Retribution. Lincoln wants to win the peace as well as win the war. Right after appomattox, lincoln appears at the window of the white house and accepts the applause of well wishers. Crowds are gathered around the white house. There are bands playing. Theres jubilation everywhere. And lincoln says, lets hear dixie. Someone in the audience says, dixie . Thats a confederate song. He says, no, we won it fair and square. Its the spoils of war. Lets have the music. Tad even waves a Confederate Flag that he brought back from the front. The war was over, but what was the political fallout of that . Congress approved the 13th amendment. Black people are not leaving the country, and so what is their fate going to be as americans . On april 9th, 1865, robert e. Lees surrender effectively brings the civil war to an end. In the four years of brutal violence, nearly 800,000 americans lost their lives. Despite the relief and celebration victory brings, the country has paid a hefty price, which weigh
Nominations in the late sixties to early seventies, and the backdrop was the last time we looked at the war in court, this increasing surge of controversial decisions from the court. Two basic principles. Counter majority organism, the idea that it is a particular job of the Supreme Court to stand up on behalf of people who may not have majority support, whether it was atheist, or Civil Rights Activists, or criminal defendants throughout the 19 sixties. And second, was the emergence of this philosophy that some historians have called rights of related liberalism. Liberalism in the United States was primarily devoted to the protection of individual rights, and as a result, the Supreme Court became a very important 1ourt became a very important one problem, which is that if your governing is going to approach the Supreme Court, you have to a Supreme Court justices, and as we see this becomes an increasingly fraught prospect for the liberals. So the backdrop. Lbj. After 64, after the Civi
Professor in american studies in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise and American History in 1919, he has wr wrun three other books including buying power. Published in 2009. And a living wage and Consumer Society published in 1997. He writes on a regular basis for publications including the Washington Post though um not sure we recall that popular. The Boston Review and dissent. His article the racist plucks of the english language. Most loved and the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you to rachael for the behind the scenes work and pete and eric and christian and all the organization thats helped make this possible. Im really grateful. Thanks to all of you for coming out. Um real im really honored by the size of the audience today. We rub shoulders with those that came before and id like to begin by mentioning a few of mt scholars who helped me identify Free Enterprise as a topic worth exploring. I have selling Free Enterprise, to serve god in walmart, ki
Now on American History tv, Cornell University history professor Lawrence Glickman describing how the modern concept of Free Enterprise formed in the 130s during the rise of the new deal. Professor in american studies in the department of history at cornell. In addition to Free Enterprise and American History in 1919, he has written four other books including buying power a history of consumer activism in america published in 2009 and a living wage, American Workers and the making of Consumer Society published in 1997. He writes on a regular basis for popular publications including the washington post, though im not sure we would call that a popular publication. The Boston Review and dissent. His article was named one of the, i quote, most loved essays in the Boston Review in 2018. Thank you. Thank you to rachel for all the behind the scenes work and, pete, and eric and christian and all of the organizations that helped make this possible. Im really grateful. Thanks for all of you comi
Are ones that the court made very unpopular decisions. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of different people who help stuck together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to landmark cases. Tonights case is gideon versus wayne. Wreck 55 years ago this month, the Supreme Court ruled that the right to counsel was so fundamental to our dove governmental system. That states must provide lawyers for defendants who cannot afford. One the hero of tonights story is a bit of an unlikely. One Clarence Gideon was adrift her from florida was accused of breaking a pool. As we begin tonight, were gonna go to some historic video. You see the real mr. Gideon and the florida judge who sentenced to jail. They reenacted the case for cbs news documentary in 1965. Lets watch the next case on the docket is the state of florida versus Clarence Earl gideon. What says the state are you ready for trial . The st