Feigning disdain for interracial marriage. I dont know which we are more troubled by. He sincerely was disgusted at the thought of interracial marriage or he would say he would be disgusted by ticket votes. I do think there is evidence here and i dont see how you could say that someone who consistently opposes discriminatory laws against a Certain Group of people, how you can see that person is adequately concerned for their welfare. I think that is a charge that does stick. Not sure he was racist in any sense of the term at the end of his life. Should be clear about specifying the time there. [applause] if you can please stay seated, we are going to begin the Panel Discussion right at the moment. If you were here for the morning session or paying attention, you probably figured out i am not paul. Forgiven the rod charlie confusion but i am definitely not paul. He is listed in your program as moderating the speakers panel. Since we are in the theater, it turns out the understudy is cal
Another thing he emphasizes is are includedople in the declaration of independences statement that all people are created equal. He said, absolutely not. White andans all european men, and lincoln emphatically denied that. Im curious what people think of the statement in the speech from april 11, 1865. The speech that gets him killed. It seems to me he is still advocating unjust Racial Discrimination there. No idea that uneducated whites or whites who had served in the war should be denied the right to vote. That is an important point. And [inaudible] as was pointed out this douglas when frederick gave his speech in 1865, where he said he heard lincoln call he limited black support, was so disappointed because it was so limited. That is an important speech because as it was pointed out this morning, douglas said lincoln learned his statesmanship in the school of rail splitting. You take a mall, a big hammer, and drive home the thick and of the wedge. We should have known what lincoln w
Mr. President , my name is bob willard. Ive been president of the Abraham Lincoln institute in the past. Im delighted to be at this, the 17th symposium of the Abraham Lincoln institute. Ive attended almost every one. But its a little more challenging now after living in and around washington, my wife and i are now happily e sconced in california. As america said goodbye to first lady nancy reagan, two yule gists, secretary jam baker and her son ron jr. Both claimed that without mrs. Reagan there would have been no president reagan. Im not a fan of the counter fak churl history discussions but i realize that for as long as i remember, i expressed that same view regarding mary lincoln. And it was underscored this morning by sydney blumenthal. Ive heard many presentations on mrs. Lincoln from friends and foes of this controversial first lady. Love her or hate her, theres little doubt in any mind that abraham and mayry loved each other deeply and supported each other for better and worse,
When they got off the bus they were the mercy of this crowd who then proceeded to attack them even further. The deal that had been worked out with local Law Enforcement and the segregationists was evident 15 minutes they would have 15 minutes before Law Enforcement intervened. After about a 15 minute point a local Law Enforcement officer pulled his weapon and fired a shot. That is what stopped the attack. In the meantime the trailways bus arrived an hour later. They dont know until they arrived that the Greyhound Bus was already attacked. The interesting thing about the trailways bus, unlike the Greyhound Bus, several segregationists had gotten on the bus in atlanta. They were riding from atlanta. They had not only harassed the atlanta, the bus from but they had also beaten several of the freedom riders while on the bus. The trailways bus was able to continue on into birmingham for yet another mob formed and was waiting for that bus to arrive. While this was going on there were a group
James baker and her sun both claimed that without his reagan, there would be no president reagan without mrs. Reagan, there would be no president reagan. As ilize that for as long can remember, i have expressed that same view regarding mary lincoln. It was underscored this morning by sidney blumenthal. I have attended lots of events like this. And i have heard many presentations on mrs. Lincoln from fans from friends and foes. Love her or hate her, there is little doubt in my mind that Abraham Lincoln that abraham and mary love each other deeply and supported each other for better or worse, richer or poorer, sickness and in health. Was anrys support indispensable element of abrahams ambition. Our next speaker knows more about this relationship than just about anybody. It Stacy Mcdermid is the author of mary lincoln southern girl, nor the moment. This compact volume traces the complex and often tragic life of mary lincoln and for dose stages of mary lincoln and four stages. I encourage