Chad williams is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era. Next, he talks about the postwar activism of the soldiers, explaining how after fighting with the idea of democracy abroad, many return to join movements to secure more rights and better social standing for African American here at home. National world War One Museum, in kansas missouri of 2019. Now id like to introduce our first speaker for this morning. Doctor chad williams, he is a agus this professor and history at african and African American studies at brandon university. He specializes in African American and modern United States history, world war i and African American intellectual history. He is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era, which received the 2011 liberty, legacy, Foundation Awards from the organization of american historian and the 2011 distinguish book of war society of military history. He is also a part o
For the next hour we looks for the history and literary culture of this historic city. Also known as the Horse Capital of the world. What people dont realize is kentucky nearly lost the horses at the highest levels at one time and this was after the civil war for generation when it went out east. It was a case of there have always been forces here. In fact thoroughbreds and kentucky bred breds the highest number but the one big money went up north to new york and new jersey after the civil war because thats where the finance and the stock market was. It was a crazy and are one people were making fortunes. There was no income tax and they were getting rich and they were displaying their wealth with racing stables. Coming up we will travel with author carl rays as he highlights historic landmarks and shares a history of maysville road a u. S. Highway that played an Important Role in kentuckys economic development. That first author Tracy Campbell talks about the rise and fall of one of t
Honored that the Georgia Historical Society invited me to join you. There is really no place i would rather be on the summer night than in this lovely southern town. Although i now live in california, i grew up in georgia. It is wonderful being back. Seeing old friends, many old friends. , southernersw ones are warm and embracing. Dear, the south is a golden place. , there is al know darker side. In ind locked doors almost every southern town so that has been hidden. 100 years ago tonight, a stones throw from where we are gathered , the best men of marietta were sentence on ast damnable plot. They thought they were carrying out justice, but nothing about their actions would be to that. They wouldnt lynch a man, possibly innocent. They would traumatize a generation of american jews. Particularly atlanta jews. Sowed pain and misunderstanding across the country. Marietta. Came from their names adorn street signs, public buildings, monuments, not just in this town, but across georgia. Toni
Today what i would like to talk about is the way in which women themselves participated in that dialogue. Some people want to know what have,uthern white women particularly in the 1890s when it was at its height. How did black women begin to critique the systematic violence perpetrated against their brothers, fathers and friends. In this lecture, im going to spend time comparing a woman name Rebecca Latin america felton with ida b wells. Largely the lecture will be on ida b wells. Let me just give you a little bit of reminder about what we examined when it came to lynching. Two or three black southerners were lynched per week whether they were burned or mutilated or shot, we examined how those lynchings are ritualistic, and they follow a certain pattern. We look at the ethical nature of lynching and how it became a southern phenomenon. We looked at the entire Cottage Industry of photographs sold as souvenirs, the way these photographs were made into postcards. People were posing in the
Southerners, politicians are using gendered rhetoric. We talked about the white demagogues and how sexuality and race were used to create support. We talked about the myth of the black rapist. The idea that white women were passive and virtuous, outside of the maledominated political sphere, the rape of white women was seen as an assault on white honor. We sat through all of birth of a nation. That includes the classic trope. We looked at the mythology of reconstruction. There is the scene where the white daughter of the southern family is stocked by gus, the former Union Soldier and black criminal. She throws herself off the cliffs rather than be raped. The the klan comes to rescue. That movie we were looking at an example of that trope. Today what i would like to talk about is the way in which women themselves participated in that dialogue. Some people want to know what did southern white women have, particularly in the 1890s when it was at its height. How did black women begin to cr