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
Tvs american artifacts we visit the Cannon House Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. Im farar elliott. And im matt waz knsniewski. We wanted to talk about africanamerican representation in the 20th century. We 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 to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carolina. And then its a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. And that is Oscar Depriest from illinois. And 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
Of artifacts and a lot of history to cover and the last African American to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901 and then its a long time before another African American comes into the house and we have a couple of really rare artifacts from the 1920s and 30s but before i launch into them tell us about how he got into congress. Theres a long period. Almost three decades after he leaves congress where theres no African Americans either in the house or the senate and that has everything to do with the books and the way that that changes over time is theres a critical thing going on in the south where African Americans leave the south and move northward as part of a multidecade movement that would be called the great migration and that begins depending on which historian you talk to 1890s and runs through world war ii. It picks up momentum around world war i as theres a need in the north to fill industrial jobs and jobs occupied by men that have gone off to fight in the war and y
Of artifacts and a lot of history to cover and the last African American to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901 and then its a long time before another African American comes into the house and we have a couple of really rare artifacts from the 1920s and 30s but before i launch into them tell us about how he got into congress. Theres a long period. Almost three decades after he leaves congress where theres no African Americans either in the house or the senate and that has everything to do with the books and the way that that changes over time is theres a critical thing going on in the south where African Americans leave the south and move northward as part of a multidecade movement that would be called the great migration and that begins depending on which historian you talk to 1890s and runs through world war ii. It picks up momentum around world war i as theres a need in the north to fill industrial jobs and jobs occupied by men that have gone off to fight in the war and y
Of artifacts and a lot of history to cover and the last African American to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901 and then its a long time before another African American comes into the house and we have a couple of really rare artifacts from the 1920s and 30s but before i launch into them tell us about how he got into congress. Theres a long period. Almost three decades after he leaves congress where theres no African Americans either in the house or the senate and that has everything to do with the books and the way that that changes over time is theres a critical thing going on in the south where African Americans leave the south and move northward as part of a multidecade movement that would be called the great migration and that begins depending on which historian you talk to 1890s and runs through world war ii. It picks up momentum around world war i as theres a need in the north to fill industrial jobs and jobs occupied by men that have gone off to fight in the war and y