Of the country are finally getting a break. Plus donald trump enters yet another plea. And the Social Media Event in new york that got completely out of hand. Which influencer brought out the mob and the charges he faces. One in five is starting their weekend under a heat advisory. In phoenix theyre putting sunscreen on the road to keep the pavement cool. Its called cool pavement. It kept roads up to 12 degrees cooler. Tennessee river valley and parts of the northeast and plains and Jennifer Gray has more on whats in store. The oppressive heat will continue to be a big story this weekend and actually build as we get into the beginning part of next week. You can see already excessive Heat Warnings for a huge chunk of the south. Heat advisories, as well. Excessive Heat Warnings. A couple of days they got a break but back in it. 107 degrees in dallas for a High Temperature today. Phoenix, 115. Las vegas, 107. Oklahoma city at 102 so temperatures across the south are going to stay above av
Screeria nigeria. Lincolns life. Professor wilson. [applause] professor wilson good morning. See what it says here. My name is douglas wilson. [laughter] im the codirector of the Lincoln Studies Center in illinois. It is my privilege to introduce the first speaker in the 2015 Abraham Lincoln institute symposium. He is a young scholar. He has already earned an array of honors. He was educated at penn state where he took his bachelors degree in two dozen one, and the receipt of maryland where he earned a masters degree in 2003, and a phd in 2008. The department of history maryland awarded him a price in potable history. His doctoral dissertation earned a prestigious prize and thousand 10. He has already authored several books. Including to lincoln titles most recently, emancipation, and the union army and reelection of lincoln. More than two dozen articles have appeared under his name in scholarly journals and Popular History magazines. In 2005, he won the john t hubble prize for the bes
Intense strife that had been left out of the story. And a moment that resonates into the present day. With Union Victory in confederate defeat that first week of april 1865, everything was at stake. Black freedom had been seized and delivered, but would it last . Peace would soon be declared but coded into her could it endure . Where and how would former slaves live and work, could they become citizens . What kind of nation with the people and their leaders create . Two days after lees surrender president lincoln addressed a crowd at the white house. No one knew at the time that this would be his last speech. Reflecting on the nations reconstruction, lincoln stated that he would prefer his word the Voting Rights be extended to black men who were very intelligence and who serve our cause as soldiers. This cautious suggestion irritated abolitionists heard as one white new england are in her diary, why cant he cut down the whole tree instead of just lopping off the branches. Unsurprisingl
I read men and women, children too. Rich and poor, the known and the unknown. Because of this emergent and diaries, letters, and other writings, i found a lot that surprised me. Its made clear to me that no matter how majestic and resplendent or the public ceremonies honoring lincoln this end of the war moment was not a time of unity and closure. In the cacophony that ensued people that is agreed about the meaning of the war talked past and over one another. The immediate aftermath of lincolns assassination, those hours, days and weeks, i soon realized where a key moment of intense strife that had been left out of the story. And a moment that resonates into the present day. With Union Victory and confederate defeat that first week of april, 1865, everything was at stake. Black freedom had been teased and deliver, but would it last . Peace would soon be declared but could it endure . How could confederate the brought back into the citizenry . Where and how would former slaves live and w
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