introduction for this gentleman. chris makowski, dr. chris makowski, is the editor in chief of the emerging civil war. one of the cofounders, along with myself and another friend of ours. emerging civil war started six years ago. we celebrated our 6th anniversary. and we have put together a great group of young historians, old historians, emerging voices. a large part of that has to do with chris michalski. chris is the author of more than a dozen books. author and co-author of more than a dozen books. he takes up the entire backside of the book sale area, so make sure you go see his son jackson who is counting all the cash from the books you are buying. chris has been my co-author. he has been the editor in chief of emergence of a war. he is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here. we were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. and i would not be where i am professionally without chris. and for those of you who know me i lov
introduction for this gentleman. chris makowski, dr. chris makowski, is the editor in chief of the emerging civil war. one of the cofounders, along with myself and another friend of ours. emerging civil war started six years ago. we celebrated our 6th anniversary. and we have put together a great group of young historians, old historians, emerging voices. a large part of that has to do with chris michalski. chris is the author of more than a dozen books. author and co-author of more than a dozen books. he takes up the entire backside of the book sale area, so make sure you go see his son jackson who is counting all the cash from the books you are buying. chris has been my co-author. he has been the editor in chief of emergence of a war. he is the face of emerging civil war and without him we would not be here. we were not have the great cast of characters that have come up here. and i would not be where i am professionally without chris. and for those of you who know me i lov
citizens in the capitol. to replacein 2006 one of theirs with the edison statute. theinute ceremony features house speaker. ladies and gentlemen, the the united states house of representatives, the honorable paul ryan. [applause] speaker ryan: oish! that, even from a badger fan. welcome to the united states capitol. exciting day. today we re unveiling the latest the national statutory hall. contributes two statues put on display throughout the capitol and the delegation decided that one of their state statutes, former governor william allen, wasn t the best choice. his place they have decided to put a statue of the thomas elvaor, milan, who was born in ohio, in 1847. i want to congratulate the of ohio for this most excellent choice and i thank all you for coming today, especially those of you from ohio, for joining us in this celebration. thank you, everybody. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the presentation of the united states armed forces color guard,
chris is the historian here. bed andworking breakfast, conference center, a great place to hold the symposium. he has just written a book, which will be available. he has co-authored two magazine articles on the battle of the spotsylvania courthouse. those are available through the emerging civil war website. chris and i have known each other for 11 years. , fightlike john and paul a little bit, get along, but we are best friends. he met his life right where our projector is set up. chris, one of our friends described him as the rupert murdoch of civil war publishing. he is now becoming a very prolific author. atwas a former historian fredericksburg and spotsylvania national parks. chris will talk about the battle of the spotsylvania courthouse. pleasure toor and bring you this prolific speaker, author, and my best friend. [applause] that the firsty symposium i spoke at here, jennifer was where matt is. no offense. he is here all weekend, folks. tom delighted to be able sha
racial supremacy. when they squared off for that famous fight in 1938, 100 million were tuned in worldwide to hear this match set up as a confrontation between democracy and fashism. he enlisted a month after the attack at pearl harbor and became the face of a recruitment campaign encouraging black men to enlist in the army. was using his fame for what was a very segregated military. again and again, lewis shifted the conversation from america s record on race to nazi german s record on race. encouraging black americans to prioritize, destroying faticism first. he did his basic training in a segregated unit and spent the last of his recruitment fighting in exhibitions fights around the world. but despite his celebrity status, lewis was no stranger to humiliations that were experienced by black soldiers. segregated facilities, lack of resources, lack of opportunities for advancement. racial epithets being told to move to the back of the bus. the poster sets up sort of a perfec