The bulge. And was in injured Market Garden at the last bridge. He got shot there. Jack, thank you for the call. We appreciate your stories. I would say we need to treasure all of our veterans. We are losing our world war ii veterans at a rapid rate and soon they will be gone. Time to remember are other veterans as well, and to cherish them and listen to their stories and what they have to tell us today. Tom czekanski joins us today. Thank you for your voice. Tom thank you. To world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the united states. , 1960 4,after the war 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for american freedom. Continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim guise. Iese we have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are p
Of the bulge and he also got injured at the last jack, thank you for the call. We appreciate your stories. Mr. Czekanski i would say we need to treasure all of our veterans. We are losing our world war ii veterans at a rapid rate and soon they will be gone. We need to take time to remember our other veterans as well, and to cherish them and listen to their stories and what they have to tell us today. Host bank host Tom Czekanski joins us today. Thank you for your voice. Mr. Czekanski thank you. Host prior to world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the united states. 20 years after the war, 1964, 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for americas freedom. We continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim im kim guise. Curator at the National World War Ii Museum. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened
Thank you for your voice. Mr. Czekanski thank you. Host prior to world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the United States. 20 years after the war, 1964, 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for americas freedom. We continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim im kim guise. Curator at the National World War Ii Museum. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are particularly proud of this exhibit, and artifacts therein. There are some fantastic stories which i will tell you about shortly. We crafted this special exhibit with the help of the National Advisory board. So africanamerican scholars from around the country, including the smithsonian institution, who helped guide and steer the conversation, in regards to the
Each week American History tv visits museums and historic places. Next, we visit the World War Ii Museum in new orleans to learn about the exhibit, fighting for the right to fight, africanamerican expenses in world war ii. Kim im kim guise. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are particularly proud of this exhibit, and artifacts therein. There are some fantastic stories which i will tell you about shortly. We crafted this special exhibit with the help of the National Advisory board. So africanamerican scholars from around the country, including the smithsonian institution, who helped guide and steer the conversation, in regards to the exhibit and the africanAmerican Experience in world war ii. When thinking about the importance of this story, and the importance of africanamerican stories during world war ii, the founder of the national World War Ii Museum, Stephen Ambrose wrote in citize
Museum. The world warr at ii museum. We have a special exhibit at the museum. It opened in july, 2015, and will run through may. We are particularly proud of this exhibit and the artifacts therein. There are some fantastic stories that i will tell you about shortly. We crafted a special exhibit with the help of a National Advisory board. Africanamerican scholars from around the country, including the smithsonian institution, helped guide the conversation in regards to the exhibit and the africanAmerican Experience in world war ii. In thinking about the importance of the story, and the importance of africanamerican stories during world war ii, the founder of the National World war ii in citizen biggest, the worlds democracy fought the worlds biggest races with a segregated army. That is really the great irony of world war ii, or one of them, at least. Those are some of the stories we are trying to tell in this exhibit. The mission of the world war ii National World war ii museum, is to