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Transcripts For CSPAN3 American Artifacts History Of African Americans In Congress - 20th Century 20240712

20th century. We have a lot of artifacts from the house collection and have to do with that. And a lot of history to cover. And, the last africanamerican to be elected to the 19th century was 1901, george white of north carolina, and that was a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. And we have a couple of where artifacts from the 19 twenties and thirties. But before i launch into that, because i love them so much. Tell us a little bit about oscar priest and how he got into congress. Theres a long period, almost three decades after George Henry White where there is no African Americans who served in the house or senate. That has everything to do with the gym crow laws that them go on the books in the south. The way that that changes over time during those decades, there is a critical thing going on in the south where African Americans begin to leave the cell and move northward as part of a multi decade movement that would later be called the great migration. Tha

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