Please take a minute to silence your phones before we begin. While you are doing so, we have a fair number of members with us tonight. Supporters of president lincolns cottage. In seeing some of the names on the list, i wanted to take a moment to recognize two members who have been dedicated supporters since before we were open to the public. Eric reese has been a member for 12 years. Can you raise your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abra
Update there are two i want to start with. One is this monumental biography of Frederick Douglass, probably the definitive biography of Frederick Douglass especially with what is going on in the United States in terms of the fight for Racial Justice nobody was more consequential and has been more consequential on the question of race in america than Frederick Douglass, way ahead of his time. He was not only in abolitionist and passionate abolitionist as a former slave but he insisted from the earliest time in the 1840s right through his death toward the end of the Nineteenth Century that equality was the goal and he would brooke no deviation from that. Very clear what the goal was. So many of his words ring true today and i really recommend the biography. It is a long read but really powerful. Guest one of the things i learned about Frederick Douglass is he was also a very active suffragist. Absolutely. Very consistent and had a distinguished career and was able to talk to a mixedrace
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
Were elected through back channels, small party conventions. In 1968, 73 of democratic delegates through the convention had been elected this way. Less than 25 were elected in the way we normally do it. President Lyndon Johnson took himself out of the race. He was not up for reelection in 1968. This initiated a freefall in the Democratic Party between a number of candidates. One of which who was very popular was unfortunately dead by august of 1968. That was robert kennedy. He was a peace candidate. He had been a unifying candidate for many people in the party. He was assassinated in june of 1968. That is one thing lying behind the convention in august of 1968. The kennedy delegates who had been elected, pledged to kennedy. Hubert humphrey, Lyndon Johnsons Vice President had become the nominee by august. There was another peace candidate, mccarthy who had delegates like kennedy who showed up in chicago in august. It is something of a freeforall where the delegates are concerned. It is
Can you waste your hand . E your hand . [applause] and thank you to all the other members tonight. I did want to name everyone but i thought the fact since the two of you have been getting since before we open was special, so thank you. At that conclusion, we invite you to the book signing which will be downstairs in the library. Joining us tonight is Sidney Blumenthal and jamie raskin to discuss mr. Blumenthals new book, the third volume in his series on the 16th president. Sidney blumenthal is the author of a selfmade man and wrestling with his angel, the first two volumes in his biography, the political life of Abraham Lincoln. He is the former assistant and andor to resident clinton Senior Advisor to former secretary of state hillary clinton. He has been a National Staff reporter for the Washington Post and washington editor and writer for the new yorker. His books includes the clinton wars and the permanent campaign. Raised in illinois, he lived in washington, d. C. Jamie raskin r