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The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Dinesh Reflects on the Greatest Black Americans in History
"I'm continuing my discussion of the greatest black Americans of our history. As I mentioned in the last segment, a leftist historian of scholar would quite likely rank Martin Luther King number one, Frederick Douglass number two and WEB Dubois number three, my ranking is different. Frederick Douglass number one, Booker T. Washington number two and Martin Luther King number three. Now arguably I'm doing this because the top two Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington were lifelong Republicans. They both were. Martin Luther King, as I say, was sort of more ambiguous later in his life he associated more with the Democratic Party. But Frederick Douglass understood that the Republican Party was founded not just as the antislavery party, but also as the anti racism party. By the way, there's a very interesting book by Eric foner, who's by who ISO himself a progressor, but it talks about the legacy of the Republican Party in the north. And he talks about the fact that although, yes, you will find Republicans who uttered conventional racial views of the time and Lincoln himself if you forged or link and you can find certain quotations by Lincoln that taken out of context or by themselves would seem to imply that Lincoln isn't all that friendly isn't granting full equality to blacks. But in context, when you see the full link and you realize that Lincoln was, in fact, had a very color blind view. Now he realized that other Americans didn't, and he realized that he needed the votes of those other Americans. So at times what Lincoln would do is downplay what he himself truly believed in order to find common ground with people who thought we thought differently. And this is, by the way, what democratic politicians do all the time.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Who Is the Greatest Black American in History?
"Warren black history month and so I thought I would focus today on the question who is the greatest black American of our history. In fact, not just who is the greatest, but whose number one, whose number two, whose number three. Now, if you went to black studies departments or progressive scholars and asked them to give you their ranking, I think that their ranking would go like this. They would put Martin Luther King as number one. And they would have Frederick Douglass, the runaway slave as number two, and they would probably have WEB Dubois as number three. And you can see that this is a ranking that is somewhat weighted in the progressive favor. And by that, I mean Martin Luther King was not really, I wouldn't say clearly a Republican or a Democrat. He tended to avoid a clear identification with either party. Now I've seen some people on social media go Martin Luther King was a Republican. I'm actually not aware of any evidence that he specifically called himself that. Now his father, I believe, was a Republican. Martin Luther King, I think, was sort of nothing, neither party. But he did more openly identify with Kennedy, JFK, and then certainly with LBJ with the signing of the Civil Rights Act. I think it's probably fair to say that Martin Luther King was clearly in the democratic camp by 1964, and if anything he moved further left after that. So you can see the progresses of picking king as he's like, he's one of ours. We don't like his color blind thing all that much today, but nevertheless he was on our side.
WTOP
"frederick douglass" Discussed on WTOP
"808 8 5 88 44. You're listening to WTO neighbors. I'm going to Joe Biden was in Baltimore this week on Monday for the launch of a long awaited rail tunnel project, the Baltimore and Potomac tunnel is a 150 years old and will cost around $4 billion to replace. Right now, trades have to slow down to we're told 30 mph to navigate the curves that lie under parts of Baltimore. It is considered a problem that the president knows very well having used Amtrak himself to commute from Delaware to Washington as a senator. 99% of the weekdays there's been a delay here somewhere. Trust me, I know. The new tunnel will fix those bottlenecks we are told it will be named after abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who boarded a train to freedom actually in Baltimore, Washington Post reporter Marietta alfaro joined WTO with more on it. So he's emphasizing how many union jobs are coming out of this construction, how much of this is bringing jobs to these areas, how much of this is going to help grow the economy. And I think that that is something that you're going to hear more of a lot now that we're getting closer to 2024. The president announced construction this week will be fully funded by the bipartisan infrastructure law. Hate crimes are on the rise locally in Montgomery county, now more than $800,000 is being put to use to reverse that trend. Gaudi leaders announcing the 91 nonprofits that will get the money, it'll help those organizations boost on site security. In the last four years, our school have experienced tremendous increase of hate. And we looked at her pre-K through 6th grade aleph bet montessori school had two visitors at the last open house, screaming anti semitic messages. She says she's also found items like saws and knives left around campus in North Bethesda. Obviously those haters want to make our school unsafe for children. And that's why they did it. And so we had to institute a walk around the school just to find those elements. There are not supposed to be in a school property. The grant director says more than half of the organizations receiving part of an $800,000 grant have either been targeted or are at risk of a hate crime. In Rockville Meghan cloher a WTO news. Goggles is taking over the national prayer breakfast, the event is one of the most long-standing gatherings actually that brings religion and politics together in our nation's capital of Washington, D.C.. It's now splitting we're told from the private religious group that had overseen it for decades, the event will be organized this year by a new foundation led by former Arkansas senator Mark Pryor. Some lawmakers had raised questions about the thousands being invited to the past breakfasts and how much money at the event were actually being raised to organizers this year say they only expect two or 300 to attend. They want to return the breakfast. They say to its more intimate roots, stay tuned. You are listening to 103.5 FM NWT OP dot com. Hi, I'm Kirsten from pentatonix. We've all learned how to cope with more time alone. With more time spent isolated or at home, the need for companionship has grown. If you've considered adding a pet to your family, please check with your local shelters and foster organizations. Stray pet numbers have grown immensely over the past several years, and the trauma costs these animals is devastating. Stop pets, they need us more than we know. This message is courtesy of the United States Air Force. He has three 44
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Multiple Attempts to Resettle American Slaves
"There was multiple attempts to try and resettle slaves that were brought to America, multiple attempts, and they were all largely unsuccessful because many of the slaves, especially freed slaves in the Met with Lincoln on this topic in this matter, said America is our home. We want to stay in America. We love this place. We don't love what's happened to us, but we see opportunity and we see a chance to flourish here. Abraham Lincoln had very specific plans it was called lincolnia was a proposed Central American colony that was originally proposed by Samuel pomeroy of Kansas in 1862. After Abraham Lincoln asked the senator and the United States secretary of interior, Caleb Smith, to work on a plan to resettle freed African Americans from the United States. Now, this gets really, I think, brutally mis told by so many of the kind of race people in the academy say, Lincoln wanted the blacks to leave America. No, he didn't. He assumed that many of them wanted their own country. And so actually one of the leading negotiators that pushed back against this idea was one of the great Americans ever to live Frederick Douglass. And Frederick Douglass said that he was very opposed to immigration. And the delegation then responded to Frederick Douglass's leadership. Frederick Douglas was one of the leading spokespeople of whether or not there was going to be an own country. And so basically this country was going to be in Central America right between what would be modern day Honduras. Now, mind you, there was a resettlement program. This is what other country went to such great efforts to try to bring slaves to back to where they came from as what we tried to do under president Monroe in Liberia.
