I couldnt be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office. Oh, my goodness. Michelle, barack, this means so much to me. Vice president harris continues to build that momentum with that big endorsement and some promising new polls. Meanwhile, trump is back on his heels, backing away from Debating Harris. Also tonight, the veepstakes, as the vetting gets under way, who might have the inside track to be Kamala Harris running mate. Plus, reforming the Supreme Court. President biden has made it a priority for his final months in office. How it might affect the president ial race. Im michael steele, in for joy reid. We begin tonight with the state of the race. A race that feels so dramatically different than it did a week ago. You know what that felt like, right . You couldnt script it any better for tv. That race, of course, is between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. The historical nature of the Race Wrauz noted
In your mind, in your research, is gettysburg still considered the major turning point, or do you see it as being something so what are the issues of reconstruction that really are still pertinent today . Okay. Heres an image from harpers weekly. And it sort of personifies, i think, some of the central issues involved in this period of reconstructing the union. Some of the questions that had raises. So have a look at it. I dont know how clear it is for you. You may not be able to read all the writing. But here is clearly a freedman, he has, you know, something in his hand, a piece of paper. And on that you may not be able to read is written equal rights. Thats Union Army officer, the office of the u. S. Marshal that hes, you know, somewhat seems to be seeking protection, and there are a bunch of Southern Whites there with placards saying kkk, call home your troops. They want federal troops to leave the south, et cetera. Just looking at that image, can you think of what may have been so
Its really the period immediately after the civil war. It is the period of reconstruction. Why is it called reconstruction . Because we are talking about the reconstruction of the union, right . Of the seceded states that had formed the confederacy. They are now defeated, and the question then becomes is how do they reenter the union . How do we reconstruct the union, and that is why this period is known as reconstruction . It is not that well known in american history as the civil war, so so far weve been talking simply about the civil war. Before the mid terms we covered the civil War And Everyone knows about the civil war, it has kind of a triumphant end, at least if youre not a neoconfederate. The union wins and slavery is destroyed. Reconstruction, on the other hand, does not have a happy ending. Its a great experiment in interracial democracy immediately after the war, but it is overthrown, and maybe we all like happy endings, and thats one of the reasons why we dont know that mu
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Paragraphs from a Pitch Letter from the executive editor at saint Martins Press about this book and he says for years Bob Drury and Tom Clavin have been taking forgotten pieces of history and turning them into compelling narratives that illuminate the subjects. Making the historical figures or events leap off the page. And i concur with Daniel Boone. They have found the sub perfect subject for their unique brand of history. Hes a wellknown historical adventurer shrouded in legend. This fastpaced and fiery narratives fueled by contemporary diaries and Journals Newspaper reports and eyewitness accounts. Is sturring as stirring chronicle of the conflict over americas first frontier that places the reader at the center of this remarkable epic and its a gripping tales of courage and sacrifice. Bob drury and Tom Clavin are the number one New York times bestselling authors of the heart of everything that is. Lucky six six Halseys Typhoon last man out and the last stand of Box Company which wo