Three times, maybe for at most. And when they finally did, they spent their time together locked in political combat. One was a proud and brilliant radical. An advocate for Racial Justice who ran out of patience with the status quo. The other was an ingenious master of the arts of compromise, exquisite political timing, leading when necessary from behind. One would save the union and slowly cure its major defect slavery. The other would free all slaves immediately, even if it meant destroying slavery and the union together. They expressed their views with uncommon eloquence, two of the most famous orders in orators in an age that prized oratory. They developed a mutual respect, and ultimately, genuine mutual admiration. Two great men, whose furious dissidents and pursuit of what ended up as common goals made both of them greater. Abraham lincoln and Frederick Douglass. As these early photographs show, they not only had compelling platforms but unforgettable faces. No one who met either
West and got on a gray hound bus to head to austin, texas to begin working washing dishes making 50 cents an hour. Coming to the one land on earth that has welcomed so many millions. When my dad came to america in 1957, he could not have imagined what lay in store for him. Imagine a young married couple living together in the 1970s, neither one of them has a personal relationship with jesus. They have a little boy and they are both drinking far too much. They are living a fast life. When i was 3 my father decided to leave my mother and me. We were living in calgary at the time. He got on a plane and flew back to texas. And he decided he didnt want to be married anymore, and he didnt want to be a father to his 3yearold son. And yet when he was in houston a friend, a colleague from the oil and gas business, invited him to a bible study. Invited him to clay road baptist church. And there my father gave his life to jesus christ. [applause] senator cruz and god transformed his heart and he