And welcome to, Washington National cathedral. I am the dean of the cathedral. On behalf of the bishop of the diocese of washington and all of us who serve in his cathedral, welcome. We are so glad you have decided to join us for this important conversation this evening. Convening conversations and bringing people together to discuss some of the most important issues of the day is one of [indiscernible] priorities. And paul8 the Nancy Ignatius program has given his to focus on many important issues, issues that sit at the intersection of faith and public life. The nancy and Paul Ignatius program fund was established by children, their friends, and other relatives, as srecognition of nan and paul service and commitment to Washington National cathedral. While we said goodbye to nan last year, her legacy lives on here at the cathedral, and we are so pleased to have paul as the mainstay of our cathedral community. Not to mention that this years ignatius program is especially important beca
Oh beautiful many of us felt like we would never really get a chance to fight. I didnt realize at the time it was because of the color of my skin. America the story of africanamericans in world war ii is indeed a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941, americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic, german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea to africa. In the pacific, the Japanese Army has captured many areas. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. The first thing i did was go down to the Army Recruiting station and enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quarter for black troops. You got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, d segregated and there was no change. First of all, black sailors as sailors per se werent permitted into the navy. Given the fact that i was in the segregated army, that made no difference. I joined the army to fight for the country.
He used those were a part of his civil rights agenda. Right. He leveraged his influence in all the organizations to impact his ideas about citizenship. The ways in that sort of interconnected with his ideas of black economic power and ultimately new prosperity. Thank you so much. Thank you to the panelists for all the great questions. Thank you all very much and i appreciate the comments. Thank you for the questions. The questions will be used for the next book, as well. Really good questions. Thank you, all. Weeknights this month were featuring American History tv programs as a preview of whats available every weekend on cspan3. Tonight we look into pandemics and diseases. The 1918 flu pandemic altered American Life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. The center for president ial history at Southern Methodist university recounts how the country experienced the Lessons Learned a century ago. American history tv on cspan3. Exploring the peopl
Influential book the end of the street. And i think it is kalonji going next. Dr. Kalonji walton professor at north carolina. And dr. David goldberg, an associate professor at Wayne State University. The chair and commenter today is jamon jordan, who is the detroit president of the detroit chapter of asala and tour leader and historian on all things detroit. A Community Scholar out of detroit. A wonderful set of folks going to help us think about politics in detroit and michigan and how to make sense of that. So im going to throw it over to the panel now. Again, thank you for being here. Right, thank you, patrick. Hello, everybody. My name is jamon jordan. Real quick before we start with the panel. I want to thank everybody for coming to this session and hearing a little bit about detroits politics, and particularly the radical politics. And i think, of course, i thank my panel for being here. I want to say even though its conyers were talking about the mid 20th century up until the be
Video. Good morning. Thank you for joining us what promises to be a promising round table discussion. Looking back on the 50th anniversary on the struggle to elect kenneth a. Gibson. Elected in june of 1970, it marked a turning buoyant for the black Freedom Movement that was part of a National Wave of black political organizing that couple nated in the election of black m mayors in cities like cleveland, gary, atlanta, and detroit from 1967 to 1974. The histories feel particularly vital now as blackled struggles against Police Violence and attempted murder of jacob black have sounded the clarity call for black liberation while raising familiar questions about the rules of electoral clicks in black freedom struggles. 50 years ago, gibsons landmark election came on the heels of the 1967 rebellion when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man named john smith marked an uprising. Smiths beating recalled countless Police Killing of black men in the city that had gone unpunished over the y