It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because it is not just about soldiers, it is about soldiers and civilians. It is about men and women. Its about young and old. Its about white and black. So that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. And well explore that story throughout this hour of the washington journal. It is day five of museum week on the washington journal with our friends at American History tv on cspan3. Throughout this segment we invite viewers to join us, phone lines split up regionally. 7027482000, and a special line set aside for africanamerican veterans 2027488002. We would love to
This is a special part of the one city, one book extravaganza. Thank you for being so wonderful to work with and allowing us to present this incredible panel today. I want to give a special thanks and remembrance to jim jones, junior, who was hopeful to be with us today. He sends you and the panelists all his best, but he was unable to participate to health reasons. We will send out some good love to jim. The California Historical society is deeply honored to hold the peoples temple collection. The California Historical society was chosen as the repository in 1983. We have worked tirelessly with many survivors and many historians and students whatonate to learn happened over the intervening years. We are proud to be the largest repository of archival materials relating to the peoples temple and jonestown, whether it be the digitization of separate films were over 50 different collections contained within the peoples temple broader collection, we are honored to steward it. We invite you
I want to welcome you all to the California Historical society. We are deeply honored for our dear partners and friends. The San Francisco Public Library , you cannot ask for better friends. This is part of the one city, one book extravaganza. It allows us to present this incredible panel today. Thanks to jim jones junior, who had hoped to be with us today. He was unable to participate due to health reasons. The California Historical society is honored to hold the peoples temple collection. Repositoryen as the in 1983. We have worked with many survivors and many historians and students who want to learn about what happened in jonestown. We are proud to be the largest repository of these materials. The digitization of super eight films. A broader collection of materials. We invite you all to research it. All of our panelists have taken advantage of this collection. Preserving fbi files, photographs and other items. You back to our library over my right shoulder. It is the portal to our
Society hosted this discussion. It is about an hour and a half. I want to welcome you all to the California Historical society. We are deeply honored for our dear partners and friends. The San Francisco public library, you cannot ask for better friends. This is part of the one city, one book extravaganza. It allows us to present this incredible panel today. A special thanks to jim jones junior, who had hoped to be with us today. He was unable to participate due to health reasons. The California Historical society is honored to hold the peoples temple collection. It was chosen as the repository in 1983. We have worked with many survivors and many historians and students who want to learn about what happened in jonestown. We are proud to be the largest repository of these materials. The digitization of super eight films. A broader collection of materials. We invite you all to research it. All of our panelists have taken advantage of this collection. Preserving fbi files, photographs and
Next, a Panel Discussion on the peoples temple. And theder jim Jones Community called jonestown he established in guyana. In 1978 more than 900 americans died in jonestown because of cyanide poisoning and what is called the jonestown massacre. The Panel Includes two former members of the peoples temple. And two authors on books on the subject. The California Historical society hosted this discussion. Its about an hour and a half. I want to welcome you all to the California Historical society. On behalf of my board of trustees, my Incredible Team and staff, our volunteers, all of our members and all of our guests, welcome for a very special in poignant and powerful afternoon. We are deeply honored for our dear partners and friends. I think part of the is overused and i like using polluters colluders. The San Francisco public library, you cannot ask for better friends. This is a special part of the one city, one book extravaganza. Thinking susan goldstein, marcia ander, Christina Reddy a