2009. Conducted by Smithsonian National museum of africanAmerican History and culture. The American Folk Life Center at the library of congress and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. My parents were walter b. Ghaiaither and fannie b. Little gaither. Gray fall was my fathers home. My mother, fannie mae, was originally from anderson, South Carolina. And my mom and dad met while they were students at Friendship Junior College in rock hill, South Carolina. After they both graduated from friendship, they of course moved permanent ly to great falls. And initially, they were both school teachers. You could be a schoolteacher at that time with just a Junior College education. My dad did not stay in teaching. Because he discovered that what was listen on his contract as his per month payment for teaching was not the same as he was receiving. And this was at a time when the board of education were all composed of white men. So at the end of the yea
Myself for five minutes. Coates, you state 250 years of slavery, 90 years of jim crow, 60 years of separate but equal, 35 years of racist housing policies until we reckon with our compounding moral debts america will never be whole. Why should the federal government bear responsibility for social and economic damages for descendents of the enslaved . R. Coates thank you chairman the federal government is complicit in it. The article you spoke about, this period of White Supremacy that you referenced in the headlines, it is so broad that if i tried to cover it in one article it would have been impossible so i focused on a specific thing, housing segregation and redlining specifically in the city of chicago. The federal government was deeply complicit in housing segregation and redlining and in the plunder of black homeowners in chicago. It would not have existed if the fha had not had a policy of not insuring loans for black People Living in chicago. It would not have existed if not for
It is not a question of mexico, it is china, japan. I hope we can work to solve our issues with india so they can be reintatd into the gsp list. You have no know if im a trading partner, i want to have some predictability, and when i make a deal with you and you start tariffs on me that has nothing to do with trade, then that is unpredictable. You can watch all of this hearing any time at cspan point org. You will find that hearing as well as other related hearings and discussions on the subject on the cspan web site. Heres a look at our live coverage monday. On cspan at 10 a. M. Even, a discussion about foreign policy. The house comes back at noon eastern for general speeches with legislative business at 2 p. M. Members will continue work on 2020 federal spending for a number of federal agencies, including Veterans Affairs and the commerce and transportation departments. On cspan 2 bill gates will discuss clean energy solutions. And later the Senate Returns at 3 p. M. For more debate
The terror attack on the mosque, a truly cowardly and depraved attack that was intended to divide us. London remained united and it is londons Diverse Community that makes london the worlds greatest capital city. In recent days and weeks we have seen flooding across the country which has been particularly severe in lincolnshire. The whole house will want to join me paying tribute to the work of the Emergency Services, military, the Environment Agency and all those working on the grounds to support her communities affected. The government stands ready to respond and offer all assistance where required. This morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this house, i should have further foster meetings later today. I would like to associate myself and the whole house with comments the Prime Minister has made about the mosque attack and flooding in lincolnshire. If our town centers are to survive and thrive we need more People Living in them. Mo
But you can find all of our segmentsn journal online. Statere is no other blessed with that number of candidates all in one place. You are special. Youask is to introduce to the members of congress who have joined us from all over the country. We do have a few. Me on thisld join stage, i would appreciate it. They are the ones not running for president. Representative barbara lee from california. Secondly, we have marcia fudge from the 11th district of ohio. We have representative richmond from the Second District of louisiana. Next, cheri bustos from the 17th district of illinois. She is probably out there swallowed by you. Next, a representative from the 17th district of california. And we have some coming to the stage now. Next, Steve Forsberg from the Fourth District of nevada. Representative Joe Cunningham. From the First District of South Carolina. And because representative district weeft the will allow him a generous one minute for remarks. Quiet sigh can do it in 45 seconds. Th