Just to make a reactive or simply journal lis stick response but something that is floepfully greater than the sum of its parts, you begin to realize that almost everything you thought you knew was not true. And wednesday, a look at the war from the perspective of those who fought it and u. S. Foreign relations after the war and those with vietnam. Thursday at 8 00 p. M. Eastern, our real america series looks at the 1975 Church Committee hearings convened to look at the activities of the cia, irs, fbi and nsa. And with the africanAmerican History and culture opening friday 8 00 p. M. Eastern all Day Conference with talks on africanamerican religion, politics, culture and religion. I couldnt get that out of my mind, that my students were thinking that somehow this africanAmerican History wasnt real because it there was no textbook textbook as there was in all of these American History courses taught in the department of history. And so i decided to write a real textbook. For the complete American History tv schedule go to cspan. Org. This year cspan is touring cities across the country exploring American History. Next a look at how a recent visit to hattiesburg, mississippi. Youre watching American History tv all week on cspan 3. This building opened march 22nd, 1942, as a historic u. S. Store for africanamerican soldiers stationed at camp shelby during that time. Camp shelby is a Training Base and its located just a few miles outside of hattiesburg. In 1941 president franklin d. Roosevelt wanted soldiers to have a home away from home, and so that was the purpose of the United Service organization. They were all over, and this was a place where they could go and just not think about either the war that they were training for or being out in war in combat, when they would get a muchneeded break have some good, whole some fun, relax, and not think about world war ii. There were only a few africanamerican centers built worldwide, so its really unique for hattiesburg to have had a uso that was specifically for africanamericans. Today this base houses the africanamerican military history museum. As we enter i would like to start with this quote that we have and it says there has been no war fought by or within the United States in which africanamericans did not participate. There was a time when as far as civil rights, africanamericans were not treated equally, and theres a lot of sur row gags. There was a misconception that africanamericans have not always fought in american conflicts and thats not true, starting with the American Revolutionary war. We talk about one of the first people to say, hey, i want to fight in my country. Thats always been the case. Here we have our buffalo soldier exhibit. Buffalo soldier was the first africanamerican regiment during peace time. Behind me we have cafe williams, the first female to enlist in the u. S. Army. Women were not allowed to be in the army at this time. She changed her name to women yam cafe. This is a significant story because she is the first female to enlist in the u. S. Army documented. We have a story unique to hattiesburg. We have barry neil that lived here for quite some time and he participated in the spanish american war and we have a complete set of his medals and thats very rare. We have entered into world war ii and world war ii is where you start to see many changes. You actually have women in the military, which you have the Women Army Corps and we have our breaking Barriers Panel that i always like to highlight because you have more leadership positions for africanamericans. You have general benjamin o. Davis sr. And for the Tuskegee Airmen you have general benjamin o. Davis jr. Who is the first africanamerican general for the air force. Im standing next to our Ruth Baylor Earle exhibit. She is a native of hattiesburg. She enlisted in the military. She was a nurse during world war ii. She was sent to care for german prisoners of war. She was not always treated kindly, but she was very determined how she was treated she would do her job and she would do it well. She took a photograph which is one of the reasons why we have her standing with her hands planted on her hips. She became the symbol of the africanamerican female, just females, period, that sayings do as you will but you will not break my spirit. The red ball express drove through the conflict. 75 were africanamericans and they were charged with supplying troops on the front line. The red ball express ran through portions of france. They delivered over 400,000 tons of supplies, and it was a threemonth operation but it was very effective. Around the corner from our world war ii area we go into the korean war conflict where we tell the story of jesse leroy brown. He was born and raised in hattiesburg, and he wrote at a very young age that he wanted to one day fly a plane. As you can imagine, growing up in the 1930s, 1940s, that was not a realistic dream for an africanamerican boy. He was discouraged a lot. Adam makos and his book devotion says jesse brown said they dont want you to fly a plane. What in the world makes you think that you can fly a plane. He didnt let those comments deter him. He graduated top of his class at eureka high school. He went on to ohio state university. He became the first africanamerican naval aviator. His story is very tragic. He was unfortunately killed in action during the korean conflict. This portion of the museum we highlight more recent conflicts and you can see how the military has evolved over time. We focus on Operation Desert Storm and the global war on terrorism and we end with the Hattiesburg Hall of honor and we show those who have fought honorably in the United States military forces. Its very important to tell the story of soldiers not always granted equal rights but they still stood tall and said, no, i want to fight for my country. This is my country. They saw the bigger picture. Really appreciate the fact that we can see how the military has evolved over time, although those soldiers at that time, they didnt know what the end result would be, they showed what they were and equal opportunity in the military for these soldiers. So their sacrifices were not in vein. Our cities tour staff recently traveled to hattiesburg, mississippi, to learn about its rich history. Learn more about hattiesburg and other stops on the tour at cspan. Org citiestour. Youre watching American History tv all weekend every weekend on cspan 3. On wednesday and thursday, june 1st and 2nd, cspans washington journal will be live in loredo, texas, on the u. S. Mexican Border to talk about trade issues affecting the region. Well talk to brandon darby. He talks about the flow of illegal immigration in the area, the players involved as well as efforts to cover the humanitarian aspect. And then nelly beoma, local immigration lawyer, will discuss practicing immigration law, who she represents and the laws on the books and who she protects. And alfredo corchada. He examines the cartels and the smuggling of humans and narcotics. On thursday our focus will be trade. Lynn brazoski, trade reporter with the san Antonio Express will discuss the flow of trade across the loor raid doe bored jefrmt henry quear will talk about low trade affects the country. Bob cash, state director for the texas Fair Trade Commission and nafta critic looks at how trade took jobs and how it hurts mexicans as well. Make sure to watch beginning live at 7 00 p. M. Eastern wednesday and thursday june 1st and 2nd from loredo, texas. Join the discussion. Welcome to real america on cspan 3s real American History