Im excited to participate in this conversation. Glad to have you on and maybe sometime well actually meet in person instead of just through a box on the screen. Our other guest is my former Colleague Dr. Daniel green. Danny is president of the Newberry Library in chicago, and he also served as curator of the Holocaust Museums current special exhibition americans and the Holocaust Danny also conducted research for an earlier exhibition about the 1936 olympics here at our museum in dc. And so were glad to bring him back to share some of that knowledge. Hi danny i had no. Thanks. How are things in chicago . Things are all right. As much as anywhere. We ask you our viewers to please post your questions for our experts in the Comment Section and well get to as many of them live in the course of the show as we are able. Also if you experience any technical glitches during the course of the show, dont worry about it. Dont stress it will be available to view on demand immediately after we conc
Coronavirus the postponement of the plan olympic games. Were bringing you a conversation about the 1936 olympics held in nazi berlin. There are so many compelling stories from this moment in history ranging from the personal experience of athletes to the german Governments Campaign to camouflage its discriminatory policies. Please join me in welcoming todays guests. First dr. Damien thomas, who is the Sports Curator at the national museum of africanamerican history and culture. Hi, damian, good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Im excited to participate in this conversation. Glad to have you on and maybe sometime well actually meet in person instead of just through a box on the screen. Our other guest is my former Colleague Dr. Daniel green. Danny is president of the Newberry Library in chicago, and he also served as curator of the Holocaust Museums current special exhibition americans and the Holocaust Danny also conducted research for an earlier exhibition about the 193
Buckeye broadband along with these television companies support cspan 2 as a public service now this summer the coronavirus the postponement of the plan olympic games. Were bringing you a conversation about the 1936 olympics held in nazi berlin. There are so many compelling stories from this moment in history ranging from the personal experience of athletes to the german Governments Campaign to camouflage its discriminatory policies. Please join me in welcoming todays guests. First dr. Damien thomas, who is the Sports Curator at the national museum of africanamerican history and culture. Hi, damian, good morning. Good morning. Thank you for having me. Im excited to participate in this conversation. Glad to have you on and maybe sometime well actually meet in person instead of just through a box on the screen. Our other guest is my former Colleague Dr. Daniel green. Danny is president of the Newberry Library in chicago, and he also served as curator of the Holocaust Museums current spec
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
Were grawded and defrauded and relieved of some of all of our student debt. 220,000 student borrowers are waiting for betsy devos to do something but they havent done anything except for them having to be harder to prove it. Each of these students are supposed to get their own lawyer, their own investigator and prove the fraud. Is that reasonable for a young student carrying a student debt whos been defrauded to have that responsibility . Secretary devos thinks yes. I think no. And thats what this vote is all about. Who agrees about my with my position on this issue . Most of the advocates for students, but also the Veterans Organization across america led by the american legion. They are supporting our effort now, under this congressional review act, to do away with the new education secretary rule. They say it is unfair to veterans and it is it and unfair to student borrowers. Bill oxford called the rule that were going to get a chance to rule on after the debate fundamentally rigged