AP News Radio
Wes Moore to be sworn in as Maryland's first Black governor
"Was more becomes Maryland's first black governor. Moore will be sworn in as governor today using a Bible once owned by Frederick Douglass, a marylander who escaped slavery on the state's eastern shore before becoming the famed abolitionist. Before Moore's inaugural speech, he scheduled to visit the Annapolis city dock, which was once one of the region's slave ports, and when he gives his inaugural speech as Maryland 63rd governor, Moore will be looking out on a mall in front of the capital with a statue of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice, thurgood Marshall, was more becomes the third black governor elected in the nation's history, Virginia's Douglas wilder was elected in 1989 and deval Patrick of Massachusetts was elected in 2006. I'm Donna water
The Eric Metaxas Show
Michael Wilkerson: Slavery Defined Who We Would Become as a Nation
"Our two in my conversation with my friend Michael wilkerson, the book, really an amazing book. It's called why America matters. Okay, so Michael, we left off talking about the issue of slavery. And you write really extensively about that battle in our history, because a lot of times we get the short version of it. To me, this was the foundational challenge. This was the question that was going to define who would we become as a nation. Slavery was an aberration. It was inimical to the ideals articulated in the declaration in the constitution. And yet we allowed it to live. There was a belief that, oh, it'll just go away on its own. Later in following the signing of the declaration, a lot of the signatories and others really begin to rally around resistance to the idea of slavery. But we were in conflict because half of the nation in the south were very much wedded to it from their economic and cultural social life. John Quincy Adams, after he left The White House for the next three decades in the House of Representatives, haranguing about the issue of slavery, Benjamin Franklin, in his last decade, really devoted himself to abolitionist causes. The rise of the abolitionist movements in the 1830s through 50 60s really were a catalyst to begin to awaken public consciousness at a broader level to the evil that was the institution of slavery. The most fascinating person that I found in this whole period of history was Frederick Douglass. Frederick Douglass was an escaped slave who, in his youth, had taught himself to read, taught him itself, got all kinds of books whenever he could. Eventually escape to the north. And long story short became a leading abolitionist, a leading voice, a friend of president Lincoln. And in my view was the most prophetic voice speaking to the conscious of America saying, this thing is evil and it has to be destroyed. And
The Trish Regan Show
Larry Elder Joins Trish to Discuss Racial Inequality
"Larry, good to have you here. Chris say hello to the black face of white supremacy. As I was called by the LA time when I ran for governor by a columnist who the bank email was initials are Erica D Smith, oops. Yeah. Look, I know that what you're doing comes from a very good place. And I know that in part just because I know you, but also you've really over the years, pointed out the policy flaws that I think have left so many black Americans disenfranchised. This new movie, and by the way, I say this is actually a sequel to the uncle the original Uncle Tom that you wrote. But this is the second one. And you get into some of these things. People ought to know, there was a lot of success was there not within the African American community long before the war on poverty in the 1960s in my estimation really destroyed so much of it. Absolutely. And by the way, it's a collaborative effort. Both these films, the director is Justin Malone. He's absolutely brilliant. It was scored by an amazing composer, a named Damon Chris well and co written by the star chattel Jackson, a guy named rival writer Ansel and myself. So it's a collaborative effort. But you're absolutely right about the success of black America. The first one talks about post slavery. When you're talking about an environment with the Klan, lynchings, Jim Crow, still black people kept moving forward. Why? Basically four reasons. Reliance on family. Even during slavery, a black child was more likely to be born under a roof as biological mother and biological father than today. Reliance on American values. You look at speeches by people like Frederick Douglass and they're replete with references to patriotism and to American values, even though obviously America was not living up to those values when it came to black Americans.
WTOP
"frederick douglass" Discussed on WTOP
"Off savings on fences, decks and pavers. Go to long fence dot com and schedule your free estimate today. It's four ten the man who climbed the Frederick Douglass bridge Friday morning to protest the Supreme Court's abortion decision has now been charged. The charges against Guido reichstadt include unlawful entry crowding and not obeying. Police kept the bridge closed during his roughly 30 hour protest, which finally ended Saturday afternoon. In an abortion rights protest earlier this month, he chained he chain locked himself to the unscalable fence outside of the Supreme Court. We continue to see efforts to strip the names of confederate generals from buildings and roadways in our area. James has more on what drivers in fairfax county think about changing names to numbers. The survey which had a small sample size found that the public prefers to just go with the road's numbers, so the new name for Lee highway named after Robert E. Lee would be route 29 and for Lee Jackson memorial highway named after Thomas Stonewall Jackson, the name would be route 50. I mean, I know this is a small sample set, but frankly, people already refer to these by their route numbers today. So it would be a less dramatic change in terms of lifestyle marketing, the daily lives of people who live and work in these two corridors. What a supervisor's chairman Jeff bouquet, the new signage could cost the county anywhere between 1,000,004.2 $1 million. Acacia James WTO P news. Metro sales office at the metro center station
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"My God it makes you laugh to think someone like me could keep someone like you. Remember what I become fun fact Peter Dinklage and screenwriter Eric Schmidt are a couple. As are Hayley Bennett and the film's director, Joe Wright. Think of it as a romantic behind the scenes footnote to a movie that's unabashedly romantic and spirit. Wright's filmmaking has a pleasing old fashioned sumptuousness. Courtesy of production designer Sarah Greenwood and costume designers Massimo cantini parini and Jacqueline Duran, who are Oscar nominated for their dazzling work here. And as always, write controls the camera with fluid grace. Letting us see the actors and dancers moving through space. With none of the busy cutting you get in so many contemporary movie musicals. Bennett is a trained singer, and she delivers the movie's strongest musical performance. Her rock sand really comes to emotional life when she's called on to sing. Dinklage has musical experience, too. He was the frontman of a 90s puck band called wizzy. And he expresses cyrano's every longing, with a deep, soulful baritone. He's an inspired choice for the role. Like Tyrion Lannister, whom dinklage played to perfection on Game of Thrones, cyrano is always the smartest person in the room. Easy to underestimate, but hard to defeat in a battle of wits or weapons. But dinklage shows you the deep ache at cyrano's core. And makes you feel the sting of his unrequited love. Some purists may miss that big nose, but there's something about the lack of prosthetic enhancements that makes dinklage's performance all the more poignant. What you see on screen is all him. Nothing more and nothing less. That disarming sincerity applies to the movie as a whole. It's not always the most graceful retelling of this oft told tale, but it's hard not to admire rights conviction. And sometimes his crazy audacity. Only a truly committed director would have opted to shoot a climactic battle scene at 16,000 feet above sea level. On the side of Mount Etna, a live volcano. It's a showy flourish for sure. But also a fitting one for a story of such grand, operatic passion, Justin Chang is the film critic for the LA times. He reviewed cyrano, starring Peter Dinklage. Fresh air's executive producer is Danny Miller, our senior producer today is Roberta shorrock. Our technical director and engineer is Audrey bentham, with additional engineering support from Joyce Lieberman, Julian hertzfeld, and Adam stanislavski. Our interviews and reviews are produced and edited by Amy salit, Phyllis Myers, Sam briger, Lauren krenzel, Heidi saman, Teresa Madden, Anne Marie baldonado, a challenger, Seth Kelly, and Kayla Lattimore. Our producer of digital media is Molly CV nesper for Terry gross. I'm Dave Davies..
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"But what modern conservatives have done is they plucked out pieces of rhetoric here and there and they've said, aha, you see, Douglas was not only a Republican. But he believed in individualism and self reliance and self help, which meant he didn't advocate for government assistance and so forth. I have to say, it's a terrible misuse and appropriation of Douglas because it ignores I would argue 80 or 90% of the rest of his ideas in the rest of his life. He was not anti government in the least. He believed an activist interventionist use of federal power to destroy slavery to destroy the confederacy and to reconceive the U.S. Constitution. But it's what we do with historical figures, but it's often a rather slippery misuse of the past. He did preach self reliance. There's no question about that, but you have to go back into that context and understand why. David by thanks so much for taking with us. My pleasure. Thanks for having me, Dave. Historian David blight recorded in 2018. His Pulitzer Prize winning book, Frederick Douglass, prophet of freedom, inspired a new HBO documentary about Douglas which premiered this week. It's titled Frederick Douglass in 5 speeches. Coming up, we remember physician and public health advocate Paul farmer, who died Monday. This is fresh air. Paul farmer, the physician and anthropologist known for his long-standing efforts to bring healthcare to some of the poorest people in the developing world, died Monday in Rwanda on the grounds of a hospital and university he helped establish. He was 62. Partners in health, the global organization he helped found said he died of an acute cardiac event. Farmer worked on public health projects in many countries, developing strategies for dealing with tuberculosis, HIV and Ebola, in addition to providing basic affordable care. When The New York Times contacted doctor Anthony Fauci about farmer's death, he wept in the interview, saying he and farmer had been like soul brothers. Farmer had long-standing ties to Haiti, where he founded a clinic decades ago that would grow into a network of 16 medical centers around the country. We have a short excerpt of my interview with farmer in 2011 after he'd been deeply involved in efforts.
