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General News on Wednesday, July 31, 2019
Source: Graphic.com.gh
2019-07-31
play the videoNancy Pelosi in tears when she remembers the slave trade
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivered an emotional speech to Ghana's parliament on the occasion of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans living in poverty. slavery in America.
Ms. Pelosi seemed to cry as she remembered the horrors of the slave trade.
She paid tribute to the contribution made by African Americans to the United States and stated that Ghana's struggle for independence had been an inspiration to the civil rights movement led by Martin Luther King and the United States. 39; others.
She was accompanied to Parliament by several members of the US House of Representatives, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the US Ambbadador to Ghana, Stephanie Sullivan.
She stated that she was honored to be the first woman president of the US House of Representatives to address the Parliament of Ghana.
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