Michael Schulder in conversation with David W. Blight.
If Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass could visit Joe Biden today, and advise him on his inaugural address, what would they say? Here is a five minute time-sensitive exercise of imagination.
My partner is Yale history professor David Blight. He recently won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist leader who escaped slavery and became one of America’s greatest orators.
I asked Blight to imagine if we could transport Douglass, along with Abraham Lincoln, for a last-minute briefing with Joe Biden as he puts the finishing touches on his inaugural address. What would they recommend President Biden say to us? And why?
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