Are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our International Im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us now protesters close to the white house attempted to shout down donald trump during his speech on the final night of the Republican Party convention on with horns and chanting loudly hundreds tried to disrupt the event and a number were carrying black lives matter banners that did not stop the president from claiming he has done more for black people than almost all of his predecessors. And i say very modestly that i have done more for the Africanamerican Community than any president since Abraham Lincoln our 1st republican president. And i have done more in 3 years for the black community then joe biden has done in 47 years. The one im really like did the best is yet to come. Speech came as furious black lives matter protesters once again turned out in can osha in the wake of Sundays Police shooting of a black man ill be where the footage were about to sh
We are joined by Armstrong Williams longtime radio, tv talk show host, author, thank you for being with us here on washington journal this morning. Good morning and thank you so much for having me. Host we started our segment last hour with Michael Hopkins saying we asked both of you on today to talk about the reaction last week to the death of george floyd at the hands of the minneapolis police. But as the protests have grown and the civil rest has grown and writing, we want to get your reaction overall to what weve seen particularly in the last three days over the weekend across the country. Guest you know, the beauty of america is our right to protest in a very peaceful way. The majority of the protesters are very peaceful and they had the moral high ground no different than the one when you had the terrorist attack on Emanuel Church in charlestown. Members of that community, even though they thought there would be looting and burning, [inaudible] was one of those killed for no reas
World war i and the shaping of modern black identity. Is a chronicle of men and women who served the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for cell rights. One of the main things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was dedicated was decades away, world war i established important questions of citizenship that paved the way toward future progress. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by shasha conwell, the museums equity director Deputy Director and editor of we return fighting. The images are really very powerful, of americans at war and on the home front. It also gives us a different look at the life African Americans face when they came home after the war. Let me end by welcoming you and assuring you that you are in for a wonderful evening. Thank you for joining us and im sure you will have a great evening. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Deputy Director of the African Museum of history and cult
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We want to take this moment to welcome everyone to Trinity United Church of christ here in. Chicago, illinois. We are a church that believes that we are called to be in the heart of this community, ever seeking the communitys heart. And our motto is that we are unashamedly and unapologetically christian. Dont think that there is any contradiction between rooting yourself in your culture and also celebrating the christ whom we serve. And so were delighted that youre here for our book notes. We had a 1 to 4 worship experience today to. Worship services with a magnet officer and preacher who is to my left. And none other than reverend dr. Raphael warnock, who is raphael warnock, who was the first africanamerican senator from the state of georgia. He has two publications, one being a way out of no way is a memoir of experience from savannah all the way to the senate and a wonderful Childrens Book he read to a small of children immediately following worship service, we recorded that reading