Documentary about world war i Harlem Health fighters, an allblack unit earned distinction serving with the french are many the french army. They are assigned to the french army because they needed men and because Many American soldiers besided to serve black men. It seems that we had listened posts. Dont know what that was in that time of warfare, this is nothing like the korean or vietnam. When the troops were holding a trench, every night they had a post set maybe 200, 300 feet from the main body. Every night they put two men out there just to listen and warn if there would be a sneak attack. Of course, the germans were doing the same thing. On this particular night, henry johnson, one of the greater , was there when these germans attacked the listen post. Approximately 24 germans attacked. Johnson fought them off. He shot and swung his rifle around and defeated the 24 germans, all of them wounded or killed. He had 21 wounds in his body, but refused to die. When we finally got out th
Documentary about world war i Harlem Health fighters, an allblack unit earned distinction serving with the french are many the french army. They are assigned to the french army because they needed men and because Many American soldiers besided to serve black men. It seems that we had listened posts. Dont know what that was in that time of warfare, this is nothing like the korean or vietnam. When the troops were holding a trench, every night they had a post set maybe 200, 300 feet from the main body. Every night they put two men out there just to listen and warn if there would be a sneak attack. Of course, the germans were doing the same thing. On this particular night, henry johnson, one of the greater , was there when these germans attacked the listen post. Approximately 24 germans attacked. Johnson fought them off. He shot and swung his rifle around and defeated the 24 germans, all of them wounded or killed. He had 21 wounds in his body, but refused to die. When we finally got out th
Individual started putting together of objects with histories, thats the important thing. He was only interested in objects that had histories. The institution was formed around that collection. Is a stonet object projectile point about 12,000 years old, not very long after the glacier retreated from this area. A very good collection of 17th and 18th century furniture, owned and in many cases made in concord. 19 century furniture, objects associated with the authors in collection the great of objects related table 19th, 1775. We have arguably more objects that were participants in the events of april 19, 1775 maybe than any other collection. Were going to take a look at a thattion of those objects arranged more or less chronologically, following the events of that epic day through the objects in our collection is Strong Enough that you can actually pick up on the high point all along the room. One of the most iconic objects in the Museum Collection is this lantern. It was in this colle
He is the author of the book till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It is one of the most definitive on the subject. I have the privilege to work on tills case,mett starting in 2002, to work on the reopening of the case, and to have the United States Congress Passed the emmett till unsolved civil rights crime act. That is being reauthorized again. Congress is working on it right now. We expected next several weeks for that to pass. [applause] Devery Anderson is an editor at signature books in utah and is working on a masters degree in publishing at the George Washington university. He is the editor and coeditor of several books on mormon history, and in 2015, the University Press of mississippi book emmett till the murder that shocked the world and propelled the Civil Rights Movement. It will be the basis of a miniseries produced by jayz, will smith and others. He has spoken in the United States and the united kingdom. His research has resulted
Women. I went to graduate school not planning to do womens history but it was 1970 and the Womens Movement had begun to affect my life. Person to belucky in that first generation of grad students who had isolated wonderful mentors just beginning to do womens history. I assisted the first class in womens history at the university of michigan. The first year i was in grad school, i kept getting assigned the womens papers. About the wonderful, brilliant women. Thosented being given. Standing in the halls and said to a friend of mine, girly getting into womens history. As im really getting into womens history. A prominent historian stuck his head outside the door and said womens history, that is the history of dishwashing. My first reaction was i was really angry. Women have done all the great things men have. Been ught, they everything ive thought of as history. Three months later, i decided he was right. He thought dishwashing was trivial and not historical. To do waslly wanted look at t