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is the site where president lincoln was assassinated by john wilkes booth. as he sat in a theater with a play running. the play running at the time was our american cousin. president lincoln died the next day across the street at the peterson boardling house. ford s is now a working theater as well as a national historic site. he current play running is 110 in the shade. while we wait, let s take a ook at today s speakers. lincoln, african americans, and the emancipation struggle. and :35 the book lincoln the problem of reconstruction. there will be a midday break for lunch at approximately 1:55 p.m. we ll hear stacy mcdormant on mary lincoln s life and legacy. at 3:05 thomas carson on incoln s ethics. at 3:55 all of today s speakers will participate in a closing panel. what you re looking at there is the box where abraham lincoln was sitting the night that he was shot. the president apparently enjoyed theater and was attending a performance of our american cousin at the ti
ArkansasUnited-statesGreeneGeorgiaLouisianaAlabamaBrooklynWashingtonDelawareCaliforniaRockvilleTennessee conferences that some of my professionals don t appreciate. i never plant questions. i know many do. the reason i don t plant them is that the answer then is contrived. no one will get away and i would like to have this question asked. the other thing is i also have a feeling that generally speaking, where the question is hard and strong and tough, it gets a better answer. don t save me from the easy questions where someone is trying to help me. then the listener says that one of his friends. watch the entire campaign film at 10:00 a.m. eastern on our weekly series. american history tv, only up next on american history tv, a recent abraham lincoln symposium. sidney blumenthal, author of a self-made man: the political life of abraham lincoln 1809-1849 . this took place at ford s d.c. andn washington, is about 40 minutes. [applause] our first speaker is a native of chicago. earned a b.a. degree in sociology and began his career in boston. he moved to washington, d.c. in 1985
New-yorkUnited-statesAlabamaAfghanistanHenry-clayKentuckyAlabama-state-capitolOhio-state-universityOhioChinaSpringfieldVirginia our first speaker is a native of chicago. earned a b.a. degree in sociology and began his career in boston. he moved to washington, d.c. in 1985 and has been here ever since. a journalist with the washington post, republic, and new yorker, covering various presidents. he was washington, d.c. bureau egularly ontributed r columnist to the guardian and served as senior editor at new republic. served as assistant and senior adviser to bill clinton from 1997 to 2001. his jobs included advising the president on communications and public policy, researching information in the media about the white house. he was a senior adviser to the 2008 hillary clinton presidential campaign. after leaving the white house, he wrote the clinton wars, 2003, about his time in presidential service. the book has been praised for its keen insights into the nation s political process. our speaker was a political consultant for the award winning series tanner 88 and executive producer of the documenta
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