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"To my 2018 interview with blight. His book is Frederick Douglass, prophet of freedom. Frederick Douglass is known as a real champion of women's suffrage. I think he was the only male speaker at the Seneca falls meeting in 1848, right? Yes. He's the only male speaker. He wasn't the only male signer of the declaration of sentiments at sonic a falls, but he was the only black person even attending it. He embraced women's suffrage early, and often. And except he got into a big problem later. Well, that's what I wanted to get to. He befriended Elizabeth cady Stanton and in the end, they had a falling out. It was over principle, right? What happened? Well, we're competing principles, of course. When it came time for the Fifteenth Amendment, the voting rights amendment passed in 1869, Douglass had a terrible falling out, with Susan Anthony and Elizabeth cady Stanton, who were the and others, but they were the two great leaders of the women's suffrage movement, and the whole debate was essentially about whether women would be included. In the voting rights amendment, and they were not, and the reason, of course, was that everyone with one eye open knew that if you put women's suffrage into that amendment it never would have passed, first the Congress and certainly wouldn't have passed in the state legislatures. So Douglass took the position that as he put it, it was the black man's hour. And this was the one chance to get the right to vote for black men, and that for now women would have to once again wait. Well, Stanton and Anthony were had run out of patience. They weren't going to wait any longer, but the problem was they've pushed back and fought back with racist language. Terribly racist language against Douglas and against black men generally. And Douglass handled most of that as a gentleman with grace except he also threw about some rather stereotypical claims, for example, he said, well, educated women can still have their husbands voting and their husbands can vote their interest, which brings pretty badly on our ears today. But it was one of those moments when you had to make choices and he took the choice of favoring the Fifteenth Amendment because it got at least black male suffrage into the constitution. You know, he became committed to the Republican Party..
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"Slave is the preservation of the union. You know, when he was a young abolitionist, Frederick Douglass, like William lord garrison, didn't think the U.S. Constitution could be used to grant true equality. He came to regard it differently and saw the Civil War as a chance for a second American Revolution. And of course, the question was whether the slaves in the south would truly be given the rights of citizenship. And in 1866, he leads a delegation of blacks to meet with Andrew Johnson, who was the who had become president after Lincoln's assassination himself essentially a white supremacist. What happens at this meeting? It's an extraordinary meeting and it's a debacle. Douglas Lee's delegation. February 1866 of about 12 black men, to The White House to meet with Johnson, to talk to him about black civil and political rights and because at that point, the nature of the reconstruction laws and the soon to be Fourteenth Amendment was all up in the air, the debates were just beginning to happen in Congress, and there was Andrew Johnson seemingly standing in the way of it all, and did he ever. They had a bitter and terrible exchange that lasted almost an hour, Andrew Johnson gave a speech to this delegation that Douglas led a bitter speech. He blamed black people for the war. He told them they should really colonize themselves outside of the country. They should really leave, that political rights, especially the right to vote, who just never really going to be possible. And when Douglas tried at times to interrupt or interject, Johnson would tell him to be quiet, and just listen. And there were forced, basically, to listen. Douglass finally toward the end of this meeting got in a few lines and a few questions. He demanded the right to vote. He said the right to vote for black people is ultimate peace and freedom to the whole country. But as they were leaving, Andrew Johnson was overheard saying and was recorded even in the newspaper, that Douglas, he's just like every other N word I've ever known, he'll as soon cut your throat as anything. And Douglass overheard that. This is the president of the United States. Douglas then went back and with his oldest son Louis, who was at this meeting, they wrote a kind of a manifesto letter that was published. Denouncing Andrew Johnson and protesting. But most importantly, Douglas did what he always did. He went to his desk and he wrote a barn burner of a speech. He called it the perils to the republic. It was like it was a speech of warning that Andrew Johnson stands in the way here of the fruition of the victories of the Civil War..
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"Restfully. Drawing an audience in to some kind of situation, but nothing flamboyant about it. But then slowly, but surely working toward some kind of resolution, some kind of point, some kind of argument, some kind of moral message. And then sometimes in that last part of the speech, reaching these exuberant crescendos, that would just come out of him and shouts or in roars, people would say, he had that ability of performance. And he gained that by the simple power of repetition. But he had a performance of way of delivering his oratory that people just flocked to see. In fact, I say in the book at one point that seeing and hearing Douglas became through the course of the 19th century, a kind of American wonder of the world. If you came to America, you wanted to see Douglass speak if you could. It was that kind of an event. Douglas watched the crises over slavery build towards the Civil War, he was prepared to see a war in order to see slavery ended. What was his attitude towards Abraham Lincoln? Did they have a relationship? Douglas did have a relationship with Lincoln, but not until the war years. Doug was first became aware of Lincoln during the Lincoln Douglas debates. He followed in the newspapers and Douglas was even out in Illinois. During one or two of the debates. And we should note this is not Lincoln versus Frederick Douglass. No, no, no. Stephen Douglas. For the Senate race in 1858, he became intrigued with Lincoln then, of course, two years later, Lincoln runs for president. But their relationship was very testy. At first, Douglas was one of Lincoln's most ferocious critics in the first year or year and a half of the war because the war wasn't being made against slavery, and they were even trying to return fugitive slaves. So before they ever met Douglas had said some of the harshest things any critic of Lincoln had ever said. But things changed over the course of the war. They did. The Emancipation proclamation was probably critical there. It was absolutely critical into 1862, and Douglas was still hammering away at Lincoln at one point he called him the most powerful slave catcher in the country. But after the preliminary proclamation, September 62, and of course the final proclamation, January 63, Douglass's tune on Lincoln greatly changed. And then especially with the recruiting of black soldiers in the wake of the Emancipation proclamation and Douglas got deeply involved personally in recruiting members of the 54th Massachusetts regiment two of his own sons were members of that regiment. He slowly but surely changes his tune about Lincoln. He comes to see the war now as a crusade led by Lincoln and the Republicans to not only save the union, but do it by destroying slavery in everywhere he got a chance to say it he would say freedom to the slave is freedom to the nation. Freedom to the.
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"And he then learns to preach from the text, which is, of course, the Protestant tradition, and it's there in that AME Zion church, as well as a couple public meetings where he gets discovered, so to speak, by the Massachusetts abolitionist to our disciples of William Lloyd garrison, and in the late summer of 1841 they invited this very young man he's 23 years old out to Nantucket to a big antislavery convention, and it was there in the athenaeum on Nantucket, where he gave his first speech to a room full of abolitionists, a room full of white people. And in essence, he got up and told some of his stories about his youth about being a slave, and he was a hit, a huge hit, and they hired him. To then go out on the road as an itinerant lecturer across New England at first, and eventually within a year or two, all across the northern states. He eventually becomes an establishes several newspapers and for the next 20 years becomes an activist. For abolition, he began with a pacifist as garrison was. How did Frederick Douglass's views about the means to abolish slavery? Evolve between then and the Civil War. Yes. That's a fascinating aspect of his life, because he undergoes a kind of ideological strategic even intellectual transformation, and the late 1840s, early 1850s. I think it's the first great transformation of his public life. He also had quite a breakdown in this period. He could barely make ends meet for his family. He is trying to be the self made man who could not provide. But he embraced, for example, things like the possible uses of violence. And that's in the wake one must know of the fugitive slave act, which radicalized a lot of people. The fugitive slave act of 1850 made everyone complicit with the returning fugitive slaves to their owners if they could be found. And by 1851, 1852, Douglas's writing editorials with lines such as, why do slave catchers fear having their throats cut? It's because they deserve to have them cut. He also embraced political parties vehemently. He came to see that if you don't attack the law, and you don't find a way to change the power at the base of slavery, you would never destroy it. So he's moving not only moving away from garrison. He's moving full force into the politics of antislavery. It's not going to be a smooth ride by any means through the 1850s. But by 51 and 52, he's become a thoroughgoing political abolitionist, believing in political parties, believing in political activism..
