History. The archives launches a new exhibit called rightfully hers comemorating the 100th anniversry of the 19th amendment. Ratified by 36 states in 1920, the 19th amendment prohibited states from denying the vote on the basis of sex. It was a victory for womens rights, but not for all women. For some perspective, i sat down with three historians, ann gordon, the preeminent scholar on the Womens Suffrage Movement and the editor of the Elizabeth Cady stanton and susan b. Anthony papers at rutgers university. Marcia chatelain, an associate professor of history and africanamerican studies at Georgetown University, and maggie blackhawk, a law professor at the university of pennsylvania and a member of the ojibwe tribe. Talk to me about the long, very long fight for women who were trying to get the right to vote, and who were some of them the boldface names if you will who were leading this charge . Ann well, the central people from the early stages of themom Elizabeth Cady stanton would b
Soledad do you see that as part of your role, if youre a very visible and successful black chef . Announcer can he change the face of fine dining . Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact. 2020 is just around the corner. But before you change your calendar, we wanted to look back at some of the important stories we covered this year, including a recordbreaking year in politics. When the 116th congress was sworn in, it became the most diverse in u. S. History. It includes the first native american women to be elected to the house of representatives. Deb haaland from new mexico and Sharice Davids from kansas promised to tackle the epidemic of violence against Indigenous Women. Native american women have a murder rate 10 times higher than nonnative women. We spotlighted the crisis earlier this year and found native women are disappearing without a trace, leaving their families without hope or justice. Ive been having a lot of friends that have gone missing and never found. So
The kind of music you were playing. Did you have that feeling at the time that you were breaking ground or, of course, you were just trying to make it too, werent you . June kuramoto yeah, we were just trying to do something and not having any predecessors to follow, it was very hard and difficult. It was blood, sweat, and tears, and blind leading the blind almost, you know . But thats what it takes, you know, if you wanna do something, and you have to create. But you have to have the vision and we had the vision of incorporating these different kinds of instruments and so when you have that, then it, i think, that helps longevity. Robert yeah, when you were sitting there with hiroshima and trying to decide what the sound was going to be, what did you think about . What are, likewhat do musicians do when theyre trying to analyze what they want to play or what they wanna convey . June well, my thing is, i think, you know, we are all different. I am not analytical at all so i just impuls
Soledad im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact from michigan. Were here at the Detroit Institute of arts. Famed mexican artist diego rivera painted this mural all around me. Its called detroit industry. And its a tribute to the citys manufacturing roots. But detroit didnt just build cars, it manufactured hope. It was where the American Dream came to life. With a large bloc of blue collar workers, michigan eventually became part of the reliable blue wall for democrats, until 2016, when donald trump won the state by the slimmest of margins, less than 1 of the vote. Michigan hadnt gone red since electing george h. W. Bush in 1988. But in 2020, pundits of every stripe acknowledge black women voters will be the kingmakers, or queenmakers. They turned out more than any other group in 2016 and 2012. Africanamerican women have long been political players. Our special correspondent joie chen retraced the steps of some of americas greatest Political Forces to understand their influence her
American or Asian American groups and then kind of playing the kind of music you were playing. Did you have that feeling at the time that you were breaking ground or, of course, you were just trying to make it too, werent you . June kuramoto yeah, we were just trying to do something and not having any predecessors to follow, it was very hard and difficult. It was blood, sweat, and tears, and blind leading the blind almost, you know . But thats what it takes, you know, if you wanna do something, and you have to create. But you have to have the vision and we had the vision of incorporating these different kinds of instruments and so when you have that, then it, i think, that helps longevity. Robert yeah, when you were sitting there with hiroshima and trying to decide what the sound was going to be, what did you think about . What are, likewhat do musicians do when theyre trying to analyze what they want to play or what they wanna convey . June well, my thing is, i think, you know, we are