From the 2013 roosevelt reading festival Cheryl Mullenbach discusses her book double victory how africanamerican women broke race and gender barriers to help win world war ii. This is about half an hour and starts now on booktv. Im the Education Specialist at the roosevelt president ial library and museum. On the half of the franklin d. Roosevelt president ial library and museum but would like to welcome all of you in our audience and those of you watching at home on cspan two to the tenth annual roosevelt reading festival. Franklin roosevelt plan for the library to become a premier Research Institution for the study of the entire roosevelt era through the librarys research from its consistently one of the busiest of all the president ial libraries and this years group of authors reflects the wide variety of research that is done here. That may quickly go over the format for the festivals concurrent sessions. At the top of each hour session begins with a 30 minute author talk followed
At the roosevelt president ial let her a museum. On behalf of the Franklin Roosevelt president ial library and museum id like to welcome all of you here in our audience and those of you watching at home on east and for the 10th annual was about reading festival. Franklin was no plan to become a premier research and tuition for this study that the entire roosevelt area. The Libraries Research on this consistently one of the busiest of other president ial libraries and mysterious outburst reflects a wide variety of research that done here. Let me quickly go to format. At the top of each hour i begins with an author talk followed by a 10 minute questionandanswer is and then were going to wrap it up after that. Then we will move to the table in the lobby outside of the new deal store where you can purchase books and have the author sign them. At the top of the hour the process repeats itself. Todays attendees can go to the new museum and take a look at the wonderful merits of its behalf th
Amendment to abolish slavery. It had been brought to annapolis on the previous day, one day earlier by lincolns secretary of state william seward. Decided to discuss the eradication of the amendment, and so they were discussing it, deliberating over it. The next day when lincoln walked within sight of the state help state house for that amendment was under consideration. When lincoln came back a little after 7 00 a. M. On february the fourth at the naval academy, and this time because now they you know, it is well known, and the is down here, that he would be returning. Used to have a train actually meet to map the war so that they did not have to do any myelin have rocked walk on the return trip. They stepped off the boat, on the train, and were back in washington by 9 00 a. M. The most interesting thing about it is to have him one by a state capital where that is under consideration having passed the United States congress only two days earlier. I think that is, to me, just an amazin
Today, American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the Armed Forces at five times the national average with the women serving in higher concentration than any other ethnic population.