Fresh Air
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Fresh Air
"Personal life, his support for and bitter feud with leaders of the women's suffrage movement and his years as a Republican Party functionary when he took patronage jobs in the government. Douglas was a powerful orator and blight says the most photographed person of the 19th century. Blight's book is Frederick Douglass, prophet of freedom. Well, David blight welcome back to fresh air. Tell us about Frederick Douglass early life, where was he born? What was his life like as a slave? Well, first thank you, David. It's great to be back on fresh air. Frederick Douglas was born along a horseshoe bend in the tuckahoe river. On the eastern shore of Maryland, in 1818, it's a kind of a remote backwater at that point of the American slave society. It was born on the home hill farm, which was owned by his then master, Aaron Anthony, his mother. Was a still young woman named Harriet Bailey. He was probably born in his grandmother, Betsy Bailey's cabin, although we don't know for sure. And he never will know exactly who his father was, although one candidate is Aaron Antony himself, Douglas was always told that his father was his master, or one of his masters, so one of the facts of his youth that everyone should know is that he was in essence an orphan. He never knew his father. And he never saw his mother after the age of 6, and he had to practically invent images of her. He had very little memory of her, so as a child, he's essentially not altogether abandoned, but he's left without parents. And then he grows up. For 20 years, as a slave, about 11 of them on the eastern shore, and about 9 of those years in Baltimore, which, in fact, the city has everything to do with the fact that he would ever be able to escape. Right, in Baltimore, he lived among a lot of freed black men, right? And women. That's right. That's right. Baltimore was a great ocean port and a great shipbuilding city. And when in the year he escaped, 1838, Baltimore had about a 130,000 people. It was a big ocean port city. It only had about 3000 slaves, but it had about 17,000 free blacks. It was a very large, very active energetic free black community, and he grows up a midst of them as well, especially amidst them..
Mark Levin
Mark Levin Reflects on Latest Abraham Lincoln Documentary on HISTORY
"There's a documentary that's on about Lincoln And eventually this before on the history channel And what's remarkable is that documentary its first night was up against my show on Sunday And yet we had over 2 million viewers which is massive for a Sunday Night at 8 p.m. eastern And yet I DVR didn't watched it After my show and I watched it the next night When you watch a show like that you watch the show on Churchill or you watch a show on Washington and so forth You know why these are great men These are great men that make extraordinarily difficult decisions while all the men and women around them are running around like chickens without a hit While they're getting all kinds of static all kinds of input all kinds of competing ideas and contradictory ideas What the people will and won't support and on and on and on and you have to mentally push your way through all that to try and figure out what the right thing is to do and how to get in front of the situation Lincoln insisted on keeping the union together And he eventually came to the position always opposed to slavery always That slavery had to be a rallying cry as well And no better man than Frederick Douglass Embraced him Be signed the Emancipation proclamation Was extremely unpopular in some quarters including in the north among so called moderate Democrats who had sided with the union
Mark Levin
Washington Post Slides Offensive Remark Against Justice Thomas
"Washington Post slides offensive remark against clarence Thomas in the news report Quote why don't they just call him an Uncle Tom Christopher pandal for writing for blaze media Don't you understand the Democrats the media they stand for minorities They stand for civil liberties In Washington Post report on a top Democrat lawmaker's influence over Biden's next Supreme Court nominee Denigrated justice clarence Thomas the court's only black justice with a racially charged reference The compost referred to Thomas as the black justice whose rulings often resemble the thinking of white conservatives Let's just stop Did Frederick Douglass reflect the thinking of whites and white conservatives because ultimately he supported Lincoln What's going on here The racialism with loose abandoned like this
AP News Radio
On MLK Day, Biden says Americans must commit to King's work
"Martin Martin Luther Luther king's king's eldest eldest son son is is criticizing criticizing Congress Congress for for failing failing to to get get voting voting rights rights legislation legislation through through the the Senate Senate after after leading leading a a March March across across the the Frederick Frederick Douglass Douglass bridge bridge Washington Washington DC DC Martin Martin Luther Luther king king the the third third in in his his family family had had a a message message for for president president Biden Biden and and lawmakers lawmakers calling calling on on them them to to honor honor his his father's father's legacy legacy by by passing passing stalled stalled voting voting rights rights legislation legislation no no more more empty empty words words don't don't tell tell us us what what you you believe believe in in show show us us with with your your vote vote at at a a news news conference conference king king decried decried laws laws passed passed in in nineteen nineteen Republican Republican led led states states that that have have made made it it harder harder to to vote vote in in response response to to former former president president trump's trump's false false claims claims about about election election rigging rigging these these laws laws are are being being passed passed with with knife knife like like precision precision to to cut cut black black and and brown brown voters voters out out of of the the process process king king had had particularly particularly harsh harsh words words for for two two Democrats Democrats senators senators Kristin Kristin cinema cinema of of Arizona Arizona and and Joe Joe Manchin Manchin of of West West Virginia Virginia who who opposed opposed changing changing Senate Senate rules rules to to muscle muscle the the bill bill passed passed a a Republican Republican filibuster filibuster they they draw draw the the line line at at protecting protecting the the rights rights of of millions millions of of voters voters Senate Senate Majority Majority Leader Leader Chuck Chuck Schumer Schumer has has canceled canceled a a planned planned Senate Senate recess recess week week and and says says he he wants wants to to bring bring the the bill bill up up for for debate debate Jennifer Jennifer king king Washington Washington
The Eric Metaxas Show
Robert Reilly Discusses Slavery and the 1619 Project
"I'm glad that you have written this expanded edition of America on trial with clarity on the ridiculousness of the 1619 Project. One thing Erica might say that reinforces the point you just made that slavery was in institution from time immemorial is one thing the 1619 Project neglects to notice as they're saying the slavery was introduced in 1619 when black slaves were brought by Dutch traders to Virginia is that slavery was already widespread in the area of the American colonies, practiced by the Native Americans. Who enslaved each other. Can you imagine, can you imagine? But again, this is because we're both Christians. We understand that mankind has fallen. And a part from the God of scripture, what we do is scandalous is inhuman. So yes, slavery has existed. Always, it's a horror and we are right to be horrified by it, but if anything, it has been serious Christians that have labored against the slave trade. I wrote a book about William wilberforce, whom Frederick Douglass revered, so if a freed slave like Frederick Douglass can revere a white English man for taking a biblical stand against the slave trade, you do have to wonder how we could get to a point where we have to clarify that slavery was not invented by white people in 1619 and Jamestown. It's almost funny, but it's but it's
The Charlie Kirk Show
The Case Against Cancelling Lincoln With Brian Kilmeade
"Stuff. So I want to start with your book, Brian, because your books are always so historically compelling and important. And I have a real soft spot for Frederick Douglass. I think he's such an important American figure that people don't know about. The book is the president and the freedom fighter, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and their battle to save America's soul, tell us about the book and then tell us about the interesting relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Hey, you know, I've had a chance to talk to your group too, and they're most intriguing people around. It gives you great hope for the next generation. But what I think this is, is fortunate is the timing. I didn't do it for this reason, but it was one of the reasons why there was so much interest in the book in that we're all talking about race again. We're talking about history again. We're talking about 1619 project again. We're also talking about CRT. All right, we don't talk about that we're looking you and I are trying to look to whitewash history. Don't say that fox looking to say, don't talk about slavery. I'm telling you right now. You can not talk about Frederick Douglas and not talk about slavery. He was born as slave. And do we soft better? No, it's in his biography. He wrote it 7 years after escaping freedom. He said, if you just busy, I could speak well and he had a great vocabulary. People started doubting that he was actually a slave he took his shirt off. Look at my back. Got whipped up beat, never knew his birthday, never knew his parents, but still there was a thirst to learn. So again, education is in the news. Frederick Douglass thirsting for it. Lincoln, but his dad would yell at him. What are you learning for? That's not going to help you work the field. This guy had a thirst to learn one year formal education. What are we talking about? This guy studied the founding fathers on his own. I did Frederick Douglass. And the more that they learned, the more they wanted to learn and just think about this. We're learning in school that America is inherently erased this country when these two people are in a very rough and rugged America without any social safety net without any, I don't know social infrastructure to bail them out. And they couldn't wait to make our country better. They weren't judging our country. They were involved in our country. And I think that's what the big message is.
