Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180619:10:35:00
President lincoln's tragic assassination. this is like the early days of reconstruction, where andrew johnson, a democrat from the south had been put on the ticket with linken in 1864 to broaden the wartime appeal. where he issued what the historian eric phoner once called the most racist state paper in american history. he talked about how the african race was congenitally incapable of self-government. of civil society. what johnson was doing was becoming an important architect of white supremacy. and trying to undo the natural verdict of the civil war. he opposed the 14th amendment. he oppos...