he had a lot of connections with john mercer langston and other folks. those things have evaporated. this is one of the last things that we know that he did. he was really attempting to put a marker down that this won't be forgotten, that will come back as george white said. in the center we've got lance bruce and hiram revels. there are a large number of african-americans who served in the house. here is joseph rainey again. the first african-american in the house. it takes is all the way around to all of them who were there. i find this so poignant. when this was printed, no one knew how long would it be? did they think 20 years was going to be a long time? did they think it would just be a moment. you can see it seems terribly damaged and had a hard life. indeed, it has. it was at some point -- someone took this and pasted it probably on a wall. it is pasted on board. underneath the print is is wallpaper. it was perhaps pasted on someone's wall in recognition of those things that happened. it was printed in d.c. we acquired it in d.c.. it may never ha

he had a lot of connections with john mercer langston, in fact, and some other folks and those things have evaporated and that is one of the last things that we know that he did. he was attempting to put a marker down, this won't be forgotten and will come back as george white said. in the center we have blanche k. bruce and hiram rebels, the two african-americans who served in the senate giving the senate its due, as we do and they are surrounded by the larger number of african-americans who served in the house. who is joseph rainy, the first african-american in the house. and it takes it all the way around to all of them who were there. i find this so poignant in that when this was printed, no one knew how long -- would it be? did they 20 years would be a long time or just a moment. but what did happen to this print, eventually, as you could see, it looks terribly damaged and like it has had a hard life and indeed it has. it was at sp point, someone -- some point, someone took this and pasted it on probably a wall because it is pasted on board and underneath that is wallpaper, under

the pastorate of that church, he was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a colleague of john mercer langston, the great uncle of langston hughes who wrote the little ditty i swear to the lord i still can't see why democracy means everybody but mean. it was not a democratic society for us then. why, because the first governor of this state was such an arch racist, peter burnett, who, when he settled up in the oregon territory in the early 1830's established a little town called germantown. his first act of business, ladies and gentlemen, was not how --. >> thank you very much. >> let me finish this point. it was not how roads should be built, not how taverns should be built, but it was an order that no black person be permitted to settle in that hamlet and if they were caught there they would be beater every six months until they left town. why am i citing this history? african americans have exceled in spite of that kind of toxic, mean racist attitude and done an outstanding job and we should make sure that in this contextual statement it is mentioned that we achieved in spite of that and to

the pastorate of that church, he was a leader of the abolitionist movement, a colleague of john mercer langstongreat uncle of langston hughes who wrote the little ditty i swear to the lord i still can't see why democracy means everybody but mean. it was not a democratic society for us then. why, because the first governor of this state was such an arch racist, peter burnett, who, when he settled up in the oregon territory in the early 1830's established a little town called germantown. his first act of business, ladies and gentlemen, was not how --. >> thank you very much. >> let me finish this point. it was not how roads should be built, not how taverns should be built, but it was an order that no black person be permitted to settle in that hamlet and if they were caught there they would be beater every six months until they left town. why am i citing this history? african americans have exceled in spite of that kind of toxic, mean racist attitude and done an outstanding job and we should make sure that in this contextual statement it is mentioned that we achieved in spite of that and to the e