Vulnerable to surprise attacks. April 18, 1942, 16 b25 bombers led by Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle prepared to take off from the Aircraft Carrier hornet. Their target tokyo and 4 other major japanese cities, with carefully selected military targets. It was only nine days after the fall of bataan. [plane engines] never before had such a thing been attempted. The psychological effects of the raid on tokyo were even greater than the material damage inflicted. It raised the morale of all americans and shocked the enemy into realization that we had the will and wherewithal to carry the war to the heart of his own homeland. Three weeks later, United States navy planes from the Carrier Task Force dealt the japanese fleet a damaging blow in the coral sea, the first naval battle in history to be fought entirely with carrierbased aircraft. [explosions] while the navy was starting to make a comeback, general wainwright surrendered corregidor. A proud old soldier who had fought in world or o
Black men today. It was the first time so many of them had come together. The beauty of the campaign is it changes the narrative and allows you to understand you are just as intelligent and we have the ability to articulate ourselves as well as anybody so its changing the expectation of what we should be based on expenses. In 2019 it isnt an accurate measure of what someone should be like based on the way they look. We will talk about why that is still happening but nigel you want to come in. I am nigel, the co founder of the group. Just touching on what others have said about the perceptions today, it actually starts quite young. I remember being in school, being quite well spoken, id get the feedback of, oh, you sound right. Even at the time, i didnt properly clock on to what that meant. What it means is there is a way you should speak if youre black and you dont fit that way, therefore you put this another way. Its people expecting this stereotype to come out of your mouth and when
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