It is such a privilege to be standing here in Emancipation Hall, a sacred place. And it is fitting for a location for this ceremony, the Capitol. The Emancipation hall is named for the enslaved laborers that played a crucial and overlooked role in the construction of this Capitol. And they were excluded from the very freedom that it embodies. The lengthy process of constructing the US Capitol relied upon free and enslaved laborers at every step. (00:35–00:48)
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