{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Ill Literacy: Books with Benson","title":"A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (Guest: Jonathan W. White)","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/551d3413\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4353,"description":"Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Jonathan W. White, associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University, to discuss his new book, A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House. They discuss how Lincoln’s unprecedented welcoming of African American men and women to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States and how African Americans used the White House as a national stage to amplify their calls for equality.\r\n\r\nGet the book here:  https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538161807/A-House-Built-by-Slaves-African-American-Visitors-to-the-Lincoln-White-House\r\n\r\nShow Notes:\r\n\r\nClaremont Review of Books: Lucas Morel – “Overcoming the House Divided”\r\nhttps://claremontreviewofbooks.com/overcoming-the-house-divided/\r\n\r\nC-SPAN: A House Built by Slaves (VIDEO)\r\nhttps://www.c-span.org/video/?519281-1/a-house-built-slaves\r\n\r\nThe Guardian: Martin Pengelly – “Why Abraham Lincoln’s meetings with Black Americans matter”\r\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/12/abraham-lincoln-race-slavery-black-americans-jonathan-white-book-michell-obama\r\n\r\nLaw & Liberty: Andrew F. Lang – “Meeting Mr. Lincoln”\r\nhttps://lawliberty.org/book-review/meeting-mr-lincoln/\r\n\r\nLos Angeles Review of Books: Ronald White – “Calling on Lincoln”\r\nhttps://lareviewofbooks.org/article/calling-on-lincoln/\r\n\r\nNational Review: Allen C. Guelzo – “Guests of the Great Emancipator”\r\nhttps://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2022/04/04/guests-of-the-great-emancipator/\r\n\r\nSmithsonian Magazine: Jonathan W. White – “Black Lives Certainly Mattered to Abraham Lincoln”\r\nhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/black-lives-certainly-mattered-abraham-lincoln-180976963/\r\n\r\nU.S. National Archives: A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House (VIDEO)\r\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUgsyeeWyE\r\n\r\nWhite House Historical Association: A House Built by Slaves - African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kNYd03PWLsrhW1fapjuL69XCID7ipQAh8UAmtQYE_W0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM2NzM4LzE2Njk4/MzU0NzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}