The Eric Metaxas Show
Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Their Battle to Save America's Soul With Brian Kilmeade
"I'm talking to Brian kilmeade, author of the president and the freedom fighter, and you just shared something that I really was I never thought about this. So when Lincoln is elected in 1860, a number of states had seceded. First South Carolina 6 more. Okay, and so that's before his inauguration. Before he gets to The White House. Okay, so he's elected. They secede. And then on the assumption he's going to free the slaves and they're not going to deal with it. And he says to get them back into the union, he says you can have your slaves. Thirteenth Amendment could be yours. Okay, so that's the freed slaves. You could be enslaved. And so exactly how did that go? So obviously you said that Frederick Douglass feels betrayed. So it took him some time. I mean, it's kind of funny because you get this with Lincoln. He takes off everybody and at some point, right? And a real conservative today would say suspending habeas corpus. I don't know. You know, it's like it's very interesting that real leadership will do that. It will take off everybody in a way. But so for a while, it seems to me that Frederick Douglass must have not been very pleased with him. Absolutely not. And then when he brings up colonization to solve the problem of the African Americans in America, he say, listen, we made a big mistake. It happened before we were born. So can we send you back? So he invites newspapers, all the press with him, like selective members of the press. And he brings in African American leaders, doesn't invite Douglas. And he says, made a big mistake. Obviously, blacks and whites can't live together, and it's part of this part of the reason this is the reason for the war. So I would like to make you an offer give you plenty of money to go back to Central and South America or wherever you want to go. Douglas, everyone in South America or Africa. Africa, too. He said you could go wherever you wanted to go. We will send you. So we will free you and let you go. Absolutely out of the country. Out of the country. And this bothered Douglas. Beyond by these, I'm an American. I don't want to go anywhere. Where am I born? I'm born here. You got to send me elsewhere. Since when camp blacks and whites get together, remember, and I haven't brought this up yet, but they have another similarity. They both read this book called the Colombian orator. The Columbian order teaches how to speak publicly, teach how to hold yourself and also has great essays from these people like Cicero, Socrates, George Washington, people in our past, and they're thinking big and grandiose. So you wonder why that speech worked at 28? Lincoln's been reading every day since 7. That's right and envisioning himself on that level without the cockiness and ego with the humility to know that it may be what he was capable
The Eric Metaxas Show
Fox's Brian Kilmeade Discusses His New Book 'The President and the Freedom Fighter'
"I'm talking to Brian kill me, you may know him from fox and friends, but he's written a lot of books. This one is called the president and the freedom fighter Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass in their battle to save America's soul. America soul could use a little saving right now. But we're not going to talk about that. What made you want to write a book combining these two figures? Well, I was looking for the last time I was here. You kind enough to interview me about Sam Houston, the Alamo Avengers. So I try to find an angle not plowed and the Alamo is, but San jacinto isn't 9 months later he ends up taking him out as San jacinto beating Santa Anna in 17 minutes because Texans know it, but the rest of the world. So I go, what's next? The Mexican war, I didn't think had enough. My opinion, I'm sure there's a lot there with Lee in the quartermaster grant and the fact that these generals fought on the same side and then years later, they'd be trying to kill each other and a lot of them successfully. I said, all right, the Civil War. What could I do that's not plowed ground from Ken burns a series to the remarkable book, David blight wrote about Frederick Douglas Scott? I think the book of the year, 5 years ago. And then what about Lincoln? I literally you and I gave the same situation. We get books about linking to our desks all the time, and they're all great. I'm waiting for nobody who's written been written about more. It's like maybe three people like who've written about Napoleon Jesus, Lincoln. I mean, I don't know how many books have been written about Lincoln. So yeah, what do you do for a fresh angle on the Civil War? So what I wanted to do is also I didn't mind tackling race, but I wanted to do it through quotes, not opinion. And racist never left the news, Black Lives Matter is raging at the time. And then you have you have a situation where as late as Condoleezza and rice Condoleezza Rice on the view, having to defend herself growing up in a Jim Crow south who knew all about racism, but grew up as his conservatives says, don't ever let it be an excuse. So I said, what have I talk about their parallel lives to the degree in which they read a lot of the same books? Did they overcame incredible obstacles? Nothing like Frederick Douglass. I get it. The guy was enslaved until he was in his 20 years old, two tries, got out in the second time within 7 years has a biography. It's a bestseller, and then starts a world tour and becomes famous in Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and England. This guy was a slave ten years before, but decides to come back to America because his 4 million enslaved 350,000 slave owners and he sees potential in this guy Lincoln and the Republican Party that we're finally ready to do
The Eric Metaxas Show
Brian Kilmeade Knew Fox News Was Special 25 Years Ago
"And today I get to talk to the author of a book called the president and the freedom fighter, Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass and their battle to save America soul. And the author of the book is someone you may know, named Brian kilmeade, Brian, you look very familiar. Eric, thanks so much for your support over the years. Every time I have a book out, you always say come down to this cathedral. And this place is the nicest studio I've ever seen. Period. Thank you very much. Look, this, I think I told you this. And by the way, people, if you're just tuning in, this guy has been on Fox and Friends for how many years now? 25. Radio show for 13. Well, hold on a second. Did you just say 25? Yeah, I started doing it in junior high. I thought so. Yeah, it was crazy. Playing pop Warner football and they grabbed you. It took me 12 years to be to get to Fox. And then once I got there, I realized how great it was, even though no one had heard of it yet. So when it started, I started filling in as a sports guy, and then it evolved and things started going crazy from the war from the election mess to the war on terror to the Iraq War. First election mess. Failure to a 2000 Chad hanging chads. Yes. So you are the youngest living institution in the country. Seriously, that's amazing 25 years from the beginning. Yeah, I mean, I knew when I walked into that place who was going to be special, they were all about winning. They're all about substance. They're all about getting things done completion oriented. Every time they would be a negative story out, they would put their headline on the wall. I'm like, wow, they're not running for negative stories. They would laugh at being laughed at. These guys, this is like Bill Parcells. And the Giants before they were even 500. Until recently, I'm talking about the build ourselves just 25 years. Good
The Dan Bongino Show
Brian Kilmeade Explains the Relationship Between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
