Fighting. World war i and the shaping of modern black identity. Published by this is sony and, is a chronicle of men and women who served the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for cell rights. One of the main things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was away,ted was decades world war i established important questions of citizenship that paved the way toward future progress. We are fortunate to be joined conwell, theasha museums equity director Deputy Director and editor of we return fighting. The images are really very powerful, of americans at war and on the home front. It also gives us a different look at the life African Americans face when they came home after the war. Let me end by welcoming you and assuring you that you are in for a wonderful evening. Thank you for joining us and im sure you will have a great evening. [applause] men, pleasetel welcome the Deputy Director of museum of history can shasha hol
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the legislation is a culture war battle plan, including limits to abortion access and strange under care and eliminating old diversity, equity and inclusion offices at the pentagon. and when it comes to the culture wars, some folks just cannot help saying the quiet part out loud. and it has nothing to do with whether not colored people or black people or anybody can serve, okay? it has nothing to do with mister speaker. any of that stuff. what in the bowl, connor? arizona congressman eli crane s descriptor was stricken from the congressional record and he did ask for his remark to be amended to people of color, climbing in a later statement that he quote misspoke. but his comments came at the tail end of an impassioned speech detailing how diversity efforts weekend the military. the house and the eight will be dead on arrival and aligns in the senate, where democrats hold the majority. that means whatever comes out of the senate will have to be hashed out in a confe
intensifying. police are promising they are closing in. i m not going to be terrified but i m cautious. look at the door. oh my god. pummeled bracing for potentially the worst flooding in years. the worst damage seen in new york s valley. you woke up and seen a natural disaster hit. jr. hang on and win the 2023 team mobile home run derby. he and his dad both home run derby champions. we begin with a fox news alert. president biden expected to speak at any moment after arriving at the nato summit. earlier he attended a bilateral meeting with the president of lithuania where he welcomed the idea of sweden joining the alliance. i want to thank you, mr. president, for hosting this historic summit at an important time. first time that nato leaders will meet together 31 and looking soon with 32 members. brian: fantastic news. biden is scheduled to meet with turkey s president today. tomorrow he will meet with ukrainian president zelenskyy. wasn t clear zelenskyy w
welcome back to the weekend everyone. this morning, the world is reacting to new round of airstrikes from the united states and the middle east. last night, the united states and united kingdom targeted houthi rebels and iran-backed militant group in yemen. the government says they struck 36 targets and 13 locations across the country. all of this comes just one day after a separate series of very consequential strikes by the united states targeting iran- backed militias militants in iraq and in syria. let s get right to an msnbc news correspondent, matt riley, in tel aviv. thank you for being with us this morning. matt, these airstrikes and these retaliatory met, these airstrikes and retaliatory strikes, how do they complicate things for secretary blinken as he heads to the region? well, i think that this is a perfect timing for secretary blinken. and what he will be doing, he ll be coming here to israel. he ll also be going to places like egypt, saudi arabia. these