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Africanamerican representation in the 20th century and have a lot of artifacts from the house collection that have to do with that and a lot of history to cover. And the last africanamerican sort of to be eleshgted in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carkarcar and a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. Oscar depriest from illinois. We have a couple of really rare artifacts from Oscar Depriest from the 1920s and 30s. But before i launch into them, because i love them so much, matt, tell us a little bit about Oscar Depriest and how he got into congress. So theres a long period. Almost three decades after George Henry White leaves congress where theres no africanamericans who serve in either the house or the senate. And that has everything to do with the jim crow laws that ....
We know he did and he was attempting to put a marker down. This wont be forgotten and will come back. In the center we have the two africanamerican to served in the senate. By the muchrounded larger numbers of African Americans who served in the house. There is joseph rainey, the first africanamerican in the house. And it takes it all the way around to all of them who were there. I find it so poignant in that, when this was printed no one knew how long would it be. Did they think 20 years would be a long time . Did they think it would be just a moment. What did happen in this print it looks terribly damaged, like it has had a hard life. As if at some point someone took this and pasted it on probably a wall. Underneath that is wallpaper. Underneath the print and on top of the board is wallpaper. It was perhaps painted on someones wall. In sort of recognition of the things that happened. We acquired it in d. C. It may have never ....
Police reform advocate share a lot of history in oakland, they do not share the same politics though. The people is who i represented as district attorney. I think she is smart and capable and qualified to do the job, but i think that the area politics are much further to the left than where she is. I think in some ways one of the remarkable things is in 2020 the state pick in the bay area and california. That tells us something that iesays by some measures, harris could be considered a historically liberal candidate. Voting record in the senate was liberal not all that different from a Elizabeth Warren and bernie sanders. This will be far more important in states other than california but for bay area progressives come the choices the same. That is our option. I am frustrated i am and one more election cycle. The race has been remarkably stable in terms of polling, we will see if the selection changes that at all. In oakland, k ....
Lit up on sunday marking the first night of hanukkah a time of celebration. All of the holidays evolve around celebration because we say in judaism, happiness breaks through all boundaries. A festive time of the year. The last sunday before christmas always draws big crowds. Busy, very busy. It is crazy. We ended up getting a hotel because we did not feel like sitting in traffic on the way home. Reporter picking up presents. He likes the hustle and bustle. People we spoke to are not fans of online shopping. A lot of people do their shopping on line on amazon and stuff but at the end you need to support retails. Reporter the National Retail federation expects retail sales in the u. S. To increase 4 from last year. Stanley steamer hot dog stand say sales are up. The last couple of days really busy. December has been average overall. I think there are a lot of people looking for gifts and for food while they shop. Reporter ronald bo ....
Investigating a deadly shooting any market in baypoint. An armed suspect walked into a market on port chicago highway. The suspect pistol whipped an employee who was leaving the store when a clerk shot the suspect. The shows the suspect made it out but died around the corner from the market. We are gathering more information and we will bring you updates throughout the morning. We can rain we had in the bay area mince more snow in the sierra. Chains are required sections of the major highways across the mountains. Even when the roads are completely clear during this time of year the chp and other drivers we heard from you should still have chains handy or risk getting stuck. Reporter the sounds you hear. Of chain after chain after chain. In place on tires. Holiday travelers make their way through the sierra. I travel once or twice a month. I do a lot of driving through the mountains. I did not think i would come up here when it was this bad. Reporter he is on his way home to roseville ....