Test test. Test. Test test. Test. Test test. Portrait of fanny lou him aer, who was a great activist, and especially in the 1964 democratic convention. She gave a speech that galvanized the American Public because it was televised. And she said, im sick and tired of being sick and tired. That was alluding to her long struggle to try to have rights as an american, Citizenship Rights in the United States. So earlier she had attempted to vote in the early 50s, and she had actually been denied because she was illiterate. As a young woman, she had to give up going to school in order to help her family. So she worked as young woman and never learned how to read. So this is one example of an activist who whose words were spoken from the heart. And she had this immeasurable affect influencing the American Public at large because her speech was televised in 1964. So the Voting Rights act was signed in 1965, in part because of that convention in which fanny lou him aer played a major role. And it was signed by president linden b. Johnson. Im also standing next to this is a later portrait of patsy minks. She also had been working on the Voting Rights act. As a woman of color, shes asianamerican. She had seen and witnessed the infringement of her Citizenship Rights. Part of her legacy is the Voting Rights act and also title nine. After the Voting Rights act she helped design and be an architect of the title nine amendment which is basically the equal opportunity in education act that a lot of us women have benefitted from. So these two figures helped to take the story up to 1965, and even point to beyond to how Citizenship Rights is an ongoing conversation, and how these activists, particularly these women really helped change and influence american law. So i am so excited to have told you a little bit about this exhibition. It included six galleries and this long hallway. It was really covering the time from 1830 to right up to 1920, but also looking and pointing to the events that happened after the passage of the 19th amendment. So right up to the 1965 Voting Rights act. And through the portraits of these women what i hope you come away with today is these women were empowering themselves and the women of today. They were look at the past. They set out a path to change the United States constitution. They did it and then they set the example for us today to take our Voting Rights and to ensure that they remain sacred and that remain unquestioned and safeguarded for eternity for american citizens. So in this exhibition not only are you learn egg history but i hope you were feeling empowered yourself. This was the second of a twopart tour of the National Portrait gaerlys votes for women exhibit marking the centennial of the 19th amendment. You can watch this and other american aircraft facts programs by visiting our website at cspan. Org history. The house will be order. For 40 years, cspan has been providing america unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country so he can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Our cspan campaign 2020 bus team is traveling across the country asking voters, what issues should president ial candidates address. I think one of the most unaddressed issues in this president ial campaign is reforming federal prisons as the u. S. Marshalls, prisoners in federal prisons along with i. C. E. Detention facilities have a more than staggering death rate of prisoners. I think it is important. In 2020 what i want the candidates to focus is on constituents who never get their voices heard. These constituents are nonhuman animals. As a person who has blown the whistle on multiple places where Animal Rights are being abused i have a federal case against me. I want people to know what is going on inside of big farms, chicken farms where animals are being criminally abused and that ordinary individuals like you and me have the right to rescue thats animals from that criminal abuse. Gun safety issues, how we can in some way take illegal guns and legal guns off of the streets out of hands of people who should not have them. And make society our commonpl e places a place of peace and Common Ground where people dont see we need to have guns. I would like them to folk us on reinstating the Voting Rights act and bringing fairness back into elections. We need to not only control and make sure the elections are secure. But we need to make sure that everyone that is a citizen is able to vote withouting this onerous penalties and fines that they can never get out of. Voices from the road, on cspan. This weekend on American History tv we look back to the Richard Nixon impeachment inquiry. Hillary Rodham Clinton and william weld reelect on their time as attorneys on the House Judiciary Committee in 1973 and 74. Heres a preview. What should the country have learned from the houses role in impeachment in 1974. I think that its such a serious undertaking. Do not pursue it for trivial partisan political purposes. If it does fall to you while you are in the house, to examine abuses of power by the president , be as circumspect and careful as john doer was. Restrain yourself from grand standing and holding news conferences and playing to your base. This this goes way beyond whose side is on you are on, or who is on your side. And try to be faithful purveyors of the history and the solemnity of the process. I guess that lesson wasnt learned . That lesson was not learned. And thats why i think it is important to keep talking about how serious this is. It should not be done for political partisan purposes. So those who did it in the late 90s, those who talk about it now should go back and study the painstaking approach that the impeachment inquiry staff took. And it was bipartisan. You had a bipartisan staff, and you had both democratic and republican members of the committee reaching the same conclusions, that there were grounds for impeachment. You were there before john doer was named . Im sure i was there before burt jenner. Maybe it was before john doer. I remember showing up for work. If i was the first staffer Hillary Rodham were yale school was the second staffer. And i remember john doer calling us into his office saying okay, bill, hillary, we have a Research Project here. We have to find out what constitutes grounds for impeachment of a president and there doesnt seem to be a case directly on point. Lets see. It is friday afternoon, i dont want to ruin your weekend. Why dont you have the on my desk tuesday morning. We said fine chief. Looked around and looked around. And six months later after 40 lawyers had gone blind trying to find out what the answer to the question was we decided the answer to the question resided in the newspapers of the time not in decided law cases. Hear more sunday at 6 00 p. M. And 10 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv. Coauthors Charles Holden and Zack Messitte talk about their book republican populist spiro agnew and the origins of Donald Trumps america quote. The center for the study of democracy at st. Marys college of maryland hosted this event