Tvs american artifacts we visit the Cannon House Office building to see artifacts that tell the story of africanamericans in congress in the 20th century. Im farar elliott. And im matt waz knsniewski. We wanted to talk about africanamerican representation in the 20th century. We 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 to be elected in the 19th century leaves in 1901, george white of north carolina. And then its a long time before another africanamerican comes into the house. And that is Oscar Depriest from illinois. And 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
Like the office they commemorate president ial libraries are living institutions. Certainly it is my hope that the Reagan Library will become a dynamic intellectual forum that scholars interpret the past and policymakers debate the future. Welcome to the Ronald Reagan president ial foundation institutes Virtual Event series. To fulfill the mission of making the Reagan Library dynamic intellectual forum are sent for Public Affairs Program Offers lectures presenting perspectives on important Public Policy issues of the day. Each you would bring to 2030p from politicians, office, embers of the needy, this is a military meters and more. Since the march 2020 closure of many businesses across our great country the Reagan Foundation is bringing events online to ensure were still delivering worldclass content even if you cant get to our hilltop to watch it in person. In this weeks Virtual Event we bring you Chris Wallace, anchor of fox news sunday. 2014 mark his 50th year in the broadcasting i
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here. This is a great day for us. Of course it began well in the Supreme Court of the United States when the constitution was upheld and that was a beautiful thing and now we are here to talk about how we go into the future. When we won in 2018, we said to the American People that for the people, we would lower the cost of health care by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and preserving the preexisting condition. Low er health care costs. Bigger paychecks by building the infrastructure of america ain a green and resilient way and third, we would have cleaner government. Cleaner government by improving, enhancing the voice of small donors and the grass roots in our political process. Between now and fourth of july, we will bring the aca enhancement legislation to the floor on june 29th. Next week, we will bring the justice and policing act, part of our bill initiatives to the floor. Before the fourth of july, well bring this important l
Come at a better moment in history with the 19th amendment granting the women the right to vote passed by the u. S. House and senate in 1919 and then ratified in 1920. Here we are a hundred years later, the 116th congress has the highest percentage of women ever making up roughly a quarter of each chamber, and we have a female speaker for the second time and four women so far running for president. Todays panel will look at women, the role of women and the key turning points for women in american politics. I want to introduce each of our panelists and come through and have each of them talk about their books or the period of time theyre writing about for about five minutes, and then well open up the conversation to all of you. So when we get to that point for questions, id like each of you to go to the microphone, line up behind the microphone to ask your questions. So let me introduce you to david perry. Journalist and historian working at the university of minnesota. Hes the descende
Broadcast center this is abc7 news. A celebration tonight. High School Graduates finally receive their diplomas months after finishing school, but it took a defiant school board to make that happen. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Ama daetz has the night off. Despite not passing the exit exam seniors got their diplomas. School officials decided to ignore the state and let those kids move on with their lives. Katie is live at the board of education to explain the districts controversial decision here. Katie . Dan, the students got caught in a bureaucratic blunder. Those are the cerdz of Camela Harris and to some it meant not starting college in the fall. But officials said they would not sit back and let that happen. My country is for rich people. He is from guatemala. He didnt speak any english when he enrolled at San Francisco International High school. They are still learning english. He met all of the requirements needed to graduate, but he didnt pass the california exit exam by five p