civil war. they they talk about talk about german german, irish,, irish, an african american and african american soldiers, soldiers. as as well as well as the the newspapers that serve newspapers that serve these communities. these communities. this session this session is part is part of an of an annual annual symposium symposium on the on the 19th century 19th century press press, and the and the civil civil war war hosted hosted by the by the university university of tennessee of tennessee. at chattel nubia. the school provided this video. . hello, my name is david saxton. i am the director of the symposium of the press of the civil war and free e,pression. this afternoon, we have a very special three speakers. the topic is ethnic and immigrant soldiers in the civil war. one speaker talking about the german american soldiers, next talking about irish american soldiers, and the third talking about frederick douglass and black soldiers. we begin with christian keller, fro
a finding member of the social democratic and labor party the s.-t. o.-p. and served as a 2nd leader from 1989 to 2001 he also served as a member of the european parliament i m to member of the u.k. parliament i don t so as a member of the northern ireland assembly today we look at the contribution of john hume by contrasting the position of disaster reached in the province and the early 1970 s. at the height of the troubles with the peace which still holds to be despite the intense strains caused by bricks it 1st we speak toward winning journalist david blake knox about his new book on the killing of thomas needham our manager of northern ireland factory and then we examine with alice to mcdonnell one of john hume successors as leader of the s.-t. o.-p. about how the northern island was pulled from tragedy to peace just after christmas in 1973 thomas needham i was bundled into his car i d say to school in west belfast . he was never seen alive again by his friends or family
was a finding member of the social democratic and labor party the s.-t. o.-p. and served as a 2nd leader from 1989 to 2001 he also served as a member of the european parliament i m to member of the u.k. parliament i don t so as a member of the northern ireland assembly today we look at the contribution of john hume by contrasting the position of disaster reached in the province and the early 1970 s. at the height of the troubles with the peace which still holds to be despite the intense strains caused by bricks it 1st we speak toward winning journalist david blake knox about his new book on the killing of thomas needham our manager of northern ireland factory and then we examine with alice to mcdonnell one of john hume successors as leader of the s.-t. o.-p. about how the northern island was pulled from tragedy to peace. just after christmas in 1973 thomas need him i was bundled into his car i d say to school in west belfast he was never seen alive again by his friends or fam
you to welcome to the alex salmond shoe in this year of many tragedies perhaps the passing of joined him did not get the prominence it deserved john hume is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of ireland as one of the architects of the northern ireland peace process and he took a day he was a finding member of the social democratic and labor party the s.-t. o.-p. and served as a 2nd leader from 1989 to 2001 he also served as a member of the european parliament i m to member of the u.k. parliament i don t so as a member of the northern ireland assembly today we look at the contribution of john hume by contrasting the position of disaster reached in the province and the early 1970 s. at the height of the troubles with the peace which still holds to be despite the intense strains caused by bricks it 1st we speak toward winning journalist david blake knox about his new book on the killing of thomas needham our manager of northern i
successors as leader of the s.-t. o.-p. about how northern ireland was pulled from tragedy to peace just after christmas in 1973 thomas needham i was bundled into his car i would say to school in west belfast he was never seen alive again by his friends or family it was in a deal of murder and tragedy in the province with $500.00 people a year dying as nationalist and loyalist paramilitaries mobilised against the power sheeting stunning deal agreement alex takes up the tragic story with journalist and author david blake knox who has published a new book on the killing. david yes this book where they get station of this book come from there you know the very height of the troubles 970 free this dreadful murder tell us a bit more about it. well i suppose part of the reason the crew moved to this story is as you say it was at the height of the troubles and i thought it reflected is a very unusual case it was sort of because they only german national to die in northern ireland an