12 février 1809/2009: Abraham Lincoln, 200 ans

A cette occasion, consulter le riche dossier du New York Times le week-end dernier:

AP Photo/NY Public Library, Alexander Gardner

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/l/abraham_lincoln/index.html

Vous pouvez aussi réécouter l’émission “2000 ans d’histoire” du jour, qui lui est consacrée, avec Bernard Vincent, auteur de Abraham Lincoln, l’homme qui sauva les Etats-Unis.

Obama’s Remarks At The ‘We Are One’ Concert

Le “pre-inaugural speech” d’Obama au Lincoln Memorial, 18 jan.

Deux jours avant sa prise de fonction officielle, Obama s’inscrit symboliquement dans la continuité de la Déclaration d’Indépendance, du discours de Gettysburg de Lincoln (1863), et du “I Have a Dream” de Martin L. King, prononcé en 1964 sur les mêmes marches du Lincoln Memorial. La retranscription de ce discours, ci-dessous, est illustrée de documents visuels qui renvoient à ces grands moments de mémoire.

NPR.org, January 18, 2009 · President-elect Barack Obama spoke Sunday toward the end of the “We Are One” concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery.

I want to thank all the speakers and performers for reminding us, through song and through words, just what it is that we love about America. And I want to thank all of you for braving the cold and the crowds and traveling in some cases thousands of miles to join us here today. Welcome to Washington, and welcome to this celebration of American renewal.

In the course of our history, only a handful of generations have been asked to confront challenges as serious as the ones we face right now. Our nation is at war. Our economy is in crisis. Millions of Americans are losing their jobs and their homes; they’re worried about how they’ll afford college for their kids or pay the stack of bills on their kitchen table. And most of all, they are anxious and uncertain about the future — about whether this generation of Americans will be able to pass on what’s best about this country to our children and their children.

Obama, Lincoln, Roosevelt, et l’histoire…

Sur Public Sénat (BIBLIOTHEQUE MEDICIS)

Les Etats-Unis

en ligne

Diffusée le 16/01/2009
Durée : 60 minutes

Avec

André KASPI, Professeur émérite à la Sorbonne
Jean-Hervé LORENZI, Président du cercle des économistes
Jacques PORTES, Professeur à l’université de Paris 8-Vincennes-Saint Denis
Bernard VINCENT, Professeur d’histoire et de civilisation américaines
Edouard GLISSANT, Ecrivain

Jacques Pothier