i want to start out by saying something you have probably never heard of it at the beginning of a history lecture, which is that it s okay to laugh. as the curtain on the screen suggests, there are some laughable moments to the story that we will be thinking together about tonight. some of it is going to strike you as a little bit funny, and it is from our vantage point. tonight we are thinking back to the years 1944 through 1946, the end of the second world war and the transition to peace. in the midst of the transition, there are many pressing issues for the world to face. i will cover in the story a fantastic idea that there should be a capital of the world. a place that would be the center for diplomacy. a place that would be grand. but it might be its own identity, its own city, or at least an expansive suburb. it might sort of be like a world s fair, or it might be like a compound of national embassies. sometimes i get the impression that people were thinking of the eme
ended, they are all black schools about white schools. the city has become re-segregated as have a lot of cities around the country that no longer buys a racial balance. so you ve got residential segregation. segregation is still an evil. it still causes problems. people can t digest while a society. we are at our reach is what we have a diverse culture, when we have a diverse student body, diverse administration. up next, charlene mires from 1944 to 1946. [applause] thank you very much. thanks for coming, everyone. let me say thanks to all of you. those of us who righted the research are dependent on a vast network of support in a public thanks to archivists, historians, colleagues and trends in the editors and publishers who helped me on the journey that i m going to be speaking with you about tonight. i want to start out by saying something you probably never heard, that it s okay to laugh. as a cartoon on the screen suggests, there are some laughable moments to the st
for its headquarters from 1944 to 1946. [applause] thank you very much. thanks for coming, everyone. while we change the slides in the front, let me say thanks to all of you. those of us who write and do research are dependent on a vast network of support, and i want to express a public thanks to archivists, to historians, colleagues and friends and the editors and publishers who helped me on the journey that i m going to be speaking with you about tonight. um, and i want to start out by saying something you probably have never heard at the beginning of a history lecture which is that it s okay to laugh. as the cartoon on the screen suggests, there are some laughable moment toss the story moments to the story that we re going to be thinking together about tonight. some of it is going to strike you as a little bit funny, and it is from our vantage point. tonight we re thinking back to the years 1944- 46, the end of the second world war and the transition to peace. and in t