Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Ann Arbor District library. Thank you so much for out tonight. My name is emily and im on the events team here. We want to thank our partners at literati for bringing us another wonderful event with professor williams evening. So just a really introduction so we can get onto the program Kidada Williams is associate professor of history at wayne university. She is the author. They left great marks on me africanamerican testimonies of racial violence from emancipation to world war one. She is the creator of the seizing freedom podcast, and shes here tonight to speak about her new book i saw death coming a history of terror and survival in the war against reconstruction. So we will have a talk tonight. Well have a q a. I will be running the round the room with a mic so we can speak into it because were recording tonight and live streaming. So we want folks at to be able to hear your questions. Literati is in the foyer. They are selling books this ev
Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Ann Arbor District library. Thank you so much for out tonight. My name is emily and im on the events team here. We want to thank our partners at literati for bringing us another wonderful event with professor williams evening. So just a really introduction so we can get onto the program Kidada Williams is associate professor of history at wayne university. She is the author. They left great marks on me africanamerican testimonies of racial violence from emancipation to world war one. She is the creator of the seizing freedom podcast, and shes here tonight to speak about her new book i saw death coming a history of terror and survival in the war against reconstruction. So we will have a talk tonight. Well have a q a. I will be running the round the room with a mic so we can speak into it because were recording tonight and live streaming. So we want folks at to be able to hear your questions. Literati is in the foyer. They are selling books this ev
Good evening, everybody. Welcome to the Ann Arbor District library. Thank you so much for out tonight. My name is emily and im on the events team here. We want to thank our partners at literati for bringing us another wonderful event with professor williams evening. So just a really introduction so we can get onto the program Kidada Williams is associate professor of history at wayne university. She is the author. They left great marks on me africanamerican testimonies of racial violence from emancipation to world war one. She is the creator of the seizing freedom podcast, and shes here tonight to speak about her new book i saw death coming a history of terror and survival in the war against reconstruction. So we will have a talk tonight. Well have a q a. I will be running the round the room with a mic so we can speak into it because were recording tonight and live streaming. So we want folks at to be able to hear your questions. Literati is in the foyer. They are selling books this ev
Mr. Banks without objection, so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to this hearing of the military personnel subcommittee. Todays hearing is focused on admissions, curriculum and diversity of thought at the military Service Academies. I want to thank our witnesses for being with us today. I hope this hearing provides an opportunity for our members to have a Productive Exchange with our witnesses and provide answers to their questions. First, let me say i believe our cadets and midshipmen are some of the best and brightest scholars and athletes our nation has to offer. Each year a small group of americans know their path wont be easy, that it demands sacrifice and hard work and in the end, nearly a decade or more of service to this great country. And that is why we are here today, to ensure that our cadets and mids are getting the first class education and the elite military training that they need. But i do have some concerns. All of the military Service Academies use race as selectio
Mr. Banks without objection, so ordered. I want to welcome everyone to this hearing of the military personnel subcommittee. Todays hearing is focused on admissions, curriculum and diversity of thought at the military Service Academies. I want to thank our witnesses for being with us today. I hope this hearing provides an opportunity for our members to have a Productive Exchange with our witnesses and provide answers to their questions. First, let me say i believe our cadets and midshipmen are some of the best and brightest scholars and athletes our nation has to offer. Each year a small group of americans know their path wont be easy, that it demands sacrifice and hard work and in the end, nearly a decade or more of service to this great country. And that is why we are here today, to ensure that our cadets and mids are getting the first class education and the elite military training that they need. But i do have some concerns. All of the military Service Academies use race as selectio