Cribb, historian and author of the historical novel old abe. He is your to talk to us about the 157th anniversary and the lasting significance of president lincolns gettysburg address. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host you wrote earlier this today the gettysburg address is more important for our nation than ever. Tell us why. Guest because the gettysburg address speaks to a problem that has been around as long as human beings or at least society has been around and that is the problem of our people going to rule themselves or are they going to be ruled by others . People who would otherwise take their freedom away. Lincoln knew that problem never goes away, it doesnt. He said it is an ageold problem. That is really what he in the end was speaking to in the gettysburg address. Day, today as in his day, there are forces around the world who want to take freedom away from people here and abroad. We always have to be on our guard against them. Lincoln knew that.
The 157th anniversary and the lasting significance of president lincolns gettysburg address. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thanks for having me. Host you wrote earlier this today the gettysburg address is more important for our nation than ever. Tell us why. Guest because the gettysburg address speaks to a problem that has been around as long as human beings or at least society has been around and that is the problem of our people going to rule themselves or are they going to be ruled by others . People who would otherwise take their freedom away. Lincoln knew that problem never goes away, it doesnt. He said it is an ageold problem. That is really what he in the end was speaking to in the gettysburg address. Day, today as in his day, there are forces around the world who want to take freedom away from people here and abroad. We always have to be on our guard against them. Lincoln knew that. If you look at the gettysburg address am a he talks about rededicating ourselves to the prin
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Franklin finley africanamerican heritage trail. This is our 14th year doing the tours in mobile. And actually, they got started about five or six years prior to that, when one of our africanamerican city councilmen took a trip to boston on city business. While he was there, he saw a sign called africanamerican heritage trail. He thought it 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 is close to 300 years old, and he had heard his family discuss a lot of the contributions that 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 who would take on the opportunity or the challenge, just depending upon the perspective they looked at it from. After nine months of searching, he finally found a young lady who said i will take on the opport