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african-americans come to congress in the 19th century is not one a lot of people are familiar with. we actually had 22 african-americans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house, two in the senate. it s largely a house story. and it has to do with the role of congress during the civil war and the in decade after. during the civil war there were 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 multiracial society. these were radicals in the house like thaddeus stevens who was chairman of the ways and means committee and a very powerful leader. also people like henry winter davis. in the senate people like charles somner and benjamin wade. and they led to not only prosecute the war more vigorously but also to have a reconstruction after the war but was one that was not so lenient towards southern states and was going to ensure that political rights ....
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 tv s 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 african-americans in congress and see a selection of artifacts from the collection. the story of how african-americans come to congress is not one that a lot of people are familiar with. we had 22 african-americans serve between 1870 and 1901. 20 in the house, two in the senate. it s 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 african-americans and wanted to create a society in the south after the war that was a multiracial society. these were radicals in the ....
jeffrey epstein s co-conspirator transferred to a federal detention center in new york. this morning, how prosecutors are working to keep ghislaine maxwell behind bars, and why she will not appear in person at a key hearing. those stories plus with a little help from his friends. beetles star ringo starr turns 80 today celebrating with a star-studded virtual concert. we ll take you live to london. and the one, the only tom hanks. he s live. his first tv interview since his coronavirus diagnosis. today, tuesday, july 7th, 2020. announcer: from nbc news this is today with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, guys. welcome to today. so happy you re joining us on this tuesday morning. craig and i are sitting here. savannah is off today. and i got to tell you, i believe she s bummed to be off today. and there s one reason why two words. tom hanks. tom is going to be joining us. it s his first television interview. i ....
and it includes history. listen. i have made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue in my opinion. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that commitment. get to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house. the president said he didn t want to share much about what comes next but he shared an historic deal. it s also notable he put a timeline on here saying he will, his intention is to let everyone know who his nominee is by the end of february. so what that is going to kick off internally at the white house is a very extensive process of vetting. and the president has already he said he s been looking at the backgrounds of potential replacements. he s going to study this carefully. he ll l ....
the release of terrorist aafia siddiqui, who s serving a life sentence in federal prison in fort worth and has tied to isis and al qaeda. let s bring in nbc news morgan chesky. and nbc chief investigator officer morgan dean. morgan, what are you seeing on the ground? well, a wide perimeter has been set up around congregation beth israel synagogue in colleyville, that is 30 miles outside dallas, alicia. authorities have been on the scene for hours. we learned from colleyville police this call came in for them to respond at 10:41 local time this morning. that is when they found out that this hostage situation had developed and that a man believed to be armed had entered that building where they were holding services at the time. that s what started this ongoing dialogue that is still happening as we speak. we do know that this man who is believed to have been taken at least a rabbi and three others hostage inside synagogue is in ongoing talks with federal authorities. ....