To the life of one of the iconic figures of not just the Civil Rights Movement, but of the ways and Means Committee. I sat next to john lewis for 25 years on the ways and Means Committee and i must tell you, he was the bravest, most gentle person i ever met. He nearly lost his life in pursuit of justice and confronted some of the darkest society at the Edmund Pettus bridge as a very young man. But he never lost faith in what america could become. During those many conversations, and he offered a tutorial to me about the life and the legend that he had offered to america, his unyielding optimism and hope lifted the spirits of his fellow members of congress and the American People in our nations most trying moments. With quiet strength, grace and love, he shouldered unthinkable burdens and changed this world for the better. Through it all, he was unfailingly humble, selfless and kind and i must say, and i was commenting a moment ago to some colleagues on the committee, if he was in the r
Decision of the United States Supreme Court batting segregation in public transportation. My street mate on that Greyhound Bus you must understand in 1961 black people and white people could be seated together. When you get out of washington to travel to virginia to North Carolina, alabama, mississippi, wewere on our way to new orleans. So we didnt have any problems for the most part until we got to rockville. And a little place in charlotte North Carolina, it was a sizable city, a young africanamerican man attempted to get a shoeshine in a socalled white barbershop that was in a socalled white waiting room. He was arrested and taken to jail. The next day the jury dismissed the charges against him but my seatmate and two of us arrived at the Greyhound Bus station in South Carolina and a group of white men met us in the doorway and started beating us and left us lying in a pool of blood and the local officials came up and wanted to know whether we wanted to press charges andwe said no ,
7027. The clerk h. R. 7027, a bill making additional supplemental appropriations for fiscal year ending, september 0e, 2020 and for other purposes. The speaker pro tempore the question is on passage of the bill. Members will record their votes y electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc. , in cooperation with the United States house of representatives. Any use of the closedcaptioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u. S. House of representatives. ] the speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition . Ms. Brownley as the member designated by ms. Kuster of new hampshire, pursuant to House Resolution 965, i inform the house ms. Kuster will vote yes on h. R. 7027. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition . Mr. Pallone as the member designated by ms. Bonnie watson coleman, pursuant to
Various local news station. Want to be crystal clear. There is no place in our Police Department or or union for racists. Theyre bigots. For those that enable them. By not speaking up. When we see those types of behaviors. Now at 10 oclock san joses Police Officers Association President paul kelly denouncing. A quote online ring of hate involving current and former. San jose Police Officers good evening, everybody thanks for being here at 10 oclock im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis the racist comments were allegedly made. In a closed Facebook Group mayor sam liccardo has called for the officers involved to be fired and a president that as you heard he agrees. He announced these 4 steps being taken against the officers immediately filed charges to expel those involved from the Police Officers association, immediately suspend any Board Members involved withhold money and support from officers trying to defend themselves against charges from the department and take emergency steps to u
Clotilda the less slave ship to bring slaves to north america. Then, we take you on a tour of africatown with tour guide eric finley. My name is eric finley, and i am the decent for the African American heritage trail. This is our 14th year for doing the tours here in mobile. And they got started around five or six years prior to that, when one of our city councilman took a trip to boston on the city business, and while he was there he saw a sign that said African American heritage trail. He said that sounded interesting because it was kind of a novelty and part in most of the minions museums that we see today, and we took the tour, and he endured it, and he got to thinking lets way back to mobile, its close to 300 years old, and he had heard his family discuss about a lot of the contributions that African Americans had made. So i think this is something that we could do in mobile and do it very well, so he started looking around the city for someone that would take on the opportunity