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Democrats and yourself can win on? >> well, i think making sure that people understand the risk that we all face, these fundamental rights that we have enjoyed. you know, the right to privacy. the right to marry. those are not rights specifically outlined in the constitution. those rights are at risk and if we can help people understand that, that's something we need to do. because there are so many rights we value as americans that in my opinion are now at risk. so will i be speaking up and campaigning on the threats to our liberties as americans? you better believe it. i will. because this i...

Beautiful civilization, the beautiful family life, the customs, traditions, the culture of africa. and we are so excited to now finally be able to begin this first chapter of african american history, with the origin story in freedom, not in slavery. >> and, perri, let me stick with you for one more question here. there is a letter that equiano wrote to queen charlotte in 1788, i supplicate your majesty's compassion for millions of my african country men who have grown under the lash of tyranny in the west indies. talk about the importance of having such documentation for our understanding tod...

Scholarship. >> thank you, yes, i think that's right. farmer george, of course, was used by intellectuals as a way of trying to embarrass and humiliate him, but in a country where 80% of the people took their livelihoods from agriculture, it actually made him more popular. and mad king george is a phrase that i don't think we should use any longer, not least because we destigmatize mental illness, and you can't blame the king any longer for this terrible collapse of his mental capacities, which did not happen, by the way, as is made out by "hamilton" the musical, during the period of the ameri...

Until 1788 to 1789, five years after america has become independent. >> to our viewers -- and i have it on good authority we have a good number of history buffs in the audience -- you're going to find out along the way just as much about early american history as you are about king george iii, including things about thomas payne that completely rewrote what we american school children would learn about him, including but not limited to the fact that he wasn't, after all, a manufacturer of corsets. so thank god the record has been set straight. andrew roberts, it is always a pleasure to have yo...

Perspective. there is misinformation out there about critical race theory and when critical race theory is still merely a tool to help people understand history of racism in our country. again, it's fact based. fact. 1619 is when we first had slaves come to the american shores. a year before the pilgrims, fact. our constitution 1788 african-americans were three fifths of citizens. fact, we fought a civil war over slavery. the bloodiest war america has ever fought. fact, it took 100 years after the civil war to end segregation which was worse than apartheid. so those are facts. it's something t...