"What was the relationship with Lincoln and Douglas was Lincoln intimidated by Douglas Douglas was a powerful figure Was it the reverse I mean what was the dynamic between the two Sadly link you never wrote about it but others said he talked about it Douglas was a overpowering figure in the time wanted an immediate Emancipation proclamation wanted to let blacks fight for their freedom He didn't do it And in the beginning he was he was given and said on his first inaugural hey guys come on back in We lost 7 states We need you back We can compromise what we've slavery for now Whatever you do come on back to wood and Douglas Are you kidding me You want them back This 4 million slaves there's 350,000 slave owners We have to end this now That's what you talked about in the Douglas debates do it But he knew Lincoln that if he did it you have no country you preside over because the north was exactly ready to fight for slavery either but gradually both things happen when they finally meet at The White House He realizes what winning was how sincerely was how deep he was and what a great listener he was And together the brief period of time they rallied with recruitment they rallied on issues getting equal to whites in the war and the respect that they had was enormous And I'll just share with you the last interchange He walks into the inaugural ball after only Yorkshire Greek and looks like she's delicacy of my friend Douglas What did you think of the speech We look back at this mister president Don't worry about me Look at all these people around us There's nobody's opinion that I care more about What did you think of the speech He said mister president a sacred effort And that was their last exchange So tell me how more they came and how important they were I mean to me I read that and I get
The Dan Bongino Show
Brian Kilmeade Digs Deep Into the Story of Frederick Douglass in Latest Book
"Yeah and thanks for bringing me to that So what happens in life as soon as he started reading opening up his mind and really realizing what life could be reading about George Washington's Cicero Socrates the Bible And that's where they never told slaves to read because they thought a few educated and they want more We just want them to work for free And we all wanted to see what life could be because we wanted to think that they're inferior If you taught a slave to reiterate you could be arrested It was against the law He was determined to find another way Plus he was growing up in an area where you want his friends will wait Kids don't see color He was convinced of it he wrote about it because I'm convinced you don't see color adults make that And that's why it's just not digressed too much The CRT conversation you're having on a regular basis is not a side conversation It is the conversation because you're making first grade and look at their skin why You're making a fourth creator wonder if there are pressure why The two original question he tried is everything self esteem is everything So he they're trying to beat him and break him because he is so obstinate and so determined to matter questioning everything They sent him to a slave breaker And they slave breaker decide to do is going to work into the bone The way they describe it he was going through It sounds like he was dehydrated And instead of helping him they beat him He escapes and goes back to his original master And he goes you got to go back I licensed you Adam getting paid for this You got to go back So he has to go back And then all of a sudden you know he's going to get a beating Grabs his leg He breaks free to try to tie him up He won't have it He asks for help the guy when you get it So it's Douglas 17 years old against the slave breaker He goes I wouldn't attack him but every time he got close I busted him And went on for over an hour according to Douglas's biography and others And he gave me every guide that calls he beat the hell out
The Dan Bongino Show
Brian Kilmeade Explains Why He Wrote 'The President and The Freedom Fighter'
"Well number one it's a relief to do a book like you and I have friends and you would have me on if I had something on the history of sewing We would have and that was really why I cared about it But that's to know And yet sad that the issues that I'm talking about in the 18 50s 1860s is still exist today Not to the degree it is but we're still talking about racial unrest We're talking about an equity We're talking about reparations We're talking about how to handle it how to equal the playing field without making it unlevel for either side and how much anger we should have And then we watch conduits to rise go to the view And at the same excuse me I keep in the segregated south I don't want to make white children feel bad or something they had nothing to do with I don't want black kids to feel like they're victims And please don't let you survive on segregation because you can go to a movie theater or sit in the front of a bus and she wants to play and be killed because they were black but she led this country as Secretary of State national security adviser sovietologist in this country in 8 to two presidents You can accomplish anything even if the playing field is an equal And even if there is something unjust and nobody personified that better than Frederick Douglass Dan whenever we're going through we weren't out going into savoring We did that We know our parents We know of birthday Even if our parents are bad what about having none What about not even knowing who your siblings were What about not having close into your 7 8 years old What about is it by the time you escape and find a way to get free and by hook and cook to learn to read and write within 7 years of getting your freedom right to your biography and becoming an international bestseller and soon a lecturer whose statue sit in Scotland Ireland Germany and England today So dude I'm not saying we can all be Frederick Douglas but please don't tell me your circumstances so bad Life isn't fair I will never achieve I will never offer also soft pedal We the original sin of America No one will And I don't want to I bring quotes not opinion
History That Doesn't Suck
"frederick douglass" Discussed on History That Doesn't Suck
"Journey toward racial integration. And hey kudos to her freshly admitted to the bar. Twenty four year old lawyer. He's a friend of ours from episode. Ninety-one future us president. Chester arthur. Okay so from minstrel shows to we now know jim. Crow actually has some rather northern routes a. Why haven't i been talking about the south. Well the system of slavery actually could require a great deal of interaction between enslave. Her and enslaved. This means that to some extent co define social practices in drawing. Stark legalize didn't actually make sense in the south until after the slavery ending thirteenth amendment now reconstruction held these floodgates back initially but by the eighteen eighties southern democrats those redeemers as they call themselves. Have the power. They soon begin to pass. Jim crow laws at the state level. One of these laws as we know from today's open is the louisiana separate car active eighteen ninety which requires railroads in the state to have separate cars for white and black passengers so then democrats are thrilled as evidenced by the time democrat newspaper reporting in favor of it quote. A young lady of the city had two or three days ago to travel from new orleans to austin texas. The only sleeping accommodation on board that was to be had was the lower birth in a section of which the upper birth had been secured by negras. The city and accommodation was as much crowded as that for sleeping and the young lady had to occupy seat in the section in which she passed the night with the same negras the instance which we have just narrated without comment goes to show that the date for the louisiana separate car act. Going into force will not arrive a day too soon. Close quote if i may provide one word of comment damn well civil rights loving americans do not see what the times democrats sees. Black-americans challenged louisiana separate car act as well as similar acts across new south. All the way up in michigan black clergymen and leaders rail against the separate car act at a civil rights league meeting held on november nineteenth. Eight thousand nine hundred one professor d. Augustus straker proclaims to his black and white audience. We are supposed to be enjoying the same rights that are claimed by the whites but that is not true. In fact in short he and the other speakers contend that segregation isn't only immoral. It's unconstitutional a violation of the fourteenth amendment's guarantee of equal protection of loss. Sounds like they'd get along with homer plassey. The man whom we met in the cold open as he defied the separate car act his homework plus he joins the ranks of a new generation of black leaders like ida b wells w. e. boyce and booker t. washington we mourn the loss of one of the greatest leaders. The nation's ever seen.
