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 go on the books in the south, and the way that that changes over time during those decades, theres a critical thing going on in the south where africanamericans begin to l
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 in either the house or the senate. That has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south. And the way that that changes overtime during those decades, there is a critical thing going on in the south where African Americans begin to leave the south and move northward as part of a multi decade movement that would lat
Westward. So how is it these days when something breaks, we find ourselves in a fix. Unable either to repair it on our own or find anybody else who can . A conundrum david pogue will explore this morning. Our machines are getting more complex to more expensive, from our phones to a trackers. So why dont the manufacturers want you to fix them when they break . Coming up on sunday morning. Pauley tomorrow is columbus day, the traditional day of pride for americans of italian heritage. But given all we know now, should christopher columbus, and some other historical figures, still be standingni tall . A controversial topic that mo rocca will explore. Reporter it has been a rough 2020 for christopher columbus. He has been protested, defaced, toppled, even beheaded. But the controversy of the italian explorer is just part of what has become a monumental reckoning. This is a wrestle over who gets to tell the nations history. Who gets to be at the top of that history. Reporter later on sunday
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Do nothing but try to be funny all the time. That is my main mission. Host as a feminist Political Writer and cultural critic, how is humor a useful entry point for the things you want to say . Guest its been useful to me and mayb maybe that is just convenient for me to say because that is what i like to write, but it feels like a great way to so challenging concepts to people because even when i was a film critic, i always tried to make everything funny or make each piece of writing a piece of entertainment in itself because if you can make something funny, you can get people to swallow is that they might not otherwise think they were interested in a feminist ideas are radical concepts or things that are challenging to talk about like abortion. We put abortion in my comedy tv show and i always say, i think of it like hiding to give your dog a pill you would put it in some liverwurst or something. Its all so if you are writing about politics, which is a horrible thing to have to do a c