Eulogy to george floyd killed by a us police i think british broadcasting regulators may allow me to say what a profound privilege it is for you to be on going underground but of course im going to ask you why is it not you rather than biden who is running against trump why do you call yourself a tree shaker in this new book of yours. I think that the history of dealing with movements in this country and even globally is that you need those of us that shake the tree in the sense of shaking up where a society has dealt in an unequal and unfair way and in many cases unjust way and you dont have those that pick up the fruit that falls d d from the tree and make jam out of it and i have in my role as an activist been more were trees shake their wonder picks up a fruit and becomes want to lead to the office or head of a corporate entity in the private sector and i think theres a legitimate role for both i feel my calling is to be the one shaking trees rather than picking up fruits trying to
Record for bringing in diverse and intellectually challenging and informed speakers. Tonights is no exception, and if you havent heard bill brands before, i think youll be delighted. If you have comments, in the past as i know many of you have, youre in for another treat. Please join me in welcoming my colleague, glees whitney, to introduce our speaker. [ applause ] well, thank you very much, elaine, for that warm introduction. We really treasure our partnership with the ford. Its always a treat. We will continue to bring you excellent programs that stimulate the mind and the heart for Public Service and love of our history. Happy washingtons birthday to our cspan audience and also to the audience here at the fort. Its really neat to be here recognizing washingtons birthday. This is one of the reasons we wanted bill to be here on this special day. Its always a pleasure to host bill brands. Weve had him back to west michigan so many times, ive lost count. But its been enough that he sho
Between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate a. M. Nue beyond 10 50 the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from North Carolina, minutes. , for five ms. Adams thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise this morning to honor two North Carolina women who left us this year, former former dr. Dorsett, representative mcalister. I admired and was friends with them. Of they were both educators who service. Public proud graduates of historically colleges. Founded and led organizations to cell a anemia. Lows of personal tragedy, both women were predeceased by a child they loved like a best friend. They were both county commissioners and state legislators. All, trailblazers. Katie dorsett was the first black women on the greensboro i was proud to follow in her footsteps. After serving on the security she was elected to the county board of commissioners and went on to serve in governor hunts administration an
Conventions are considered to have delivered the best speeches of their political careers. Cuomo, anddan, mario annrichards in 1988 richards in 1988. Barbara jordan became the first black woman to give the keynote address to the dnc. She received a law degree edit with the first black woman to serve in the u. S. Senate. She talked political ethics at the university of texas in austin entered the on immigration reform. She spoke to delegates in new york city. [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen. [applause] are neither ladies nor are you gentlemen. Gentlemen, in case you do not know it, may i now present our second keynote speaker, the honorable Barbara Jordan, democrat of houston, texas. [applause] Barbara Jordan thank you. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen for a very warm reception. 144 years ago that members of the Democratic Party first led a convention to select a president ial candidate. Since that time, democrats have continued to go to been once every f
They discuss objects related to uniforms. Watch tonight beginning at 8 00 eastern and enjoy American History tv this week and every weekend on cspan 3. Visits museums and historic places. Up next we take you inside the house wing of the u. S. Capitol to learn about the history of women in congress. In a second of a twopart program, we continue the story beginning in the 1940s with republican congresswoman claire booth. Im the curator, and i take care of a lot of the artifacts, the artwork, the objects that document the houses rich heritage. Im the higstorian of the house. And my job is to collect information on members to gather data and historic lists and to conduct oral histories. We answer reference questions in our office that come from on the hill and off the hill and we try to tell the story of the house, which is this very big, very Old Institution in a way in which people can kind of connect with it at a human level. We do that through telling biographical stories or clips from