Animosity. Michelle mac lieu sew is on capitol hill with more details about senator Jeff Sessions confirmation hearing to be the next attorney general. Reporter senator Jeff Sessions made his case in front of the senate panel. Why he should be the next u. S. Attorney general. So i come before you today as a colleague, whos worked with you for years and some of you 20 years you know what i am who i am. Reporter but not all of the colleagues will be friendly. Senator core key booker and congressman john lewis will testify against senator sessions nomination because of his record on civil rights. Sessions was denied a federal judgeship in 1986 when the republican Led Committee rejected his nomination because witnesses reported he used racially offensive language. These are false charges. Reporter democrats also questioned senator sessions commitment to the Voting Rights act. Legislation which protects minorities access to the polls. I deeply understand the or country. And the horrendous i
[applause] good evening. Thanks for coming on on what was a nice day today. Welcome to the lecture on Harriet Tubman. You probably know we are in a Harriet Tubman revival right now. A new appreciation of an iconic figure. It is a name we relate with the underground railroad. We sort of forget that after the underground railroad, Harriet Tubman lived for another 50 years. Some remarkable 50 years after the civil war. Tonights speaker is here to bring us up to speed and uptodate on that in our lecture. [applause] as you probably know, Harriet Tubmans face is due to grace the front of the 20 bill soon. Our speaker, Catherine Clinton, [applause] Catherine Clinton is one of the people that helped to put her there. In fact, her biography of Harriet Tubman was praised as a revelation. Not bad. Harriet tubman is probably an appropriate subject for her. I will tell you a little bit about catherine. She has been in perpetual motion almost her entire life as well. She grew up in kansas city, miss
Courtmartial proceeding. She was working as a nurse in South Carolina and the Court Transcript allows us to hear her in her own words. After the war, she received the pension as a widow of a union veteran, nelson davis who had served as a private in the 8 United States colored infantry. Years after she died, tubman petitioned congress for additional benefits for her own service outlined in her affidavit as nurse and cook in hospitals and commander of several men, eight or nine, as scouts dpurg the late war. Congress received numerous documents and letters supporting tubmans claim and they, along with her affidavit are here in the records of the niets house of representatives. Tubmans pentagon was increased to 20 for her service as a nurse. Tonight, a distinguished panel will discus the life enlegacy of Harriet Tubman and ongoing presentation efforts of her birthplace. Ms. Ross is feeling in for robert f. Parker listed in our program but unable to be with. Dr. Jones is the University Ar
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