thanks to the work of the frederick douglas haines counsel, the tax credits will allow for a much-needed structural repairs, new community amenities, and a.d.a. accessible units. further, no one will be displaced, and the project will remain affordable forever. it is very important to me to preserve and protect our affordable housing in district five by working collaboratively with our co-ops, our community will be able to stay and age gracefully in neighborhoods they've helped raise and nourish for years. our families, elders, and youth will have safe homes they can securely call their own. today i would like to adjourn this meeting in the memory of marsia harvey. on july 15th, 2019, our community sadly lost marsia harvey. her legacy is marked by the work she did to make the western addition community a much more welcoming and accessible place for her, her neighbors, and community members. maria marcella harvey is the youngest daughter of louise harvey, a community activist who fought for housing and access to education in the western addition. over her lifetime, she worked hard to foll

. >> frederick douglas talks about that in his autobiography in his famous essay once you learn to read you will be forever free and when people say you are the 14th library of congress since 1802, the first female, but also though the first person of color and i prepared some parts about these laws for my swearing-in and i was going to list them all and then i was reminded gently by my mom that could be a downer. [laughter] at your swearing-in, just saying how significant it is, but the list was long. of the list was so long. that was something. >> congratulations. >> she knows how to edit me even today. >> i would like to hear the reflections of authority figures here upon the ultimate impact of the abdel kader digitization and the way in which on the one hand it may make more things assessable to more people, but on the other hand the book as such may be in jeopardy. >> i don't read digital books. i don't have a portable phone and i use my computer is a typewriter , but when i became director of the national library of argentina, my first mission was first of all to digitize the cand

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million, [inaudible] >> i'm the senior mamp with thmanagercommunity and -- e rehabilitation of frederick douglas haines units. an affordable housing complex located in the western addition. the purpose of the resolution is to approve the hearing that the city conductored oconducted on august 21st, and to ratify and approve the actions necessary to later make that bond issuance possible. including the submittal to the debt allocation committee in order to secure an allocation of bonds. the proposed bond issuance will not require the city to pledge any of its funds to repay the bonds. a little more about the project. the project consists of a renovation of a complex, of the 104 units, 84 earn no more tha 50% than 50%. and five are affordable to households earning above 80% a.m. i. it includes significant work, including replacement of roofs, siding, and structural and dry rot repair, and replacement of electrical heating and plumbing systems. no residents will be displaced, but temporary relocation may be required in order to facilitate this significant scope. as for timeline, we plan to return to

this is frederick douglas. he was a noted abolitionist and lived in washington dc and if washington dc becomes a state it will be known as washington douglas commonwealth. liberals support statehood for dc. democratic michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib says he will find american flag bearing 51 stars outside her capitol hill office. >> to deny the statement of the district of columbia is to deny the impact of slavery in america. >> reporter: republicans oppose making dc estate. at the first hearing on the see statehood in 25 years. congress cannot admit these he is a state legislatively. if you want to change it there is a remedy and it requires amending the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: the geographic dimensions of the district of columbia are spelled out in article 1 section 8 of the constitution. it specifically outlines a federal district not exceeding 10 miles square to serve as the seat of government of the united states. here's the problem for dc. it has no vote on the house floor and

in these halls, we dedicated statues test sojourner truth and frederick douglas, right over there, forplace in the u.s. capitol and in our history books. in these halls, we have a stone marker. if you haven't already, many of you were here when it was dedicated as an enduring tribute to the masons carpenters, painters, and other enslaved people who built the u.s. capitol, giving the world this beacon of hope. imagine. not here, but in statuary hall, there is rosa parks. i am proud to say many of us here were instrumental in getting that statue into the capital of the united states. and now, it is one of the most visited statues in the congress of the capital of the united states. [applause] as she wanted, dust and she give us instructions -- she is seated. [laughter] in these halls, we join the prayer on the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th amendment, when our nation broke the shackles that debased the american dream of justice and equality. as our democratic leader in the senate indicated, our founding documents left much to be desired, in terms of freedom. but hank g

