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Involving a heart attack and he was they did everything they could to possibly save him. Reporter former mayor willy brown said mayor ed lee made a huge impact during his long career at city hall. I dont know San Francisco without ed lee. He has been a part of everything. At one time he was the human rights director. He was the head of purchasing in my administration. He was the head of public works in my administration. He became the cao for the city. I participated in helping him become the mayor when mr. Newsom moved on to become the Lieutenant Governor, so i cant manual the city without ed lee. Mayor lee was surrounded by family and Staff Members overnight. Many were in tears at the night wore on and they learned of his death just after 1 00 in the morning. All the supervisors were also called to the hospital. When the community saw an asianamerican leader rise up to become the first Asian American mayor of the city and county of San Francisco, it was a huge moment of pride. Report
Historians talks about what life was like for freedmen after the civil war and the overall successes and failures of reconstruction. They discussed Educational Opportunities, land redistribution, and Voting Rights as well as the politics behind these reconstruction measures. This panel was part of the annual lincoln forums symposium. It is about an hour in 15 minutes. The title of this panel may be a little deceiving. If i can read it here. [laughter] Voting Rights for black freedmen. What went right and what wrong. It seems to be couched in the terms of Voting Rights. It is really about reconstruction. I think you all know that and underminesuse what the whole progressive effort to reconstruction is the lack of freed rights for those net and women. We will expand this beyond voting. We just could not get there is a nation with the 13th amendment, with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It did not give Voting Rights to the africanamericans. And neither did the 14th amendment with its equal
I think you all know that and get it because what undermines the whole progressive effort to reconstruction is the lack of Voting Rights for those freed men and women. We will expand this beyond voting. We just could not get there is a nation with the 13th amendment, with the Civil Rights Act of 1866. It did not give Voting Rights to the africanamericans. And neither did the 14th amendment with its equal protection and due process. It took the 15th amendment. And of course that is not work either because of every effort by some to deny africanamericans this great franchise of voting. Why do you think people come to this country . One of the things is the ability to choose their own representatives. We have a great panel. I dont say that every time we have a panel. [laughter] we have a great one today. Joan waugh, a professor of history at ucla. What is so important impressing me is the groundbreaking work you do with the u. S. Grant american hero, american myth. As i told her more than
Fights back. Man who hurt little girls should go to jail and not the United States senate. And new reporting that mike pence plotted a coup in the wake of the access hollywood tape. Youre a star, they let you do it. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. The white house is desperately trying to knock down multiple reports tonight that special Counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed a germanbased dive bank, the biggest lender of money to donald j. Trump, for information about the president s financial accounts. After the story was reported this morning trumps personal attorney jake sack ka love we have confirmed the news reports special counsel subpoenaed financial records relating to the president are false. No subpoena has been issued or received. We have confirmed this with the bank and other sources. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders quoted sack ka low and slammed the media for getting ahead of what she said were the facts. I think t