MetroFocus

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE AMERICAN STRUGGLE

Clip: 11/02/2022 | 12m 56s  | Video has closed captioning.

Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer and historian Jon Meacham takes fresh look at Abraham Lincoln in a new book “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle.” Meacham describes how a president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Tonight, Meacham opens up on the former president’s leadership.

Aired: 11/02/22

Rating: NR

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