Blackness but not talk about what the responsibilities are. Nobody wants the burden, the loathing. But the lure is a billion dollar global industry. Walters pushed back against that. I think in a lot of ways, thats going to be his legacy. He is one of the most important black political figures of the postwar period as an intellectual, policy advocates, someone willing to speak truth to power and not just to white conservatives and white people, but really to black leadership and black people. Thats it. Thank you. Thats it for this week. We will meet again next week. Were featuring American History tv programs as a preview of whats available every weekend on cspan3. We spinniwing through the south emory university. A professor discusses efforts in the early 1960s to register africanamerican voters in mississippi. American history tv tonight at 8 00 eastern on cspan3. American history tv products are available at the cspan online store. Go to cspanstore. Org to see whats new for American
The army and we are at the womens memorial in arlington cemetery. Its the only major memorial thats dedicated to women who served their country. We have over 3 million women who have worn the uniform of the United States. This memorial was dedicated in 1997. Over 40,000 people lined memorial avenue from the bridge to the memorial. Women from world war i through the current times in 1997. The memorial is on 4. 2 acres of park service land. Behind me, though, you can see the head stones of Arlington National cemetery and that surrounds the park service land. The memorial is composed of the Education Center, a court of valor, terrorists that has glass tablets with quotations about women and by women. Theres a pool where we have ceremonies on especially memorial day for women who have fallen. There is a line going from the Lincoln Memorial. You can see it as it comes up Memorial Drive with stones. As it goes through our memorial up to our fountain and through the memorial, there are black
Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. Now on American History tv, a look at the ways american women contributed to the war effort during world war ii. We hear about the expectations for women on the home front to write letters to soldiers, plant Victory Gardens and work in factories and what options were available to women for military service. This is 90 minutes. Fpz well, good to see everybody today. I appreciate you coming to our space here. Today, were going to talk about american women and world war ii. And this is obviously a huge topic, we can spend an entire semester just on this topic alone. So were going to try to break it down into three different spaces and were going to look at a lot of images to kind of fit in with the other things weve talked about. So we are going to talk about american women in three ways. Were going to talk about women at home. Women at work. And women at war. So were going to kind of organize our ideas this way, and again were going to look at
Public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series real america. Saturday at 10 00 p. M. And sunday at 4 00 p. M. Eastern. Here on American History tv. Each week, American History tvs american art facts visits museums and historic places. Next, in the first of a twopart program, we visit the womens memorial Near Arlington National Cemetery to learn about women who served in the u. S. Military. From the revolutionary war through world war ii. This is about 40 mince. Im dina williams. President of the womens memorial foundation. Im a retired Major General from the army and were at the womens memorial in arlington cemetery. Its the only major memorial thats dedicated to women who served their country. We have over 3 million women who have worn the uniform. This memorial was dedicated in 1997. Over 40,000 people line memorial avenue. From the bridge to the memorial. Women from world war i through the current times in 1997. The memorial son 4. 2 acres. It has glass b tableted without him
Her own. The kids call me the rocket lady. Find out how she plans to encourage the next generation to enter the aerospace industry. Plus, in the 1860s, workers were laying 1900 miles of track to connect our nations east and west coasts. Without thosese 60,000 chinese workers. It wouould not havave happened. How the building of the Transcontinental Railroad changed america. His identity. But first, the Surgeon General warns americans are lonely. Whats the advice that you give people who are trying to navigate . We should all give ourselvlves a lilittle bit of f a break. Soleledad talks toto the lead researcher about connecting. Im soledad obrien. Welcome to matter of fact, humans are wired for social connection. Its key to our survival. But right now, there is an epidemic of loneliness in the United States. And its having a very real impact on our health. Thats according to a new advisory from the Surgeon General, dr. Vivek murthy says. About half of us adults report experiencing loneli