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Africanamerican to be elected in the 19th century please in 1901. George white of north carolina. Before is a long time another africanamerican comes into the house and that is oscar dupree from illinois. We had a couple of rare artifacts from him from the 1920s and 30s. Before i launch into them, matt, tell us about oscar dupree. Almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress when there are no africanamerican to serve in the house or senate. That has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south. The way that that changes over time during those decad...

Century washe 19th george white of North Carolina in 1901. It is a long time before another African American comes into the house. That is oscar dupree from illinois. We have a couple of really rare artifacts from him from the 1920s and 30s. Before i launch into them, matt, tell us about oscar dupree. And how he got into congress. Decades is almost three after George Henry White leaves congress when there are no African Americans who served in the house or senate to that has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south. The way that that changes over time during th...

Ways. We are well aware of all of these things. What we are trying to think through and in the exhibit is, ok, how do we tell the story . Because it was intense. There were intense restrictions that were enforced because of hartseller. A kid, part is the Civil Rights Act in 1964. And hartseller in 1965. Of this moment not in a positive or negative way. We are trying to piece through what are the things that changed and what other things that did not as letting people make up the decisions on their own as space the all of these kinds of things together. U mentioned that. None of us talked about...

Ther stops on cspans cities tour at cspan. Org local content. American history tv every weekend on cspan 3. Monday night on the ommunicators, tim wong, founder and ceo on the technology that predicts outcome to congressional legislation using data mining and artificial intelligence. Analytics get something more granular. On a break down legislative by legislative basis to see how likely they are to bill. Or a certain theres a lot of opportunities for attorneys and lobbyists to go in and say let me look at the bill. Here are cosponsors, the people most likely to vote least for the people likely...

Next, inside the u. S. Capitol to learn about the history of the house of representatives page program. The Program Began in the early 1800s and continued up until 2011 when due to technological and staff changes, pages were no longer critical to the legislative process and the program was ended. One of the oldest parts of the capitols house wing. History going back to the 1800s. We dont know when the first pages served in the house. The tradition of having messengers and a page is simply an messenger, an errand runner. In u. S. Legislative practice it usually has involved in the u. S. Congres...