in terms of frederick douglas and abolitionists, they could travel but there was no guarantee that you could come back. there was no guarantee you can bathe. the federal government had no recognition that you existed. another black woman abolitionist and boston was a couple blocks from here. she called it the double bind of being a person of color. sometimes you can make your way through and you had no problems. other times, if you are not seen as a citizen, you're at the whims of whoever is checking your papers at the time. >> this is illustrative of the way that illustrative machinery was used to do this rather than being a blanket roll. wanted to go to paris to participate in a conference. the state department denied him a passport. he got a ticket for second class on a steamer. he made a journey over there. a hero.him david: this gave him a lot of credibility. there is a more famous example. paul robison. kerri: the black estonian -- bostonian that went over to china in the cold war. they did not his passport on the grounds that he is a subversive character. you aresomething that c

struggling to acknowledge it is the one of the only boarding schools that was written about by frederick -- federal douglas. p and actually encourage interracial dating. there are ways in which local communities and state communities they are still actively working to a race of erase this history from the landscape. so what our ancestors believe in its actually what this country was founded to be about. it is equal rights under the law for all of its citizens. it was split down the middle. and now as we try to continue to grow towards equality and respect in justice for each other then we can look at the successful black african descendents. and then reach a point of equality. but then they were oppressed and met with prejudice and those things divided by this negative propaganda that it cannot be educated or cannot be successful. and so here we find ourselves at a time when we want to promote equality for women and every ethnic group in this country. see mike we are now officially out of time. i think that is a beautiful place to end. and i appreciate all of you coming out today. we will be gathering in t

there's a lot of frederick douglas in there, july 5th speech gave it on the fifth because fourth of julyas slave-trading day in the south and the argument i basically finally said in the book is the founders did two incredible things, they wrote -- they led direction against colonial power that was successful that had never happened before in human history, they wrote a constitution that was ratified by the people that would live under that constitution, that had never happened before in human history either. they did something horrific which was perpetuated human slavery and we will be with that for all the days of our lives, but when you look at somebody like fredrik douglas born a slave, comes north and meets with abolitionist movement and they are saying at the time the constitution was document, douglas says no, you have it exactly right, the constitution was antislavery document, we are just not living up to the words of the constitution. the same thing martin luther king said before he was assassinated in memphis which was i'm just here to make sure that america keeps the promise

frederick douglass. all know about douglas and his incredible biography.for freedom has always stood out for me. douglas had every reason to hate america for the injustice he suffered, but he became one of america's greatest champions because he saw that it could renew its spirit by appealing to its core and supposed. those principles contained old truths of human liberty. using his gift as a writer and speaker, douglas motivated his fellow americans to line their professed believes with her actual practices. heis extremely fitting that has a statue right here in emancipation hall. i am proud to say he has a portrait that hangs in my office. his accomplishments are an inspiration to anyone who believes in the importance of human equality, hard work, and freedom. where are we as a country now, 150 years after the end of slavery? the congressional black caucus is a great example of our countries sustained progress. it's 55 members, the largest number in its history, represent more than 182 million americans. that is more than one quarter of the whole country

like frederick douglass born a slave in this country comes north and meets with the abolitionist movement and the abolitionists are saying at the time, the constitution was a proslavery document. douglas no can you have it exactly wrong. the constitution was an antislavery document. we are just not living up to the words of the constitution. the same thing martin luther king said the day before was assassinated in memphis which was, i'm just here to make sure that america keeps the promise that you wrote down on the page. when i think about that history, i think of frederick douglass every much as being a founder as much as the guys who wrote the constitution. because of his contribution just like the people who fought for my daughters to have the right to vote, which were precluded. that's what i believe is about all of us. if you asked me what it is you are responsible for, how to think about your role as a citizen is in the democratic republicans the role of a founder. our expectations of the elected officials in washington have to be similarly that high. our expectations today are very low we got a bunch people there that are bettering their own neck political nest. >> one of the