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He leaves the house. When he does, he gives a speech in february of 1901 which is tremendously moving because he knows he is the last africanamerican who is going to be in congress for a while, and city end of the speech he says, but, you know, phoenixlike, someday the africanamerican will rise again in congress and come back. That takes three decades. Well, i want to show you what i think is really sort of like that long dry period that happens after white leaves. One of the saddest parts of what the artifacts we have. In fact, this is one of the saddest artifacts in the house of elections, i think, and its a recent acquisition. We havent seen one of these. This is in 1907 print that was made of all its called colored men who have served in had the congress of the United States. It is really a testament to the persistence of hope in its done in 1907. George white has been gone for six years. The world is done. Its a very popular m ....

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