Africanamerican representation in the 20th century and 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 eleshgted in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carkarcar and a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. Oscar depriest from illinois. 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 the senate. And that has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south, and the way that that changes over time during those decades, theres a critical thing going on in the south where africanamericans begin to l
The house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last African American to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of North Carolina. Then its a long time before another African American comes into the house, and that is oscar from illinois. We have a couple of very rare artifacts from oscar de priest from the 19 twenties and thirties. Before i launch into this because i love him so much. Matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. There is a period of almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress where there is no African Americans who serve in either the house or the senate. That has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south. And the way that that changes overtime during those decades, there is a critical thing going on in the south where African Americans begin to leave the south and move northward as part of a multi decade movement that would lat
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
Owning them as a status and have it be domestic with the measure of ones worth within society and there is always that tension of the actual act of being seen, what we are getting at. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. This years book award presented to Bradley Bradley birzer. He wrote about russell kirk. This is presented annually to a Nonfiction Book that advances conservative intervals. Ladies and gentlemen, if i can get your attention, please. If i can get your attention. Thank you. I know some of you have your dessert and encourage you to continue eating. We would like to get the program back on schedule. What i am most humbled by is the team we have been able to assemble over the 5 years i have been president and mentioned nick reed, Senior Vice President jack nelson, please stand up. [applause] they do a tremendous job day in and day out getting the word out to conservatives on College Campuses and having a big impact on all the young people they are ab
Owning them as a status and have it be domestic with the measure of ones worth within society and there is always that tension of the actual act of being seen, what we are getting at. You can watch this and other programs online at booktv. Org. This years book award presented to Bradley Bradley birzer. He wrote about russell kirk. This is presented annually to a Nonfiction Book that advances conservative intervals. Ladies and gentlemen, if i can get your attention, please. If i can get your attention. Thank you. I know some of you have your dessert and encourage you to continue eating. We would like to get the program back on schedule. What i am most humbled by is the team we have been able to assemble over the 5 years i have been president and mentioned nick reed, Senior Vice President jack nelson, please stand up. [applause] they do a tremendous job day in and day out getting the word out to conservatives on College Campuses and having a big impact on all the young people they are ab