Mark Levin
Brian Kilmeade Analyzes Frederick Douglas' Journey in 'The President and the Freedom Fighter'
"Now Frederick Douglass tell us a little bit about him He was clearly a brilliant man way ahead of his time Yeah brilliant in every way and determined And here's what I mean back then If you taught a slave to read and write you go to jail They knew If you give African Americans in equal shot on some level they knew there's no difference as we know between races So they said okay we need these guys and they got to work for us and we need these family break up These families is as brutal as you can imagine in the south and the north is only 1% of the African American population there They don't relate to slavery It's not part of their society But in the south it is and they were born into at these generations from Monroe to Jefferson to Washington They didn't invent it was happening on 7 continents All right hold your hold your thought The book is called the president and the freedom fighter Abraham Lincoln Frederick Douglass and the battle to save America's salts Fantastic book as are all of kilmeade's
TIME's Top Stories
"frederick douglass" Discussed on TIME's Top Stories
"Douglas objected to the constitution's conception of a presidential veto that could only be overturned by a two thirds vote of congress placing so much power in the hands of the president. He insisted undercut the democratic. Spirit of congress. In a similar vein. He argued that the presidency should be a single term position under the current system. He remarked the president is partly president and partly chief of the presidential party. For that reason the president will always be tempted to serve himself more than the country third. Douglas took special exception. To the president's pardoning power the framers decision to make the president the sole arbiter on federal pardons in effect gave the president a coin with which to traffic in treason knowing that he could pardon anyone serving his interests. The president could use that power to gain cooperation and alliance instead of loyal obedience to the laws of the land. Douglas summed up the problem. A government that cannot hate traders cannot love and respect loyal men. Douglas believed that. The defects in the constitution could be fixed through amendments that cut back on patronage limited the pardoning power change the votes needed to overturn. A presidential veto made the presidency a one term position and got rid of the vice presidency. The office that enabled johnson's presidency.
Made of Mettle
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Made of Mettle
"With and a point frederick to high positions in their government this was a feat of feats for any common man but was living me impossible dream for an african american man in that time period in his final position. Working as consul. General of haiti. Frederick disagreed with america's decision to acquire important haiti and converted to a military station in eighteen. Ninety one this division. And course of action. 'cause frederick to have to resign from the position as he truly did not believe in the cause. Frederick would spend the final years of his life in dc where he continued to be committed to activism and political justice. Sadly frederick's wife passed away on august fourth. Eighteen eighty two from a stroke. Frederick would go on to marry his secretary and an almost unheard of mood. That would put him at odds with his family. This was nothing new. To frederick and he would not be phased to speak more on his previously mentioned accolade of being the most photograph man of the nineteenth century. This was due in large part his visibility in his community and promoting the image of an educated intelligent and established african american man. I would also be involved in african american educational institutions in the dc area. His most prominent appointment was on the board of trustees at howard. University frederick was on board of trustees with howard university from eighteen seventy one to eighteen ninety five interacting with inspiring other trailblazers. Such as i to be wills can hint frederick would collaborate with either on a few projects. All centered around preserving and furthering african american culture in history. Frederick douglass passed away on february twentieth. Eighteen ninety five just after his birthday. Frederick's wife then created the frederick douglass memorial and historical association to preserve his home in all its contents. Fredericks home in c. Called cedar hill be acquired by the national park service in nineteen sixty two. It was then established as the frederick douglass national historic site in nineteen eighty-eight. Fun fact black. History month was established in february based on frederick's birthday of february fourteenth which was a guess to put it plainly frederick douglass was a formidable figure and activist in orator a writer. Our human rights advocate a husband and a father. Most importantly frederick was a man of action. Frederick lived a life that many of us could not even dream of enduring the suffering. But frederick didn't endure frederick overcame persevered and flourished. He went from being denied work on the shipyard to being invited back to the white house. He went from being illiterate to publishing multiple autobiographies newspapers and monthly publications. He went from being told he would amount to nothing to be. One of the most renowned statesman of his time frederick saw the status quo and thought. I'm going to change this. We can only hope to gain a modicum of the state leanness. That was frederick douglass..
Made of Mettle
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Made of Mettle
"Hey there be one. My name is ari in welcome to made of metal a motivational podcast. Where we tell stories about regular people overcoming insurmountable odds so thank you so much for joining me again. This is part. Two of the frederick douglass series in part one. We've followed frederick journey from an enslaved child who was carted from plantation to plantation to a renowned orator and statesman who spent his days educating the public on his experiences in order to abolish the very system that held him captive for so many years. Yes that was a mouthful. Where'd we'd left off exactly. Was that frederick. Have begun working for to abolitionists. Organizations called the american anti-slavery society as well as the massachusetts anti-slavery society fergie quiz engaged in a tense debate with his comrades challenging their call for violence with the need for nonviolence in furthering their agenda again voicing his opinion too much opposition within his camp. But if anyone was familiar with going against the grain it was frederick douglass during this time period. While frederick traveled in spoke about his life he began to realize that his audience doubted the authenticity of his stories. Although frederick had indeed been enslaved people would point out articulate in educated he was highlighting his other worldly public speaking skills saying that someone who was enslaved would never be able to speak in such a way. These characteristics were presented as evidence that fragile could have never lived. The life he'd claimed with that in mind frederick began important work just a few years after his great debate at the national convention of colored citizens in buffalo. New york frederick would publish his first. Autobiography fredericks autobiography titled narrative of the life of frederick douglass. An american slave written by himself was published in eighteen forty five. This book was revolutionary and groundbreaking for several reasons. The biggest one being that frederick. Road it himself. It also served as a way of providing concrete intangible evidence of frederick's previous years in enslavement further legitimizing. His cause and his background frederick also published this book with full knowledge that he would be exposing himself to the possibility of being recaptured by his previous owner. Because keep in mind at this time. Frederick was a fugitive slave in quotation marks. At this point. With all this in. Mind frederick stu went ahead and published his autobiography as he believed there was more strength to be shared in the message. Frederick would go on to publish two more autobiographies later on in life. Audience is everywhere from america to overseas were enraptured with frederick's book the books international success encouraged frederick to take his lecture campaign across the pond right after his book was published frederick. We spent a few years traveling around the uk giving his amazing speeches and lectures. Eventually frederick was able to garner enough attention and support that the public campaigns secure his freedom was created in the uk. This campaign was successful. And frederick was legally granted freedom from his previous owner who still pursued frederick ruthlessly especially after his growing successes with his freedom and international fame in tow frederick.
Made of Mettle
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Made of Mettle
"The massachusetts area had a strong abolitionist movement. And frederick discovered an abolitionist. Newspaper called the liberator in eighteen. Forty one frederick decided to attend the massachusetts anti-slavery society convention while at the convention a gentleman by the name of william coffin invited frederick to speak to the attendees after having heard frederick stunning or tori skills in new bedford. Frederick speech was an absolute hit and he was promptly recruited to join the group. It can truly be said. That frederick wasn't abolitionist. His entire life but he began to travel and spent his time promoting after joining the massachusetts anti-slavery society as well as the american anti-slavery society. The belief of the american anti-slavery society was that slavery was a moral wrong. That should be eradicated through. Non-violent means in education frederick was particularly strong on promoting the nonviolent aspect of resisting slavery in eighteen forty. Three frederick attended the national convention of colored citizens in buffalo new york while they're another african. American abolitionist named henry highland garnet gave a speech with the central theme of slaves having a violent uprising against their owners. This was a controversial declaration and one that sparked a fierce debate. Between frederick and henry fergie made it clear that he did not support such a notion or any plan of action that insinuated or required violence consequently frederick strength in his beliefs. Put him at odds with those who looked just like him. Other african american abolitionists were very much in favor of the idea of an uprising. Putting frederick as the odd man out although his beliefs were not universally liked or accepted. This did not prevent frederick from being vocal about them. It's difficult to stand up for what you believe in but even more so when the people who are supposed to be your allies. Become your opposition. Frederick strength of character his unending curiosity and intelligence so much can be said for the fire. That was inside. Frederick douglass frederick had the almost magical ability to connect with the crowd and impart a piece of himself his passion for peace education and freedom for all enough that people of all colors travel far and wide just for a chance to hear him speak to be able to command. A room in that manner requires a degree of self assurance that we could all aspire to. I'm gonna end part one right here as this is really a jumping. Off point for frederick skyrocketing career just as a reminder frederick was born. Enslaved beaten abused degraded beyond belief. It was illegal for him to even learn how to read and write to possess basic literacy skills. He had now at this point in his life become one of the most renowned orators of his time spreading the word about his experiences. Educating others helping to relieve the pain for generations after him frederick took what was given to him and molded it into something fierce resilient in tough welcome continue has amazing story in part to as frederick is just getting started in his outstanding legacy so you can find made of metal podcast on facebook and instagram at made of metal podcast altogether and that made of metal m.
