We return fighting is a chronicle of men and women who served the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for civil rights. One of the main 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 paved the way toward future progress. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by shasha conwell, the s Deputy Director and editor of we return fighting. The images are really very powerful, of americans at war and on the home front. It also gives us a different look at the life African Americans faced when they came home after the war. Let me end by welcoming you and assuring you that you are in for a wonderful evening. Thank you for joining us and im sure you will have a great evening. [applause] ladies and gentlemen please , welcome the Deputy Director of the African Museum of history and culture, kinshasha holman. Good evening. Good evening. Braving the for r
Their generous support this year, especially win trust is our programming sponsor. Robert mccormick foundation, alpha wood foundation, the transcribe bun, three l real estate and cspan booktv. Todays program will be broadcast live on cspan 2s book of the, and if theres time at the end of the program for a q a session with the author, we ask you use the microphone in the center of the room so the home viewing oddsens can participate. Before we again we ask that you silence your cellphones and if you are going to be taking photos during the presentation, that you turn off all flash. With that said, please welcome carlos, the Washington Post Nonfiction Book critic and winner of the 2019 pulitzer paris for criticism, and author, kathleen blue. [applause] so, its great pleasure to be here with kathleen. Assistant professor of history at the university of chicago and were here to discuss her first book, bring the war home, the White Power Movement, and the paramilitary america. Kathleen hold
Go to cspanstore. Org and check them out, see what is new for booktv and all the cspan products. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome. Our next program, carlo rotella, the world is always coming to an end pulling together and apart in a chicago neighborhood in conversation with deborah harrington, ava st. Clair and Natalie Moore. I have a quick opening announcement, welcoming you to the printers relit fast presented by the near south planning board. I want to give special thanks to all our sponsors for the generous support this year especially when trust is our programming sponsor, Robert Mccormick foundation, alpha would foundation, the tribune, 3l real estate and cspan booktv. Cspan will be broadcast live on booktv. If there is time at the end of our discussion, there is a microphone in the center of the room. If we end of doing any day, if we get to that path there are four people up here with 45 minutes, we may have time for that q and a. If not we apologize in advance. Please welcome Nat
[inaudible conversations] greetings. Can you hear me . Hi im elizabeth taylor, delighted to be here. Doctor of the festival im really happy to be here. Welcome, its the 35th annual fest. It is presented by the Planning Board and i want to give t a special thank you to all of our sponsors for their support this year. It is been an amazing year, people stepped up especially when trust other programming sponsor, Robert Mccormick foundation, the Chicago Tribune, the real estate and cspan booktv todays program will be broadcast live on cspan2 booktv if there is time at the end of the q a we encourage you to use au microphone over there in the center so the whole viewing audience will be able to hear your questions. We also, asal a reminder represd that you silenced cell phones if you have not remembered and turn off the camera flashes. I am so thrilled to be here. This is an honor. Josh levine in this conversation. So the queen, the forgotten life in american myth reveals the real story of
Planning board. I give special thank you to all of our sponsors for their generous support this year especially when trust is our programming partner, Robert Mccormick foundation, out the wood foundation, the tribune, 3 own real estate and cspan booktv. Todays program will be broadcast live on cspan2s booktv and if there is time for a q a session with the author, we ask you to use the microphone in the center of the room so the home viewing audience can participate as well. Before we begin todays program we ask that you silence your cell phone and if you are going to be taking photos during the presentation that you turn off all flash. With that said please welcome the Washington Post book critic and winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for criticism, carlos lozada, and author kathleen belew. [applause] a pleasure to be here with kathleen belew, assistant professor of history in chicago and we are here to discuss her book bring the war home the White Power Movement and paramilitary americ