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
Hardy. Tonight, we are in tara hot in the museum. Let me introduce you to one of our guests with us throughout the program tonight. Earnest free bird is a debs biographer. Its been 85 years since debs died. Why would we care about him . He was one of the most important labor leaders and in a crucial time of conflict between labor and capital. He was the central figure in the socialist movement at a time when it was a viable and growing part of the american political culture. Is he interesting as a snapshot in time . Where does he have a Lasting Legacy . Like many Third Party Candidates he and his fellow socialist managed to move the conversation and import directions that have affected the development of american democracy ever since. In that regard, he is of his time, but also having a long impact. Well have time to delve into some of the elections more deeply later on. Of the five bids he made for the white house, are any particularly significant . Two for different reasons. The 1912
We talked to him about eugene debslegacy. Lets listen to what he had to say. A lot of big ideas that he advocated. He talked about what people get old, there should be social insurance for them. That is what we call Social Security today. Amazingly, in 2011 there are those same people that want to destroy Social Security. He believed health care was the right of all people. That battle continues today. I think it is fair to say that many of the huge advances made during the 1930s under president roosevelt, the Great Society under lyndon johnson, those were ideas that people liked eugene debs probably brought to the shaw, hd wells, helen keller, many people were involved in this movement to get the prisoners out. For harding, he had no interest in inheriting this mass. Mess. Debs foundation. Org is there website. Thank you to all of you for helping us put this program together. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 201
We talked to him about eugene debslegacy. Lets listen to what he had to say. A lot of big ideas that he advocated. He talked about what people get old, there should be social insurance for them. That is what we call Social Security today. Amazingly, in 2011 there are those same people that want to destroy Social Security. He believed health care was the right of all people. That battle continues today. I think it is fair to say that many of the huge advances made during the 1930s under president roosevelt, the Great Society under lyndon johnson, those were ideas that people liked eugene debs probably brought to the shaw, hd wells, helen keller, many people were involved in this movement to get the prisoners out. For harding, he had no interest in inheriting this mass. Mess. Debs foundation. Org is there website. Thank you to all of you for helping us put this program together. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 201