75 years ago, in january it was 1945. The war was over. Slowly, painfully, life came back to the ruins of europe. [music] the war was over. But there was no peace. Despair crouched over the countenance. Hopelessness circled europe like a bird of prey. Why . What were the forces . What were the issues in a war that turns nations into rubble heaps . And populations into beggars . The people wanted the answers. They wanted to know what happened and why. In the palace of justice in nuremberg, the people of the world came together, for there, that the International Military tribunal, to judge the war criminals. [music] Justice Robert h. Jackson, the chief american prosecutor, makes the Opening Statement for the prosecution. The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which we seek to condemn and punish have been so calculated, so mag maglignant and so devastating that civilization cannot tolerate th
I imagine for me this will be an emotional panel. We are taught in this country to honor our soldiers. Country toht in this protect our soldiers. I want to remind the audience that these are our soldiers. [applause] while i grew up reading about each and every one of these movements, be it the black Panther Party, the black arts movement, i would never have imagined that i would be pointed on a movement such as mine that would call us terrorists. That would make us enemies of the state. Nobody, unless you have had that experience, understands what that does to your spirit, to your body, to the people around you. I have taken the last six years of this iteration of our black Liberation Movement to go back and either read, listen to yalls talks, it is more than an honor. It is a historical moment to be on stage with you. Im going to start with you. Mr. Sanchez. [applause] oftentimes, people try to put us in a box. You are only black, you are only woman, you are only artist, you are only
Cliff sloan, your second book is about the Supreme Court but a very different era from the first one. Tell me about the court at work. The court that war is about the Supreme Court during world war ii, and it is a very, very interesting and momentous time for the court, and it is really the roosevelt court. Let me back up and tell you how i got interested in the subject. I was working at as a special envoy for the closure of guantanamo in 2014, and i was reading the decisions on military detention, including the notorious and shameful korematsu case. I noticed that the first of the shameful antijapanese decisions , which was about a curfew targeted at japaneseamerican citizens, was decided exactly one week from one week before one of the greatest Civil Liberties decisions in the courts history, West Virginia for the board of education versus burnett, where justice rep. Jackson gave an opinion that struck down the compulsory flag statute that the jehovahs witnesses had objected to. I no
Cliff sloan, your second book is about the Supreme Court but a very different era from the first one. Tell me about the court at work. The court that war is about the Supreme Court during world war ii, and it is a very, very interesting and momentous time for the court, and it is really the roosevelt court. Let me back up and tell you how i got interested in the subject. I was working at as a special envoy for the closure of guantanamo in 2014, and i was reading the decisions on military detention, including the notorious and shameful korematsu case. I noticed that the first of the shameful antijapanese decisions , which was about a curfew targeted at japaneseamerican citizens, was decided exactly one week from one week before one of the greatest Civil Liberties decisions in the courts history, West Virginia for the board of education versus burnett, where justice rep. Jackson gave an opinion that struck down the compulsory flag statute that the jehovahs witnesses had objected to. I no
Book bands and defamation cases. Cliff sloan, your second book is about the Supreme Court but a very different era from the first one. Tell me about the court at work. The court that war is about the Supreme Court during world war ii, and it is a very, very interesting and momentous time for the court, and it is really the roosevelt court. Let me back up and tell you how i got interested in the subject. I was working at as a special envoy for the closure of guantanamo in 2014, and i was reading the decisions on military detention, including the notorious and shameful korematsu case. I noticed that the first of the shameful antijapanese decisions , which was about a curfew targeted at japaneseamerican citizens, was decided exactly one week from one week before one of the greatest Civil Liberties decisions in the courts history, West Virginia for the board of education versus burnett, where justice rep. Jackson gave an opinion that struck down the compulsory flag statute that the jehovah