Antisemitism in the u. S. Following the hamas attack on israel. We want to get your reactions to the speech. How do you define antisemitism . Do you think it is on the rise . If you are jewish, how do you define it . Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats at 202 7488000. Independent colors can call 202 7488002. You can also text 202 7488003. Welcome to todays washington journal. People get started with a portion of the president s speech from yesterday. [video clip] President Biden we must not give safe harbor to anyone for everyone in our nation. We know that scapegoating and demonizing any minority has affected every minority and our democracy. We had to put these principles into action. I understand people have strong beliefs about the world. In america, we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech. To protest peacefully and make our voices heard. There is no place on any campus in america for antisemitism, hate speech or violence of any kind. [applause] whether
For literature in world war i in the united states. One of the real gaps in that story was the literature to which have been produced by an africanamerican writers. I was really drawn to that figure will kind of stores africanamericans were telling about the great war, africanamerican writers thought about its impact for Race Relations in america and for the long history of African American culture and identity. So africanamericans were caught up in americas entry into world war i just as all americans were. And africanamericans volunteered. They bought liberty bonds. They volunteered to serve in the military. They volunteered to serve as aid workers and nurses. Often with mixed feelings. Woodrow wilson had said america was entering world war i to make the world safe for democracy. But, of course, america, African Americans very often didnt feel safe in the didnt feel very democratic. So very unsure about going to fight for political principles overseas, that they were just that receiv
The Oregon Rare Books Initiative was begun three or four years ago. By a couple of colleagues here at oregon. Its aim is to increase the use of the rare book and special Collections Archives among faculty and students and in the classroom here at the university of oregon. The initiative was founded in 2013. Colleagues, including myself, have been upstairs in the vault where these rare books are stored, along with librarians, including bruce tabb wlorks have helped us to find , who have helped us to find books we did not know we owned. The been a rediscovery of some of the amazing rare and collectible books that have been here often since the early 19th century, and were using them in our research and classes in a way that we hadnt for several decades. When we invite a visiting scholar to come give a talk here, we encourage that person to consult in our collection upstairs and find some of the rare books that he or she has worked on and that are of interest in that field. Books specialt
Association, thank you. I am a multimedia journalist at channel 5 news in West Palm Beach and Vice President for the National Association of black journalists the miami for lauderdale chapter and the am very happy to introduce two special guests today. Dr. Cornel west is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual, a professor of philosophy and christian practice at Union Theological seminary and Professor Emeritus at princeton university. The also taught at yale, harvard and the university of paris. Graduated from harvard and obtained his a and b hd in philosophy at princeton. He has written more than 20 books and has edited 13. He is best known for his classics race matters and democracy matters and his memoir brother west, living and loving out loud. He appeared frequently on the colbert report, cnn and cspan and he also made his film debut in the matrix and was a commentator on the official trilogy released in 2004, his latest book black prophetic fire with a distinguished
Americans support for anticolonialism in africa during the early cold war. She looks at the politics of south africa and the role of the naacp. Her book is bourgeois radicals the naacp and the struggle for colonial liberation, 1941 to 1960. The Wilson Center and the National History center cohosted this 80 minute event. A few years ago, my brother sent me a youtube clip from the macarthur Award Winning author c hamamanda adichie. She explains as a young girl has used to write these stories about girls who are blind eating apples in the snow, and then there were more blondes, and more. And her mother said, child, do you know youre in nigeria . And she said well yes, but all of the book that she read had blondes eating apples and playing in the snow. Given everything that she had read, that appeared to be the story worth telling. With all great parables, there is an underlying message in that story. That underlying message is that there are these stories that we hear over and over and ov