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We visit the Health Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. I am the curator at the u. S. House of representatives. I am the historian. We wanted to talk about the history of africanamerican representation in the 20th century. We have a lot of artifacts from house collections that has to do with that. And a lot of history to cover. The last africanamerican to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901. George white of north carolina. Then it is a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house and that is oscar dupree from illinois. We had a couple of rare artifacts from him from the 1920s and 1930s. Before i launch into them, matt, tell us about oscar dupree. Matt almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress when there are no africanamerican to serve in the house or senate. ....
We visit the Health Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. I am the curator at the u. S. House of representatives. I am the historian. We wanted to talk about the history of africanamerican representation in the 20th century. We have a lot of artifacts from house collections that has to do with that. And a lot of history to cover. The last africanamerican to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901. George white of north carolina. Then it is a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house and that is oscar dupree from illinois. We had a couple of rare artifacts from him from the 1920s and 1930s. Before i launch into them, matt, tell us about oscar dupree. Matt almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress when there are no africanamerican to serve in the house or senate. ....
Africanamerican to be elected in the 19th century please in 1901. George white of north carolina. Before is a long time another africanamerican comes into the house and that is oscar dupree from illinois. We had a couple of rare artifacts from him from the 1920s and 30s. Before i launch into them, matt, tell us about oscar dupree. Almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress when there are no africanamerican to serve in the house or senate. That has everything to do with the jim crow laws that go on the books in the south. The way that that changes over time during those decades and that there is a critical thing going on in the south where african begin to leave the south and move northward as part of a multidecade movement that would later be called the great migration. On which to store and you talk to and 1890s and runs through world war ii. It takes up momentum around world war i as there is a need in the ....