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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: Lincoln's Second Inaugural w/ Jamelle Bouie (1865) [Part 1]
Description: This week on "50 Weeks That Shaped America," we're headed to March 1865 to talk ab out Abraham Lincoln for the first time in our series. There are two speeches inscribed in the Lincoln Memorial - Gettysburg, of course, but also his second inaugural address. If people know they speech, they likely know the final words about “malice towards none; with charity for all” but in the first half of the speech, Lincoln offers a religiously-tinged reckoning for the causes and impact of the Civil War. Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by special guest Jamelle Bouie to break it do...