It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because it is not just about soldiers, it is about soldiers and civilians. It is about men and women. Its about young and old. Its about white and black. So that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. And well explore that story throughout this hour of the washington journal. It is day five of museum week on the washington journal with our friends at American History tv on cspan3. Throughout this segment we invite viewers to join us, phone lines split up regionally. 7027482000, and a special line set aside for africanamerican veterans 2027488002. We would love to
Good evening. First of all, thank you, all, for coming out on this rainy evening. I know its a little bit of a channel. I think its going to be well worth your time to be here this evening for this discussion. Its my pleasure to welcome you to tonights program entitled historically speaking we return fighting world war i and the shaping of the modern black identity. Published by smithsonian books, we return fighting is a collection of essays that chronicle the experiences of men and women who serve the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for civil rights. One of the many things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was decades away, world war i established important questions of citizenship that paied the way toward future progress. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by uty director and editor of we return fighting which includes outstanding scholarship and images and the images are really very powerful of american
Return fighting, the africanamerican experience from world war i. This is about an hour. We take to you smithsonian muse jimbo to we return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i now with the guest curator, please explain the meaning behind that title. It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We returned fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because its not just about soldiers it is about soldier and civilians, about men and women, about young and old, about white and black. And so that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them. Just like it was a transformationive event throughout the globe. Ve event t the globe. Well kplor kplor that story. Well explore that story and invite viewers to join us. 2
My trip to germanys northeast i want to discover strauss and a World Heritage city and the Baltic Island of food and. To get a little overview of im at St Marys Church its considered a masterpiece of late gothic architecture and boasts a tower that gives me a perfect view of the city. Here in straws and im going to admire an amazing viking treasure and a local delicacies im also really looking forward to exploring the island of including in the low season one its not so overrun with tourists and. Besides that well show you what delusions famous shock is used for. Our female of the week takes us to a popular festival in colombia. And our globe trotter will show us the Winter Sports paradise around davos in switzerland. Charles and was founded in 1234. 00 and was a member of the mediaval Trading Alliance the hanzi attic league its now symbolized by the magnificent brick gothic architecture built at the time its also why shawls and was declared a unesco World Heritage site in 2002. And th
I am director of outreach at the american antiquarian society. I want to welcome you to this talk, the first in our series of spring programs. You can find out more by picking up a brochure at the front desk. You can join our mailing list to stay informed of upcoming programs i filling out information on your evaluation sheet jade you can pick one up if you do not have one of those, you can pick one up at the front desk. As many of you know, we are a National Research library of American History and culture Whose Mission is to share the printed record of what is now the United States, portions of canada and the british west indies. We collect anything and everything within these parameters. From graphic prints to newspapers and periodicals, to pamphlets and books. We use these as the basis for all of our programs which bring scholars, artists, the general public, and teachers and students together to participate in workshops and a variety of other programs about pre20thcentury america.