Planet. North men discovered the vineland of the year 1000. So it looked a dutchmen, who discovered the palisades and founded the settlement of new amsterdam. They made a purchase. Some dollars for an island. The Bowling Green remains today, but time has brought a change. Among the myriad of changes, one of the most dramatic is our modern way of travel. The airplane gives visitors from overseas and americans alike a means to answer the invitation to discover america by air. It is our plan now to take you on a most remarkable voyage, a flight in which youll glide from Historic New England to the islands of hawaii. Lets begin our voyage where pilgrim fathers came to shores of freedom. A monument in provincetown remembers them beside the foaming sea, where lobster pots line up. Before whaling days, there was a boston. Its still a fascinating place for travelers to see. Look there at the cradle of liberty. And theres c. Bunker hill, where early americans stood ground and fought for freedom
You can cherry picked certain things, but later on during his presidency he gains quite deep respect and affection even springfield. He lived in the neighborhood, this was back in illinois, a neighborhood that was full of africanericans. He became friendly to them and he kept corresponding with several of them while he was in the wte house. While he was in the white house Frederick Douglass who was at first thought he was quite conservative of slary that in a couple of timesn the white house and really was astounded. He came out of this thing, this is the least prejudiced white person i think ive ever met. The same thing with sojourner truth. She was an oer africanamerican feminist and she said before i die i want to et this guy, this president abraham lincoln. Sh had a delightful time with him and felt very, very close to hi Martin Delaney who was, we would call him beyond black lives matter. Heas like a black nationalist. Very militant. He became at the end of the war, lioln appointe
I titled it the promise land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes, even if we experienced hardships and disappointments along the way that i at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union, not a perfect unit union but a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post life. Im an opinion columni for the wasngton post and founding director of the race card project. For this very special conversation this mning i am ined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, schor and president of the Andrew Mellon foundation for good morning, elizabeth. Goo morning. It is wonderful to be together. It is wonderful to be together and together we bh welcome our gue for this conversation. The 44th president of the unitedtates, barack obama and i assume you recognize that guy in the mide. Good morning, sir. Hello, guys Washington Post brought out t big guns for thi one. [laughter] we are so excited to see you. We are. I am ver
I titled it to the Promised Land because even though we may not get there in our lifetimes and we experience hardship and disappointment along the way, i still have faith we can create a more perfect union. Good morning and welcome to a very special edition of Washington Post live. Im opening and columnist for the Washington Post and founding director of the race card project. For the special conversation to see morning im joined by my dear friend elizabeth alexander, poet, scholar and president of the Andrew W Mellon foundation. Good morning, elizabeth. Good morning. Its wonderful to be together. And together with we both welcome our guest for the conversation, the 44th president of the United States, barack obama. Good morning, sir. Washington post brought out the big guns for this one. We are so excited to see you. Im three grateful that you guys took the time. We are so excited to talk to you about your book but this is a News Organization so we do have to begin with a bit of news.
When i was a kid growing up in alabama, i went to a flea market, when i was about 11 or 12, a hybrid carnival. There were carnival rides, and there are people there selling objects. One of the objects was similar to this, and i had purchased it and i broke it. And again it, wasnt a philosophical thing i just didnt like the object. I do not remember the second object or the third or fourth but i started collecting and basically i have been collecting for several decades. I didnt start out with anticipation of creating a museum i became an obsessive collector, it became not just a collection not as teaching tools only, but a museum that happened much laters. So not everybody where you grew up was collecting these, theres gonna be more you know what was it that made you keep doing it . You know i dont know, i have been thinking about that a lot. My ancestors four generations back, there are people from the bahamas, trinidad, spain, the Indigenous People of this country. I grew up a multir