U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) shares a moment with Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) prior to an event at the Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol September 10, 2019 in Washington, DC. The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) held a ceremony to commemorate "the 400th anniversary of the first-recorded forced arrival of enslaved African people."