act this racially based anti-immigration law was in full effect in 1903 when that famous poem by emma lazarus. give me your tired your poor your huddled masses yearning to be free was emblazoned on the statues pedestal. the fourth vignette moves us on to the final wall of the exhibition and into the 20th century. it is about about a monument by augusta savage someone who is little known today, but who in her time was a true mover and shaker of the harlem renaissance. she was a remarkable woman born in 1892 in the jim crow south to parents who had been born into slavery. she moved to new york to study art. she opened her own art school, which one visitor described poetically as a sanctuary of industry and dreams. she founded and directed one of the largest wpa art centers and she became the first black woman to open her own gallery. this is a souvenir reproduction of her signature work a commission for the 1939, new york world's fair. it was the only commission at the fair from a black woman artist life magazine in fact described savage as one of few black people commissioned by the world's fa

but to the fundamental values upon which this country was built then you write about you quote emma lazarus. and then you go on to say that her poem speaks to our true character a generous country that respects and embraces those who have made the difficult journey to our shores often fleeing harm that seeds our quintessentially optimistic and can do spirit in those who aspire to make the american dream their own the budget debate was offering a false choice fund the government or oppose the wall. i believe we could do both that was 2017. and here we are. it's two years later. this is exactly what we're talking about if you are in that crazy meeting at the white house today at the in the situation room. what would you have said? i mean look, first of all, let's be clear. you cannot hold the american people hostage over your vanity project. what it is, that's what it is. that's what it is. and you know, let's be clear about that. let's be clear about the fact that that we've got we've had enough. of these powerful voices that are trying to so hate and division among us. done with that. i'm r