Here are some of our featured programs for this Holiday Weekend on the cspan networks. On cspan saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, tomorrower texas state senator and candidate wendy davis. On the challenges facing women in politics. And Easter Sunday at 6 30 p. M. Eastern, golfing legend Jack Nicklaus receives the congressional gold medal for his contributions to the game and community service. On cspan 2s book tv saturday night at 10 00 p. M. Eastern on after words. Activist and author cornel west on the radical political thinking of Martin Luther king, jr. Sunday at noon on in depth our live threehour conversation with former Investigative Reporter for the Washington Post and New York Times best sellinger author ronald kessle r. Hes written 20 books including escape from the cia sins of the father and the first family detail. On American History tv on cspan3, saturday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on lectures in history. East Carolina University professor emiritus Charles Calhoun during grants
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He spoke of reconciliation tolerance and moderation toward fallen folks. It was not the best speech me made far from it. Fell dead Holding Without affect on the audience. But given the time to make deeds of his words it might have been one of more far reaching. Tragically he was not to be granted that time. As has been noted there was one in the audience that night who would use lincolns words as the catalyst for one of most heinous and destructive acts in our nations history. From childhood we are taught to know John Wilkes Booth is to hate him. Hes demonized as the embodiment of evil and yet few of us really know very much about him other than the fact that he was a handsome and popular member of the nations leading thespian family until he jumped the track. His own brother described him as a good hearted harmless though wild brained boy. What has been wanting in the pantheon of lincoln scholarship is a highly readable biography of booth until now. After spending a quarter century in