Pat Oliphant for January 31, 1989
January 30, 1989
February 01, 1989
Transcript:
Man: Congratulations, sir - today you free the slaves. Abraham Lincoln: I free the what? Man: The slaves, sir - the coloreds. Lincoln: The what? Man: You know, sir - the negroes, the blacks. Lincoln: The what? Man: The black Afro-Americans, sir. Lincoln: The what? The African Americans sir! Lincoln: Well, why didn't you say so? Why can't they just call themselves Americans? Punk: You freed the what?
