It. He got to thinking on his way back, mobile which is close to 300 years old, and he heard his family discussed a lot of the contributions africanamericans had made, so i think this is something we could do in mobile and do it well. He started looking around the city for someone to take on the opportunity of a challenge just depending upon the perspective they looked at it from. After nine months of searching, he found a young lady that said, i will take on the opportunity. Her name was Dora Franklin finley. Dora was my double first cousin. Thats another tour. We wont take that one today, but she accepted the opportunity. She spent five years of her life doing research on places that africanamericans had made significant contributions to the city of mobile. When she finishes, she had 39 locations throughout the city. We will visit about 20 of those today. If i took you on all of them it would take us 6 hours. I would have to find out how you like your fish. Fried or broiled . Do you
[ cheers and applause ] [ cheers ] and we will never stay the honor of the United States of america. I realize many, particularly this Political Year wonder why we insist on an honorable peace in vietnam. From a political standpoint, they suggest if i was not in office when over a half million american men were sent there it will encourage our enemies to engage in aggression. In areas like the mideast, which are danger areas, small relations rely on the United States. To our friends and allies in europe, asia, the mideast, and latin america, i say the United States will continue its great bipartisan tradition by standby our friends and never to desert them. I have noted in this election year, theres been a great deal of talk about providing amnesty for those few hundred americans who chose to desert their country rather than serve in vietnam. I think its time. It that we put the emphasis where it belongs. The real heros are 2. 5 million Young Americans who chose to serve their country
The president of the United States [ cheers and applause ] mr. Chairman, delegates to this convention, my fellow americans, four years ago standing in this very place i proudly accepted your nomination for president of the United States. [ cheers and applause ]. And with your help and with the votes of millions of americans we won a great victory in 1968. Tonight, i again, proudly accept your nomination for president of the United States. [ cheers and applause ] and let us pledge ourselves to win an even greater victory this november in 1972. [ cheers and applause ] i congratulate chairman thorn, i congratulate chairman dole and armstrong, the hundreds of others who have laid the foundation for that victory by their work at this great convention. Our platform is the Dynamic Program for progress for america and for peace in the world. [ applause ] and speaking in a very personal sense, i express my deep gratitude to this convention for the tributes that you have paid to the best campaig
Franklin finley africanamerican heritage trail. This is our fourth year doing the tours here in mobile. Actually they got started five or six years prior to that when one of our africanamerican city councilman took a trip to boston honesty business. While he was there, he saw a sign that said africanamerican heritage trail. He thought that sounded interesting, because it was kind of a novelty. It was prior to most of the museums we see today and the trails. He took the tour and he enjoyed it. He got to thinking on his way back to mobile mobile was close to 300 years old. And he had heard his family discuss about a lot of the contributions africanamericans had made. He said i think this is something we could do in mobile and do it well. He started looking around the city for someone that would take on the opportunity or the challenge, just depending on the prospective that they looked at it from. After nine months of searching, he finally found a young lady that said i will take on the
War era Study Program and did graduate work in university of pennsylvania where he focused on the history of religion. He holds a master of divinity degree. His roster of publications is so long im not going to try to read them all to you. You can go to his website to get a full accounting of not only his publications but oerjt sail ient elements of other saileint elements of hig biography. Im going to offer five books i think is pertinent. The first is called Abraham Lincoln published by william b in 1998 and the first of allen lincolns prizes. Lincolns emancipation pags proclamation end of slavery in america. Publish in 2004 brought his second lincoln prize. Lincoln and douglas the debates that define america. 2008. Some reason didnt win the lincoln prize. Faithful lightening new history of the civil war and reconstruction came out from Oxford University press in 2012 and the 5th title i will mention is is gettiesburg the last invasion published in 2013 which brought a third lincoln