Available as a podcast. Find it where you listen to podcasts. Next on American History tvs american artifacts, we visit the Canon House Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. Im sarah elliott, the curator at the house of representatives. And im matt rauz nwasniewsk. We want to talk about africanamerican representation in the 20th century, and 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 sort of 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. Thats is Oscar Depriest from illinois. We have a couple 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 and how he got into congress. So theres a long period, almost
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
Part of your week. I would also like to thank Jared Hardesty for traveling across country to be with us tonight. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cant be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on its history to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of vendor at yorktown, or as we like to tell our visiting school children, thats Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. Featured so prominently in trumbles painting in the rotunda of the u. S.
Lives, native lands, native worlds. The Hingham Historical Society and the abigel adams Historic Society cohosted this event. Welcome to the hingham heritage museum. My name is degreiedra harrison. What a treat to welcome you all here tonight in the solid out program. Id like to thank on above of our board of directors and our small staff, id like to thank you all for making us a part of our week. And Jarod Hardesty for being with us and cspan for filming us to see it at a later date. And thank you to the abigel adams Historic Society and their wonderful board of directors who offered this opportunity to partner with them. Abigels rich history in this region excites us every day. To understand all voices, we currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of surrender at new yo yorktown, or as he like to tell our v
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