In Nikki Giovannis The American Vision of Lincoln, the poet argues that the Capitol needs a statue of ..... next to the one of Abraham Lincoln.

AFRICAN AMERICAN LITERATURE

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In Nikki Giovanni’s “The American Vision of Lincoln, ” the poet argues that the Capitol needs a statue of ____ next to the one of Abraham Lincoln.

A	W.E.B. DuBois
B	Amiri Baraka
C	Booker T. Washington
D	Frederick Douglass

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Lincoln, I must not detain you with my poor opinion, when there are thousands waiting to shake hands with you. ‘ ‘No, no, ’ he said, ‘you must stop a little, Douglass; there is no man in the country whose opinion I value more than yours.

Detailed explanation-2: -Regarding the freed slaves and other American blacks, Lincoln favored their removal to a colony in Africa. This was Douglass’ opening salvo a spirited attack 6 against the president’s agenda, which at first was to preserve the Union and the Constitution, and silence any mention of the divisive issue of slavery.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the Civil War, Douglass was a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln and helped convince him that slaves should serve in the Union forces and that the abolition of slavery should be a goal of the war.

Detailed explanation-4: -They shared a common goal of trying to abolish slavery, however, Douglass and Lincoln did have different goals as well that they believed were priorities. Douglass’s goal was to have equality and equal rights among the races and Lincoln’s main goal was to unify the Union after the destruction caused by the Civil War.

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