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House of representatives. And im a historian, has going. And we want to talk today about the history of African American representation in the 20th century. And we have a lot of artifacts, from house collection, they have to do with that in a lot of history to cover. In the last African American sort of to be elected in the 19th century leaves a 1901, george white of North Carolina. And then its a long time before another African American comes into the house, and that is oscar to priest from illinois. And we have a couple of really rare artifacts from this man, from the 19 twenties and thirties. But before a legit because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about oscar, and how he got into congress . So theres a long period, almost three decades a ....
Africanamerican representation in the 20th century and have a lot of artifacts from the house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last africanamerican sort of to be eleshgted in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carkarcar and a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. Oscar depriest from illinois. We have a couple of really rare artifacts from Oscar Depriest from the 1920s and 30s. But before i launch into them, because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. So theres a long period. Almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress where theres no africanamericans who serve in either the house or the senate. And that has everything to do with the jim crow laws that ....
The house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last African American to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of North Carolina. Then its a long time before another African American comes into the house, and that is oscar from illinois. We have a couple of very rare artifacts from oscar de priest from the 19 twenties and thirties. Before i launch into this because i love him so much. Matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. There is a period of almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress where there is no African Americans who serve ....
Unfortunately, disinformation about and distrust in our medical system plays a significant role. Last monday i had the pleasure of speaking with dr. Lena wen, a visiting professor at the George WashingtonUniversity School of Public Health. She previously served as the Health Commissioner for baltimore, where she led the nations oldest continuously operating Health Department to fight the weed epidemic, improve maternal fight the opioid epidemic, improve maternal and child health. She has been a leading voice for sciencebased policy during the pandemic. We spoke at length about the impacts of covid19 on communities of color in the u. S. [no audio] video to playave here. Thank you so much for joinin ....
You see yourself voting in the next couple of days when and if this takes place . Pedro i urge my republican colleagues to keep their promise to the American People to do they said they would do in 2016 and that if they break their word and i made that statement very clear before judge blair was nominated and from what i consider to be in a legitimate process. Republicans have broken their word and i tried to hold them to the promise in some what the president ial election. Its over her becoming a judge. So my feeling is yes so even though they would not have been my choice she has a record as an academic at notre dame and i viewed her to be qualified for the Appellate Court thats very different than the Supreme Court but ive often voted for people one position and voted against them for another position i dont think th ....