And i am handicapped in every way. I want to be a student i have struggled hard. I will always be thankful for the naacp for giving me some directly to channel my activities for a better way of life. I am very thankful for dr. Martin luther king, who came to montgomery with his nonviolent christian attitude and of loving your enemies. I almost did not come here today because so many people told me not to come here, and i said that, seeing what happened in summa, i came here with hope and faith and you have given me faith today. I want to say that we were given leaflets about this. Dr. King was not a student, but i was. I learned at that time and place that we are not in a struggle of black against white, but wrong and right. Thank you. [applause] someone has suggested that besing but were not going to sings. Someone has suggested that i acknowledge the presence of the people who are here from london and the people from canada and other fine countries. Im not going to do that. Someone h
Assassinated the following month in april. We will hear from the secretary of the interior, Howard University professor and a green medford edna medford and chuck todd and bobby horton. A reenactment of the actual inauguration. Michael krebs will be playing the role of president lincoln. John obrien as chief justice chase. It is hosted by the National Park service and the Lincoln Group of d. C. Ninelive coverage coming up at 9 30. That is live here on American History tv. [no audio] Michael Krebs will be acting as president lincoln today. The 150th Anniversary Commemoration of Abraham Lincolns second inaugural. Live coverage from the Lincoln Memorial in washington d. C. Here on American History tv. We will be back when the speaking program begins. All weekend long, American History tv is joining our Comcast Cable partners to showcase the history of galveston, texas. To learn more about the cities on our poor, visit cspan. Org cities tour. The cities on our tour. With the explosion and
Actually, the melody was an old irish tune called right in the vote and a fellow named Jesse Hutchison who was of the Hutchison Family serenaded the president a number of times. Hurrah for the choice of the nation our chieftain so brave and so true well go for the great reformation for lincoln and liberty, too well go for the son of kentucky the hero of hoosierdom through the pride of the suckers, so lucky for lincoln and liberty, too theyll find what by felling and mauling our railmaker statesman can do for the people are everywhere calling for lincoln and liberty, too then up with the banner so glorious the starspangled red, white and blue well fight til our banners victorious for lincoln and liberty, too our davids good sling is unerring the slavocrats giant he slew then shout for the freedom preferring for lincoln and liberty, too well go for the son of kentucky the hero of hoosierdom through the pride of the suckers, so lucky for lincoln and liberty, too [applause] thank you very
Seems, he made it that way. He did this with all of his writings that ive been able to track. He also liked to he didnt think it was done until he had read it to somebody opinion you would think he could get that by reading it to himself, but he said no, that doesnt work. One time he got senior statesmen, old man blair or somebody like that, tell me what you think of this. But one time he had to send it off. It was a letter, it was summertime. He sat down with the clerk in his office and the clerk said, do you want me to comment on it mr. Lincoln . He said no, just listen to it. I have to have Somebody Just listen to it. So what im trying to say is he was a very, very deliberate writer, far more deliberate than people think. Thinking ahead not buying taken by surprise. Ready with a phrase ready with one of his wonderful antithesis. Without it, i cannot fail kind of thing. When you start tracking it, he spent a lot of time just writing. No visitors this week. Im working on my message. I
Then it can stay with you. Other people can use it. This is what he said was the reason writing was the greatest invention, said if somebody writes it down then it doesnt matter if its forgotten for a thousand years its written down, and the person who can use it 1,000 years later finds it where its written and goes on. I think thats the kind of think thinker he was. But he knew africanamericans knew, he knew people who came from slave backgrounds capable of high intellectual ability. Frederick douglass he coiled converse and very sof fistcated terms with people. Sounds like he didnt have any sealing on black potential in terms of white potential . Any sense of development . He didnt really talk about this. You have to kind of intuit it from his attitudes. Hes professionally closed mouth mouthed. All his friends talk about this. Not even his friends know his deepest thoughts. I dont have to tell Chris Matthews that when a politician opens his mouth nothing but the truth from his heart