colonial office and ostensibly the queen for response. but governor eyre takes a very dismissive attitude for the recommendations for reform. and this causes the two factions to really come to a head in 1865, late 1865, just after the civil war has ended, and just after what we thought of as a major advance for freedom in the world, has been attained. it starts in the parish immediately adjacent to menard s home. this is st. thomas in the east, a parish on the eastern shore of jamaica, in a small colonial town. on a routine court case, there is an african-american defendant who is being charged with a fine for alleged trespass on an abandoned plantation. that had essentially been allowed to become overgrown, and this particular defendant in the case had crossed onto the land, and we think that he may have attempted to cultivate some food. but regardless of the case, what it was was essentially the land-owning class was attempting to clamp down on black attempts to establish p
great focal point standing on the terrace of marble house, looking out to the sea, overlooking this tremendous silhouette, the wonderful chinese red color. i think a great, great addition to the entire property of marble house. there s a new web site for american history tv where you can find our schedules and preview our upcoming programs, watch featured video from our regular weekly series, as well history tweets, history in the news and social media from facebook, youtube, twitter. abolitionist john willard menard was elected to congress in 1869. up next we hear more about him from phillip magness. this is about an hour from the u.s. capital historical society. before we begin, before i introduce the speakers, let me introduce congressman danny davis. [ applause ] thank you very much. and let me just say how delighted i am to be here. as a matter of fact, the last time i was at a meeting, i was so inspired by a woman who made a presentation of a book that she has w
ocean to african-americans in congress and the impact of shipping democracy in america. web site www. avoiceonline.org of the ultimate public discourse and college about african-american leadership and representative government and promote civic engagement among youth. i am honored to be your moderator for today s event. today we will hear from the house historian matt wasniewski and lead editor of the book black americans in congress, 1870-2007, another fantastic resources. later we will hear from former congressman ronald dellums will be introduced by representative barbara lee. please welcome the sponsor of our briefing, congressman frederica wilson who represents florida s seventeenth district. a lifelong educator congresswoman wilson before coming to congress served as a principal, school board member, florida state house representative and florida state senator. this is her freshman term in congress. [applause] thank you so much and thank you for being here with us
architects and commissioned them to travel to china for more than a year and they came back with this design. it was an expression of fun she used to host parties centered around the tea house and certainly it was a great focal point standing on the terrace looking out to the sea over looking this tremendous silhouette the wonderful red color. i think a great, great addition to the property of the house. there s a new website for american history tv where you can find our schedules and watch video and access ahtv history tweets and history in the news. and social media. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend online at cspan.org/history. john willis menard was elected to congress in 1868. up next we hear more about him from phillip magnus. this is about an hour from the u.s. capital historical society. before we begin, before i introduce the speakers, let me introduce congressman danny davis. [ applause ] thank you very much. and let me just say how delight
good morning. goodorning good, morning, everyone. i wanted to welcome you to this black history month program.. it is black americans in i congress briefings and discussion and i think this is i an outstanding way to start the morning, so we will begin. i am the project director of the congressional black caucus foundation. a voice african-american voicesn in congress is a long-standing project of the cbcf that chronicles legislative af accomplishments, ofongress african-americans in congress, and the impact of shaken democracy in america. the website, is an educational resource which helps cultivate discourse and scholarship on african-american leadership andd representative government ent and promote civic engagement among youth. i m honored to be the moderator for today s event. today we will hear from the house a story in, matt wasniewski, and the editor of the book black americans in congress, another fantastic resources. later we will hear from former congressman ron