Kathleen rooney and miles harvey talk about how they approach Historical Research for fiction and nonfiction work, at 6 00 p. M. On the civil war, scott hartwig, discussing his research on the battle of antietam. At 8 00 p. M. , Patrick Allitt discusses richard nixon, his National Security adviser henry kissinger, and their key Foreign Policy initiatives. And former u. S. Senator sam nun, watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History Tv University of minnesota professor sage matthew discusses how world war i affected africanamericans. She says that the promise of a better life because of military service in the war was largely denied by the reality of jim crow america. The National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted this talk. It lasts about an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, good afternoon, thank you for coming to this session. My name is chad williams. It is my great pleasure and honor to serve as chair for
Years later. Exploring the american story. Watch American History tv, this weekend on cspan 3. Summer, 1945. And the war was 1 million men old. Hang on jim. Keep your eyes shut tight, and drink. They are moving you back now. Do not give up, just hang on. The road back is bumpy, and maybe the plane blurs arise. But listen, porn you strength into your veins. A nurse handed clumps to a surgeon and counted sponges. A nurse prepared and administered the anesthetics and watch you constantly for any detailed tell in your blood pressure. All working with the same purpose to ease the pain of war, to help save lives. The preparation for the moment that we bring the army nurse to your side began months before back home in the United States. After three years of professional schooling, the nurses were given four weeks of basic training. And those early days, perhaps the nurse wondered why she had to sit through seemingly endless classes and submit to rigid discipline. Often while muscles ached ing
And today in the bay starts right now for you on this friday morning. Thanks for making us a part of your morning. Im marcus washington. Im laura garcia but i cant hear you so im going to work this little Technical Glitch out right now and let you take it away. I will take it away from here. Mike has a look at the commute, but first kari hall with a look at the forecast. We are starting out with some mostly clear skies and also some nice, Cool Temperatures. As we take a look at what to expect for the week, were going to be a touch cooler for today with our afternoon highs mostly in the 60s and 70s. But we do have a great weekend ahead as we celebrate halloween and, of course, well remind you at least 100 more times to set your clocks back one hour as Daylight Saving time ends this sunday. But looking at our temperatures today once again really nice as we are looking at highs that will reach into the upper 70s and low 80s. Well talk more about this coming up in a few minutes. Mike, how
A very complicated thing. Yes, just two quick questions. I was wondering if the panel was familiar with the work of the late dr. Reuben westin. He passed, i think, last year. He was the author of racism and u. S. Imperialism. He taught at central state. He was a chairman of the History Department at one point. We talked about how the u. S. Government squashed the revolts of antonio meseo in cuba. The second part is i had an uncle named richard kidd who fought in world war i and came back, quote, unquote, shell shocked, and he spent some time in a hospital in danville, illinois, and i dont know could you speak to how black soldiers were treated upon their return to the United States . I know going to a bad Army Hospital was not the worst thing that could happen to you, but i dont know if these hospitals were segregated or theres because having a crazy uncle somewhere in your house is a trope in fiction from that period of time. The crazy uncle probably also had a child with a french nam
Now the chancellor and leaders of the countrys largest cities agree new measures for places where case numbers are on the increase and this is the 1st of all a lot of big speeches looking up the believe the head of the World Food Program expresses his joy as the agency is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Welcome to the program. Germany has marked the 1st anniversary of a deadly antisemitic attack on a synagogue in the eastern city of holland it happened on the jewish holiday of young kid for the neo nazi attacker couldnt get through the synagogues front door and so went on to shoot 2 people outside the commemoration ceremony president frank expressed shame and anger over the resurgence of antisemitism in the country. It was an occasion to mourn and reflect for survivors for the been briefed and for germany the ceremony in. Church marked the anniversary of an anti semitic attack that evokes germanys history. A year has passed already a year just a year. Or do i ever go to day and nightmar