150 Years Ago Today: Abolitionist John Brown Raided Arsenal At Harpers Ferry In Attempt To Start Slave Insurrection In South

Friday, October 16, 2009 :Commemorations are being held in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Maryland today to mark the 150th anniversary of abolitionist John Brown"s raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry. We end today's show with a reading of John Brown's address to the court in Virginia that ordered his hanging. Actor Harris Yulin read his words as part of a larger reading of Howard Zinn's classic work, "A People's History of the United States." Yulin was followed by James Earl Jones reading Frederick Douglas.