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Ton of information. So just kind of taking it all in. Its been great. Its been great. Last night we did a tour of the capitol, which was very nice. Immediately what we noticed was we need more statues of africanamericans. There are not enough statues of africanamericans. Thats key. I want to see Sojourner Truth and others. We need to do a better job of telling the whole american story. The story of the Indigenous People and how they were here and their culture and how they thrived. The story of the africanamerican experience as well. Its been great. So far, so good. Can i ask you, have you heard of any challenges to speaker pa lowsy, are you ready to support her . I have not heard of any challenges. I am ready to support her bid. I dont think there will be challenges. And right now, im just excited to come together with my colleagues and move the country forward. And my focus, laserlike focus on several weeks is on georgia. If we can win those two senate races in georgia, that could be
Good to be here. Yes. What are some of your First Impression . It is incredible. It is amazing to be here. Overwhelming, the stature of the capital. All of my new colleagues. A ton of information. Kind of taking it all in. Last night we did a tour of the capital. That was very nice. What we noticed is we need more statues of africanamericans. There are not enough statues of africanamericans. I want to see Sojourner Truth and crispus addicks and so many others. We need to tell the whole american story, the story of the indigenous people, how they were here and how their culture thrived. It has been great. Heard of any challenges to Speaker Pelosi . I have not. I am ready to support her bid. I dont think there will be challenges. Right now, i am excited to come together to move our country forward. My focus is on georgia. If we can win those two senate races in georgia, that could be transformative for this country. What will be your involvement in that . Whatever it takes. I have been i
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Project. Busy people get things done, and we knew we were in for it when dr. Whittenberg talked about that. Jonathan white has to be the busiest young scholar in the field today. Hes not only a prolific historian, with more projects on the back burners than ive ever seen on the stove before. He won the outstanding faculty award for academic education. Hes a parent of young children, i dont know where john finds the time. Hes been very generous with what remaining time he has from all of that for this museum and our Education Programs for which were all very grateful. As you can see from your printed programs, the topics of johns work are his published work are many and varied with something of a focus Abraham Lincoln with the legal and constitution, as well and hes coauthor of a book entitled Civic Education and the work of citizenship and because he has news they wrote our little monitor, the greatest invention of this civil war. I asked him to put it on a topic, and it draws from oth