that was pulling a wagon, the black folks were in the same situation, they did not have a choice. >> the five civilized tribes officially align themselves with the confederacy during the civil war, because slaves were needed to improve the economic fortunes of these tribes. the confederacy lost, by the way. after the civil war, the federal government negotiated with these tribes on treaties, referred to as the treaties of 1866. >> in article two of the creek treaty of 1866, it says that
a widespread diverse group of people. i feel very positive that between juneteenth and understanding in a peaceful manner what slavery means that we will move forward. >> we're almost out of time, but i just want to ask about your day today. i know you're attending church in houston, and part of your mission is to highlight the spiritual dimension of juneteenth. talk about that briefly, please. >> this was very emotional, just to give the name of sister clark, who was a slave who told her story and said she was whipped by a bull whip. she was whipped to get the cotton. she was whipped because she didn't understand the master. i want to take this day, founded in 1866, the community will be there. we welcome houston and all others and that is to honor slaves who have never been honored, who lived, who were born, lived and died in slavery. never honored unmarked graves. that's what we want today to be part of.
at the first major ceremony held in arlington national cemetery, the general approach for americans to decorate the graves with springtime flowers proclaiming that no vandalism or neglect, ravages of time testify to the present or coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free undivided republic. ♪♪ the late 1860s, cities coast-to-coast hosting parades visiting cemeteries, memorials and reciting prayers for the fallen. president lyndon johnson would rather designate new york because it held an annual communitywide event with visitors decorating graves dating back to 1866. after world war i day of mync remember to ecstatic to memorialize soldiers who died in all wars. one hundred years after decoration day was declared, congress passed uniform monday holiday act officially making memorial day a national holiday the last monday in may creating a three day weekend.
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that claim, that she has made? >> there was a debate about that in the year 1866, when they were trying to decide how to write the 14th amendment and some people said that. they lost that debate and the 14th amendment was written in a way that applies for all time and for all insurrections, in both congress and in the supreme court, repeatedly emphasizing that the disqualification clause is a live and viable part of our constitution. >> you are probably aware, sir, that a judge, in a similar case in north carolina, actually filed against madison cawthorn, was blocked. basically, they blocked the challenge to his eligibility based on the same argument that greene is trying to use. are you at all concerned that this effort could be derailed by a higher court? you see similarities or differences between what happened in the madison cawthorn legal challenge and what you are trying to do with marjorie taylor greene?
some of the events of january 6th. and then the day before the attack, she signal to her followers, a code word, meant to storm federal buildings and supposedly overthrow tyrants. so, we are going to ask her about all of that and more. >> in her dismissal filing, she argued that the 14th amendments disqualification clause only applied to members of the confederacy. what would you say to that? what would your response be to that claim, that she has made? >> there was a debate about that in the year 1866, when they were trying to decide how to write the 14th amendment and some people said that. they lost that debate and the 14th amendment was written in a way that applies for all time
many of them were particularly incensed by the role marshal played with the end doubly acp. the -- legalized school segregation. the secretary shun senators tried to trip marshall in front of the senate. he faced questions in the senate as being painted as soft on crime, and senator strong thurman of south carolina, one of the most notorious racist segregationists in the history of the u.s. congress, played the part of racist quiz show host asking marshall obscure legal trivial questions. like, do you know who drafted the 13th amendment of the u.s. constitution? under what legal theorists was the constitutionality of the civil rights act of 1866 supported by its proponents? ultimately, marshall was confirmed on a bipartisan basis. 69 to 11. the racists lost. now, quite a bit in the country has changed in the time between thurgood marshall and ketanji brown-jackson.
the -- legalized school segregation. the secretary shun senators tried to trip marshall in front of the senate. he faced questions in the senate as being painted as soft on crime, and senator strong thurman of south carolina, one of the most notorious racist segregationists in the history of the u.s. congress, played the part of racist quiz show host asking marshall obscure legal trivial questions. like, do you know who drafted the 13th amendment of the u.s. constitution? under what legal theorists was the constitutionality of the civil rights act of 1866 supported by its proponents? ultimately, thurgood marshall was confirmed on a bipartisan basis. 69 to 11. the racists lost. now, quite a bit of a country has changed in the time between thurgood marshall and ketanji brown-jackson. or at least, you want to think it has.
black lives have mattered to most americans for a long time . that's why we passed civil rights laws in 1866 1870 one eighteen seventy five nineteen sixty nineteen sixty four nineteen sixty 1990 1991. that's why we elected an african-american president twice. that's why we have over ten thousand elected to publicn officials in this country who happen to bepe black and present is wrong to say that tannen's of millions ofer americans are racists because they don't support his woke agenda. the truth is most americans don't think that much about race. they think about character. theyey understand that that sous have no color.ca most americans understandta