Made of Mettle
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Made of Mettle
"Everyone. My name is ari in welcome to made of metal a motivational podcast. Where we tell stories about regular people overcoming insurmountable arts. Now i don't know if you guys have any marylanders in your life besides me of course but one thing about us. We are crazy proud of our state heavy on the crazy. We put our state flag on anything you can think of in there so many stores here that sell literally only maryland state flag branded goods. And they are booming. Let me tell you guys lucrative lucrative businesses right there. So of course. I'm going to cover another amazing marylanders on my podcast are also wanna shout. A friend who inspired me and who basically told me this would be a great person to cover. I've been thinking about it. And i was like why not so. Let's get right into it. Oh and i love suggestions so feel free to send me a dm on instagram or facebook you know. Send me some of your own suggestions of inspirational people. I want to hear. I love it all. So the individual we're learning about today is another significant historical figure who was pivotal in social change in our society. Social change that we are still living in today. This person grew up in the worst of circumstances constantly beaten down and forced to believe that they were not worthy of basic human courtesy and respect in spite of this. They rose above their plight to become one of the most respected statesman in the history of the united states. This individual was an intellectual. A writer an abolitionist and an amazing orator among so many other outstanding things not to mention he was reportedly the most photographed american man of the nineteenth century. How does one even get that accolade. Amazing so we will be covering the scholar. The stately the savior frederick douglass. This is part. One of the two part frederick douglass series. so let's get right into it frederick. Douglass was born around february. Eighteen eighteen on a farm in talbert county maryland..
Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
"frederick douglass" Discussed on Impeachment: A Daily Podcast
"Host the leadership up there if you've been reporting on a place like rural montana or the republican leaders casting shade on the vaccine either explicitly or through you know more subtle omission means or anything like that based on my reporting. I've been talking this. I'm local officials. i should say something like local passers. Who are who have been trying to get their congregations and people that they know vaccinated a lot of this when i talked to two people who are experts on. How you kind of breakthrough in the vaccine Message a lot of this comes down to conservative media. You have people like tucker carlson and others. Who are who are really openly questioning the vaccine openly questioning the virus. And that i think is doing the real damage when you talk to experts And so in some ways it's yes. Local officials might have. They're kind of on the same page and saying yes. You should get vaccinated but there are people that didn't go home and watch fox using and their television sets tell them. Hey it's not that big of a deal you don't have to give vaccinated. Congress was off this week but some big biden in congress. Things are in the middle of being negotiated. Did i can speak in illinois to help sell the human infrastructure portion of his infrastructure bills. Yes and that's part of of of. I think this this next phase. That biden has to really balance. Which is that now. he's really trying to go around the country and and other white house officials are now going around the country to talk about what it mean. Human infrastructure means and why expanding the definition of infrastructure pass roads and bridges. Why that is the right thing to do in twenty twenty one so this is where i think progressives where the might get frustrated with With president biden. They also see president. Bided saying things like health care. Workers should get more money and that should be infrastructure that communities that have historically been torn apart by highways as often african american and communities of color that we should we should be paying an investing back into those communities to write some of the wrongs. And that is where you see. President biden most aligned with progressive democrats. Who sometimes have Who have criticized him for not being progressive enough. So i think that we're gonna see in the next few weeks here A real push for this to track system and it's it's on shaky ground it's bipartisanship but it's on really shaky ground getting one bill through congress. It's hard getting two onto attracts in. Tandem is really really hard. What's the game plan. Then now with the hard infrastructure compromise on the table and the confusion last week over whether biden would sign that compromise alone or only if the democratic majority also gave him the ume infrastructure piece as a one party bill since the republicans are not interested. I guess the there's so many aspects of this. We could talk about..
KGO 810
"frederick douglass" Discussed on KGO 810
"That we were lucky to have Lincoln because Lincoln was the man who understood what needed to be done to bring us to this point. 80 88 tennis, the telephone number. Oh, let's go to Is it a Rahm or Kerem in Palo Alto? I wrong, Erin. Hi. Hey. How you doing? It's Sarah more promise than expected of Persian flavor, too. So, yeah, of course I I Love the speech of you know what does the forces your life means? African Americans? That's not prevent him but but one of the things that I've been trying to promote for the last Number of years is that for those that would like to celebrate other than Independence Day on the Force of July, But it should be renamed code named Frederick Douglass Day so that we can appreciate that having alternative to all the nationalism and the flags and The pomp and circumstance is that some people want to, you know, celebrate. I don't particularly want to. So you know, don't you think that he has really been unless you pursue it? Or unless you're studying history in college? Don't you think Frederick Douglass has been left out when he is such a vitally important figure. Well, yeah, on goes for so many other extraordinary African American figures to say the least. So anyway, let's see if we can promote a new alternative where people can celebrate one or the other on the fourth day of July. And you know, maybe we can mix the two at some point to bring the country together. But there's a book and I read it with my wife some years ago. It's on, you know, called Douglas and Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Lincoln. And they're wonderful relationship. Private doctors could actually walk into the White House to the great to the chagrin of a love that was standing in line to get a swell anyway. I think that's what much thank you so much. I think that's one of my favorite stories and in such a small story, but it meant so much. That you know. Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass walk to the White House where there were all these people. White people lined up to have an audience with Abraham Lincoln. And when Lincoln saw that a Frederick Douglass had had approached the White House, he told the guard in the front. Bring him here. Now bring him right here. And they would have these long conversations It was. It was really remarkable. Yeah. Frederick Douglass was a truly remarkable man. I want to know more about him. And I'm hoping that I know there have been some biographies that have been written, and I just ordered the book that Ken was referencing, which is really an autobiography that Frederick Douglas wrote about himself. But I'd like to Seymour in our popular culture about Frederick Douglass. There's so many things about him that I find astounding, including his mastery of the English language. Oh, my God, the way this man writes, you know, Lincoln may have been one of the greatest orators of our history. So is Douglas. He Woz unbelievable and to think that he had been born into slavery. That he that he escaped slavery that he was largely self taught that he carried himself. With such pride with such great dignity, you know when we were talking when we were honoring Sicily, Taison images of Frederick Douglass kept coming back to me, just in the things that I've seen of him. The images that we do have are the drawings or the you know the early pictures that we do have a Frederick Douglass. What a marvelous figure in history he was, And I think that he insistently Tyson shared some of the same attributes. Okay, I got to take a break. I love talking about this stuff. But I need to invite Chip Franklin on so that he could tell us what he's got coming up on his show, Which is going to be next real quickly, so that I don't forget. We not only have Tim seeker on tomorrow to take us into the weekend with a little comic relief. We also know you spared me. That was my yea start. We all start. We also have a couple of guests who are going to be with us to talk about the mass of the E. D. D. And they're going to be taking listener phone calls to talk about unemployment. What's been going on What you could do what your recourse is what your problems are. And so we are inviting you to join us believe it starts at noon tomorrow. Here on KGO, um We're going to take your questions, and hopefully we're gonna be able to get some of those questions asked and answered, I mean, really taken care of. So you know where to go, so that you could get what you're entitled to. We'll be right back with Chip Franklin. This is K G o.