argue about the legality, the rationale, the tensions and anxieties that existed when the southern states seceded and started a rebellion. that was lincoln's argument, that in the case of rebellion, all bets are off. he felt he was not obligated to protect individual constitutional guarantees if that meant the entire constitution would go down the drain with the union. so that was his rationale. but the record is undeniable. adams may have conducted what i call show trials to enforce the sedition act, but at least there we

in the depths of a bloodied civil war, president abraham lincoln looked out these very windows upona looked out these very windows upon a half completed washington monument and asked god, in his providence, to save oui’ god, in his providence, to save our nation. two weeks after pearl harbour, frank and —— roosevelt .gov winston churchill just roosevelt .gov winston churchilljust inside they set oui’ churchilljust inside they set our people on the costa victory ——on the course to victory. our entire planet has been struck bya entire planet has been struck by a new and powerful, invisible enemy. like those brave americans are before us, we are meeting this challenge. we are delivering life—saving therapies and will produce a vaccine before the end of the year or maybe even sooner. applause .we applause . we will defeat the virus and at the pandemic and emerge stronger than ever before. applause . what united generations past was unsha keable confidence . what united generations past was unshakeable confidence in america's destiny and an unbreakable faith in the american

. >>> next on the presidency, a conversation about portraying abraham lincoln at the stage. ford's theater director paul tret trault talk-oetreault. joined by actors david selby and craig wallace who played lincoln respectively. ford theater provided this video. >> today we are happy to welcome playwright richard herson and david selby and craig wallace. all created work that appeared on the ford stage, too many times to count. so we're thrilled to have them with us today. i'm also, i would like to say we've been watching demonstrations unfold in our neighborhoods and across the nation as we plan for the future of ford's theater, we know we have work to do. we commit to using our platforms that tell stories, that speak to the present moment with courage, inspiration, healing and, of course, abraham lincoln legacy. today we're talking with richard craig and david about a specific play they took part "necessary sacrifice" ford theater premiered in 2012. ford commissioned richard to write the play to celebrate the opening of our center for education and leadership in 2011. this

abraham lincoln, he did good, even though it's questionable. >> that's crazy. today is the 55th anniversary of the voting rights signed into law by lyndon talking about his rights record. >> i have done more for african-americans than any president with the possible exception of abraham lincoln, and that's true. i passed criminal justice reform. i funded the historically black colleges and colleges and universities. nobody else did it. i did it. i gave them long-term financing. they never had it. half of them were going out of business. they were having a hard time. they came up to see me. i took care of it. obama never did it. i did it. opportunity zones. and the job numbers are the best in the history of this country for african-americans, hispanic americans. >> i know. and that's real civil rights. >> that's real civil rights. that's why i call you a civil rights activist. i do. >> okay. yeah. donald j. trump. earth to civil rights activist, you literally cannot make this stuff up. and that is today's craziest damn thing in the world! last night's sleep, int

andrew johnson was not exactly the same person as abraham lincoln. reconstruction led to jim crowe laws, the ku klux klan, lynching throughout the south and so forth. and washington, d.c. didn't do that much about federal government. it was largely controlled by some southern members who are not really that favorable to african-americans. not until the civil rights revolution in the 1960s did washington get more interested in actually trying to change these things. is that when it came about, when the civil rights revolution came along, that the federal government officials said, we have to do something to change the laws in this country in the 1950s and 1960s? >> what you have, washington, d.c., again, because of howard university, was really at the forefront of demanding fairness in the 1920s, 30s, '40s. so it really wasn't that they waited until the 1960s, but the pressures on the federal government, the leadership that the civil rights movement did, the visibility that it received utilizing the media and television put pressure on the federal gov

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