Theres the heavy guns. This is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. There were real guns in france and heavy artillery. One of the body bearers is represented there. The field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. These are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. In some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. As they moved up and provided close artillery support, thats the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. General pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. Then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. And i follow a chicagoan. A dough boy through the entire war. Younger was part of the second infantry division. An elite unit within the American Expedition theary forc and younger is there. Hes a dough boy. A regular grunt. A sergeant that fights from battle to battle. Hes wounded
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
Black political organizing that culminated in the election of course black mayors like cleveland, atlanta and detroit from 1967 to 1974. They feel particularly vital right now as blackled struggles in the wake of Police Murders of george floyd in minneapolis, Breonna Taylor in louisville, and kenosha have sounded the call for black liberation while raising questions about the role of electoral politics and black freedom struggles. 50 years ago gibsons landmark election came on the heels was 1967 rebellion in newark when the Police Beating of an unarmed black man, john smith, had whit supremacy and its enforcers in blue in the jim crow north. Amid heightened racist renewal projects and educational injustice, it recalled countless Police Killings that had gone unpublished into the years and brought thousands into the streets that july. State police and National Guardsmen were brought into the city to violently suppress the uprising, claiming two dozen lives in the process including ed ed
I would like to thank our members in sponsors and supporters making this and all the other programs possible. We support the club during these uncertain times. Today i am excited to be talking with Tiffany Cross a longtime political analyst and author of a brandnew book said louder. Tiffany has spent years in politics in the media where she has witnessed the ways in which lack voters are minimized and suppressed through both policy and media coverage. It builds on the work and some explains the way in which they had been crucial in the same political system that we are often dismissed from. Although Voter Suppression is not new. If you would like me to ask. Please put it in the chat box. Or the comments on facebook. In and the question will get to me. I want to thank you for joining us today. Thank you for being in this conversation with me. Im especially excited to have it with you. And i just want to congratulate you also on your role in an aunt ms nbc. Very happy to have you there.