That they agreed to speak with me tonight about the book. Back. Host we were introduced a media local writer, years ago and ron, is been very encouraging and have a quite a bit with this book in terms of background and research and so forth. And of course with a vietnam veteran, most of the book that i wrote is about world war ii veterans and i just want to give you a little background before we start speaking. Before world war ii, if you are paralyzed, you are. Much a dead no hope for as they were called. Because the average lifespan was 18 months for somebody would do in world war i. World war ii was a game changer. The advent of penicillin, and other drugs. They had surgical units right behind the battlefield. Behind the frontlines. And they had evacuation back to the mainland. And so by the end of world war ii, you had a cohort of about 2500 u. S. Veterans who return home and there are paralyzed they had a chance at a normal life span. And this was the first cohort was quite have t
Followed by a brief q a should there be time for us to do that. I am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues, the first being dr. Saje mathieu. Dr. Mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is just finishing a faculty fellowship at Harvard Universitys center for studies in American History. She earned a joint phd in history and africanamerican studies and specializes in 20th century american and africanAmerican History with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. She is the author of a number of books, one of which is available outside and i would encourage you to grab a copy while you can. An oncoming book as well, the glory of their deeds a global history of black soldiers in the great war era. And saje was working on that book as part of your work at the warren center. Are we close to publication . I started it when i was five. So it is almost done. Really saje i
Finishing up a faculty fellowship at stanford. She earned a joint ph. D. From yale and specializes in 20th century american and African American history with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. Shes the author of a number of books. One of which is available outside and id encourage you to grab a copy while you can. But an upcoming book as well. The glory of their deeds, a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. And sage was working on the book, if i recall, as part of your work at the warren center. Are we close to publication . I started when i was five. She started when she was five, so its almost done. I am, yes. Sage is a great friend of ours. Were delighted to have you back here with us again. Join us in welcoming dr. Mathieu. And joining us tonight is the scholar who also has a specialized focus on the red summer of 1919, and the fight of this nation to create a just and equitable society, cameron mcwhit
Professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is currently just finishing up a faculty fellowship at Harvard Fellowship Harvard Universitys in history. She owned a joint ph. D. In history in African Americans studies at Yale University and specializes in 20th century African American and American History with an emphasis on immigration, war globalization and social movements and political resistance. She is the author of a number of books one of which is out available outside at encourage you to grab a copy while you can. The glory of their deeds, a global history of black soldiers and the great war era. That sage was working on that book as i recall as part of your work at the warren center, was a close to publication . So its almost done. Really sage, is a great friend of ours and were just so delighted to have you back here with us again. Thank you. Please join me in welcoming doctor welcoming dr. Matt how. And joining us tonight is a scholar who has a specialized focus o
Only on in this crisis i took what some would say heavy handed approach i actually did use our National Guard to monitor cars coming in from other states and including new york to ask them to go into quarantine if they were coming from a place like new york city that was a hot spot and i did take a little flak at that time for that approach but the truth of it is. Like ive said rhode island the only state in america where weve tested 20 percent of the population hospitalizations are going down business has been open for months and i have to do everything that i need to own in order to keep commerce flowing in my state without hospitalizations going through the roof. And our station has rolled out the innovative crush kovi a Smartphone App which jumpstart its Contact Tracing and Contact Tracing is the ballgame ambitious and successful as all of this has been here we are geographically the smallest state imagine a place where people come from all over the world all the time with all kind