the last reconstruction, congressman, george henry white, bid farewell to congress in 1901, and thereanother black man is elected to the congress until 1929, when oscar duprees from chicago is elected to congress. how is he elected to congress? because all of those black people took part in the great migration, went from mississippi particularly to chicago, mississippi and the other southern states north, and because of the 16th amendment, they had the right to vote. vote in northerner into the congress. >> learn more about the aftermath of reconstruction the sunday at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern. explore our nation's past here on american history tv. >> next, john mcmanus talks about his book "the dead and those about to die." he tells the story of the u.s. army first infantry division a great one, and how they were the the first army soldiers to storm normandy on june 6, 1944. the eisenhower society posted this event in celebration of d-day's 75th anniversary. it is almost an hour.

the last reconstruction congressman, george henry white, bids farewell to the congress in 1901, and thereouldn't be another black man elected to the congress until 1929, when oscar depriest from chicago is elected to congress. how is he elected to congress? because all those black people took part in the great migration, went from mississippi particularly to chicago, went from mississippi and the other southern states north. and because of the 15th amendment, they had the right to vote. so they vote a northerner in to the congress. >> you can watch this and other american history programs on our website, where all our video is archived. that's c-span.org/history. >>> this year marks the 75th anniversary of the june 6th, 1944 d-day invasion of nazi-occupied france. normandy, the airborne invasion of fortress europe, is an hour-long documentary produced by the u.s. army air forces. the film details the planning, training, combat operations, and after-battle summaries of the airborne forces with an emphasis on more than 500 gliders that were dropped behind enemy lines on the morning of june

so it came in and the grandfather clause came in and then in 1913 he followed george henry white and moved his family to let off you. that is how we got there. >> some reason and they can of charles chestnut is that the church at a church tradition where he writes about the community in the right? >> is that where he does it? yes, people need audience no. >> ththank you. there's so much that is hidden. >> what shape of democracy that we talk about. i did not know that. all i know all these people from north carolina who lived in my city and they all came up, a great migration. >> right, right, right. in fact the book is very effectively, your family journey with the history that shaped the world that you lived in, your grandmother lived in, that was a revelation the seamless test of learning about the time and what happened in the organization of programs that help black people and still do. actually lorene -- i don't know how much you want to talk about dart sanctuary, the different community organizations that you are promoting? >> i do want to say i got here with this book and it

the last reconstruction congressman, george henry white, d farewell to the congress in 1901 and therewhen oscar depriest from chicago is elected to congress. how is he elected? because all those black people took part in the great migration, went from mississippi, particularly to chicago, from mississippi and other southern states to the north. and because of the 15th amendment, they had the right to vote, so they vote a northerner into the congress. announcer: learn more about the aftermath of reconstruction this sunday at 6:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. eastern. explore our nation's past here on american history tv. on sunday, june 2 at noon, and depth isn't alive with live on the campus of stanford university with thomas sowell. >> people complain that thomas jefferson and george washington condoned slavery, but it was there for centuries before these men were ever born. neither of them thought that the office of the presidency had any power to do anything about it. somethings able to do about it because he did so not simply as president, but as the commander in a war. and when he did, it

the last reconstruction congressman, george henry white bid farewell to the congress in 1901. there wouldn't be another black man elected to the congress until 1929 when oscar from chicago is elected to congress. how? because all those black people took part in the great migration. went from mississippi and particularly to chicago. because of the 15th amendment they had the right to vote. northerner into the congress. introduction was co-term of two and introduction of its rollback. first two hours -- the great heights like people achieved out of slavery. and this great moment when lincoln's desire for a new birth of freedom -- and was greeted by the rise of white supremacy. ratifiede 13th was december 6, 1865. the ku klux klan was invented december 1865. massacres eight between 1866 and 1876. starting in memphis and in hamburg south carolina. this was not an untroubled period. all these volumes that are ,nline now, you can read them that's the closest we have come in this country to a truth and reconciliation commission. when grant send troops to suppress the ku klux klan and

the last reconstruction congressman george henry white bids farewell to the congress in 1901. they would not be another black man elected to the congress until 1929, when oscar decrease dupuis all- oscar of those black people went from northsippi to chicago because of the 15th amendment. they had the right to vote. they vote on northerner in to the congress. >> learn more about the aftermath of reconstruction this sunday at 6:30 and 10:30 p.m. eastern. explore our nation's past, here on american history tv. american history tv products are now available at the new c-span online store. go to c-span store.org to see what is new for american history tv and check out all of the c-span products. next, on american history tv, university of maryland baltimore county history professor george derek musgrove talks about race and the district of columbia during the early republic and antebellum. he is the co-author of "chocolate city: a history of race and democracy in the nation's capital." we recorded the interview at an author event hosted by the association for the study of african a