Topic: Lerone Bennett Jr

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37: A Shell Game
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37: A Shell Game

Abraham Lincoln and the All-White Nation Dream

The hosts deconstruct the myth of Abraham Lincoln as the "Great Emancipator," citing Lerone Bennett Jr.’s book "Forced into Glory." They highlight Lincoln’s 1858 Charleston debate where he explicitly stated he did not support social or political equality for Black people. Furthermore, they discuss Lincoln's "white dream" of deporting all Black people to Africa or South America to create an all-white United States.