Every saturday, at 8 00 p. M. Eastern. Lectures in history is also available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Each week, American History tvs american artifacts explores the history of the United States through objects. Up next, we visit capitol hill to talk to house historian and curator about the history of africanamericans in congress and see a selection of artifacts from the collection. The story of how africanamericans come to congress is not one that a lot of people are familiar with. We had 22 africanamericans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house, two in the senate. Its largely a house story. And it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war and in the decade after. During the civil war, there were a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of africanamericans and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. These were radicals in the house like Thaddeus Stevens
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The story of how African Americans come to congress is not an easy story. We had many serve, we had how story. But it has to do with, the role of congress and during the civil war and in the decade after, and during the civil war there was a group of radicals in congress, radicals because they believed in the equality of African Americans and wanted to create a society in the south after the war, that was a most racial society. These were radicals in the house, like fadi is stevens, who is chairman of the ways and means committee. And was a leader, also people like henry winter davis, elijah wash burn. The senate, Charles Sumner, an andrew wade. And they really drove the agenda, and push the lincoln administration, to not only prosecute the war more vigorously, but also to have a reconstruction after the war, that was one that was not so lenient towards Southern States. That would assure Political Rights were extended to African Americans. Also the war ends in 1865, but how do you get
Changing the world living the government has shifted focus from saving lives to saving the economy. Counting the cost on aljazeera. 6 years ago an island secret mass grave for babies was discovered near a home for unmarried pregnant women in an institution run by Roman Catholic nuns to find set off a scandal that has raised deeply disturbing questions about the relationship between the irish state in the Catholic Church and the distressing sight of thousands of children who died in their care in this 2nd part of our investigation correspondent orange lee reveals shocking new evidence about how and where some of those babies were very. 6 years ago it became clear that the bodies of hundreds of babies have been disposed of in an old sewage tank in the grounds of a catholic home for unmarried mothers in choom island. In the 1st part of our investigation we looked at the cruel and abusive treatments by church and states of young women accused of the mortal sin of pregnancy outside marriage