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Increases sanctions pressure on bill rusin warns russia against intervening in support of president bush. And the u. S also threatening sanctions on turkey if no progress is made in the Eastern Mediterranean dispute with greets flash flooding triggered landslides in afghanistan killing at least 150. 00 people its also a swamp parts of karate in neighboring pakistan. And in school the n. B. A. Playoffs will resume on saturday the players have agreed to end a boycott that was aimed at highlighting social injustice. In the afternoon in washington where tens of thousands of people have gathered to a renewed drive for criminal Justice Reform and racial equality theyre calling it another march on washington because it falls on the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther king jr i have a dream speech which happened in the same place the u. S. Has been gripped by racial protests and breasts since george floyd was killed in Police Custody in may strong comparisons to the anger in the violence that fl
Chad williams is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era. Next, he talks about the postwar activism of the soldiers, explaining how after fighting with the idea of democracy abroad, many return to join movements to secure more rights and better social standing for African American here at home. National world War One Museum, in kansas missouri of 2019. Now id like to introduce our first speaker for this morning. Doctor chad williams, he is a agus this professor and history at african and African American studies at brandon university. He specializes in African American and modern United States history, world war i and African American intellectual history. He is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era, which received the 2011 liberty, legacy, Foundation Awards from the organization of american historian and the 2011 distinguish book of war society of military history. He is also a part o
I would like to welcome our members to lunch as well as our guest, and to those listening live over the National Public radio stations, and for those , before watch it later going further i would like to remind the members of upcoming events. Next tuesday, the guest will be william fulbright. The 40th anniversary of the fulbright scholarship program. James speakers include buchanan on january 23 and John Harrington on fairbury 19th. Ould like to remind february 19. If you have questions for our downer, please write them on the part on your table and send them to the front. I will ask as many questions as time permits. I would like to introduce our guest. Please stand when i call your. Ame please withhold your applause until i am completed. Bernard shaw of cable news , Lita Williams of the new york times, adrian farrell, a member who organized the lunch, a member of the french embassy, randy allen from pyramid video, dorothy of the lewisgton post, finley for the Minneapolis Tribune and
Next tuesday, the guest will be william fulbright. The 40th anniversary of the fulbright scholarship program. Future speakers include James Buchanan on january 23 and John Harrington on fairbury 19th. I would like to remind february 19. I would like to remind those of you in the audience that if you have questions for our speaker, please write them down on the part on your table and send them to the front. I will ask as many questions as time permits. I would like to introduce our guest. Please stand when i call your name. Please withhold your applause until i am completed. Bernard shaw of cable news network, Lita Williams of the new york times, adrian farrell, riter for the first foreign affairs, a member who organized the lunch, a member of the french embassy, randy allen from pyramid video, dorothy of the washington post, finley lewis for the Minneapolis Tribune and ernest white of washington living magazine. [applause] host our guest today, James Baldwin, offers a lesson for those