we talk about honoring those that come before, and stephanie tubbs jones was one of the most powerful black women that we have seen in the halls of congress. on days like today, i remember her so much and want the letter of. it is my honor and privilege to introduce those are will lead us in our discussion today. please hold your applause till the end. wade henderson is president and ceo and the leadership conference education fund. a tireless civil rights leader, he is a member of the bar in colombia and the united states of in court. elaine r. jones was the first female president, a legal powerhouse who was elected to the american bar association board of governors in 1989. the first african-american to do so. president clinton presented her with a eleanor roosevelt human rights award. john lewis was elected to congress in 1986 and represents georgia. the civil rights leader was a a member of the march on washington. he also received the presidential medal of freedom. barbara r. arnwine president and executive director otherwise committee for civil rights. a graduate of duke univers

felt it was necessary -- we talk about honoring those that have come before, and congress woman stephanie tubbsthe most powerful black women that we have seen in the halls of congress and on days like today i just remember her so much and want to lift her up. so it's my honor and privilege to introduce those that will lead news our discussion today. police -- please held your applausen in the end. wade henderson. a tireless civil rights leader and advocate, member of the bar in the district of columbia and the united states supremeb cou. elaine jones, was first female president. director of the naacp legal if he was fine. a civil right lawyer elected to me american bar association board of governors in 1989. the first african-american to do so. in december of 2000, president clinton presented her with the eleanor roosevelt human rights award. representative john lewis. elected to congressin' 1986, and represented the fifth congressional district of georgia. a civil rights leader was freedom rider, spoke at the 1963 march on washington in 2011, and also received the presidential medal of freedo

we talk about honoring those that come before, and stephanie tubbs jones was one of the most powerfulblack women that we have seen in the halls of congress. on days like today, i remember her so much and want the letter of. it is my honor and privilege to introduce those are will lead us in our discussion today. please hold your applause till the end. wade henderson is president and and the leadership conference education fund. a tireless civil rights leader, he is a member of the bar in colombia and the united states of in court. was the firsts female president, a legal powerhouse who was elected to the american bar association board of governors in 1989. the first african-american to do so. president clinton presented her with a eleanor roosevelt human rights award. john lewis was elected to congress in 1986 and represents georgia. a acivil rights leader was member of the march on washington. he also received the presidential medal of freedom. barbara r. arnwine president and executive director otherwise committee for civil rights. a graduate of duke university law school. she conti

we talk about honoring those that come before, and stephanie tubbs jones was one of the most powerfulmen that we have seen in the halls of congress. on days like today, i remember her so much and want the letter of. it is my honor and privilege to introduce those are will lead us in our discussion today. please hold your applause till the end. wade henderson is president and ceo and the leadership conference education fund. a tireless civil rights leader, he is a member of the bar in colombia and the united states of in court. elaine r. jones was the first female president, a legal powerhouse who was elected to the american bar association board of governors in 1989. the first african-american to do so. president clinton presented her with a eleanor roosevelt human rights award. john lewis was elected to congress in 1986 and represents georgia. the civil rights leader was a a member of the march on washington. he also received the presidential medal of freedom. barbara r. arnwine president and executive director otherwise committee for civil rights. a graduate of duke university law s

and congresswoman stephanie tubbs jones was one of the most powerful black women that we've seen in thells of congress. and on days like today i just remember so much and want to lift her up. and so i it's my honor and ville to introduce those that will lead us in our discussion today. please hold your applause until the end. wade henderson is president and ceo of the leadership operate on civil and human rights and the leadership conference education fund. tireless civil rights leader, is a member of the bar in the district of columbia and the united states supreme court. elaine jones was first in the president director of the naacp legal defense fund urges a legal powerhouse in the civil rights lawyer who was elected to the american bar association board of governors in 1989. the first african-american to do so. in december 2000, president clinton presented her with the eleanor roosevelt human rights award. representative john lewis elected to congress in 1986 and represents the fifth congressional district of georgia. the civil rights leader was a freedom rider, spoke of the 1963 mar

c-span's american history tour spoke to stephanie ambrose tubbs. >> i would say that some of the biggest misconceptions about the lewis and clark expedition are that it was just a lark or a big family camping trip. part of that is because they had a dog with them. they had an african american slave with them and they also had a young indian woman so that kind of makes you feel like well this is just a big large family but actually it was a military expedition and it was sent by thomas jefferson to survey what was outside of what was then the united states so they started at st. louis and they went all the way to astoria, oregon, which at that time was just the louisiana purchase, basically. and the louisiana purchase pretty much stopped where they started getting into the mountains and that's when they started meeting with tribes that they really didn't know were out there so they were doing a survey for jefferson is what their mission was. it would have been 1803 to 1806 were the years that they did the expedition. there were many years in preparation for it but we call 1803 to 1806 the

we talked about honoring those that have come before and congresswoman stephanie tubbs jones was one of the most powerful black women that we've seen in the halls of congress and on days like today i remember her so much and want to let her out. so it is my honor privilege to introduce those that will lead us in our discussion today. please hold your applause until the end. wade -- and the leadership conference education fund, a tireless civil rights leader and advocate come a member of the bar in the district of columbia and the united states supreme court. elaine jones was first to the president, director of the naacp legal defense fund come a little in a civil rights lawyer elected to the american bar association board of governors in a teen 89. the first african-american to do so. december of 2000, president clinton presented her with a human rights award. representative john lewis, elected to congress in 1986 and represents the fifth congressional district of georgia. civil rights leader was a freedom rider spoke at the 1963 march on washington in 2011 and also received the pres

american history tour spoke to stephanie ambrose tubbs. that some of the biggest misconceptions about the lewis and clark expedition are that it was just a lark or a big family camping trip. part of that is because they had them.with they had an african american slave with them and they also had a young indian woman so that kind of makes you feel like well just a big large family but actually it was a military expedition and it was sent by jefferson to survey what was outside of what was then the started ates so they st. louis and they went all the way to astoria, oregon, which at the louisianajust purchase, basically. and the louisiana purchase much stopped where they started getting into the mountains and that's when they with tribes that they really didn't know were out they were doing a survey for jefferson is what their mission was. 1803 to 1806 been were the years that they did the expedition. years ine many preparation for it but we call 1803 to 1806 the years of the expedition. mary wethercked because he was his private secretary w