We last broadcast book read updates. There are two i want to start with. One is this monumental Frederick Douglass prophet of freedom by david w. Blight, the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass especially what is going on in the United States with racial injustice, nobody was more consequential it has been more consequential on the target of race in america than Frederick Douglass. Way ahead of his time. He was not only in abolitionist and passionate abolitionists as a former slave but he insisted from the earliest time in the 1840s right through his death in the Nineteenth Century video quality was the goal and he would brook no deviation from that. He was very clear what the goal was and so many of his words ring true today and i recommend the biography. It is a long read but one of the things i learned about Frederick Douglass is he was an active suffragist. Absolutely. Very insistent. Had a distinguished career, was able to talk to a mixed race audience at a time when that w
Joining us once again on book tv is congressman gerald connolly, democrat from virginia. Give us an update on your reading list, congressman. Peter, as you know i read at least a book a week and the last broadcast, the book read update, there are two i want to start with. One is this monumental biography of Frederick Douglass by david wright. Its probably the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass and especially with whats going on in the United States and its fight for Racial Justice nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america and Frederick Douglass, way ahead of his time. He was not only an abolitionist and a passionate abolitionist as a former slave, but he insisted from the earliest times in the 1840s, right towards the end of the 19th century the quality was the goal. And he would brook no deviation from that. It was very clear about what the goal was and so many of his words ring true today i really recommend the biography
Marketplace heartbreak. Hope and promise of america. Its a book that chronicles the painful failures of policy while also having some solutions from a Classical Liberal perspective. Marcus Richard Ferguson argue that a political system ought uphold individual rights encourage voluntary exchange and Civil Society to flourish. He couldnt tell im not an american but ive always admired the United States in its history. Its a nation founded an enlightenment values and committed individual rights and the rule of law. The founding of america was unique event in Human History and best described by a question that the second president john adams asked. He asked how few of the human race have ever had an opportunity of choosing a system of government for themselves and their children. The United States we live in today is not the result of mere chance, but a conscious choice on behalf of the founders to create a new order of the ages. Unlike feudal europe built on centuries of customs and hierar
Marcus Richard Ferguson argue that a political system ought uphold individual rights encourage voluntary exchange and Civil Society to flourish. He couldnt tell im not an american but ive always admired the United States in its history. Its a nation founded an enlightenment values and committed individual rights and the rule of law. The founding of america was unique event in Human History and best described by a question that the second president john adams asked. He asked how few of the human race have ever had an opportunity of choosing a system of government for themselves and their children. The United States we live in today is not the result of mere chance, but a conscious choice on behalf of the founders to create a new order of the ages. Unlike feudal europe built on centuries of customs and hierarchy america was founded upon principles. Principles found the documents like the declaration of independence but being the first of its kind meant that americans had no blueprint or
Marcus Richard Ferguson argue that a political system ought uphold individual rights encourage voluntary exchange and Civil Society to flourish. He couldnt tell im not an american but ive always admired the United States in its history. Its a nation founded an enlightenment values and committed individual rights and the rule of law. The founding of america was unique event in Human History and best described by a question that the second president john adams asked. He asked how few of the human race have ever had an opportunity of choosing a system of government for themselves and their children. The United States we live in today is not the result of mere chance, but a conscious choice on behalf of the founders to create a new order of the ages. Unlike feudal europe built on centuries of customs and hierarchy america was founded upon principles. Principles found the documents like the declaration of independence but being the first of its kind meant that americans had no blueprint or