Oh beautiful many of us felt like we would never really get a chance to fight. I didnt realize at the time it was because of the color of my skin. America the story of africanamericans in world war ii is indeed a legacy of patriotism and valor. In 1941, americans looked at their world and saw war everywhere. Across the atlantic, german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea to africa. In the pacific, the Japanese Army has captured many areas. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. The first thing i did was go down to the Army Recruiting station and enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quarter for black troops. You got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, d segregated and there was no change. First of all, black sailors as sailors per se werent permitted into the navy. Given the fact that i was in the segregated army, that made no difference. I joined the army to fight for the country.
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Public service brought to you today by your television provider. Host hello, edward ball. Its a delight to meet you try to good to see you. Host i feel like i know you from reading life of a klansman. Its an intimate. Want to thank you for writing it. Im going to dive in. You received an emotional inheritance from your aunt maud. Tell the audience what it was, the physical inheritance and the family lore. Guest when i was a boy in new orleans in the late 1960s i had an named maud. She was an elderly retired schoolteacher and she was the family historian in my mothers family. We were all in new orleans and she was the keeper of the lore of, among others, our klansmen. And she had some papers and files and she had a way of speaking about our Family History that was like this. The one to remember is our klansmen, my grandfather, constant lecorgne, because he was a redeemer, and the retention returned white people to authority in new orleans after they had been dislodged by the negroes. An
Foundation. Their support for online cultural events has been absolutely unwavering and they are, oh my gosh, im so excited to see john nichols. Their support for these events has been absolutely unwavering and they have been so dedicated bringing author events to all of you whether you are watching in your home in madison or across the country or across the globe. Seen an incredible uptick in her audience of people from all over and it is just absolutely wonderful to see the response. Thank you to everyone here tonight and everyone who comes and to all the sponsors who made sure these events keep going. Without further ado i would like to bring john and mary to the screen and step away myself. Larry tye. Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us. Larry, thanks for coming all the way to massachusetts to be here with us. [laughter] larry is on cape cod as we speak. You have about 100 people or close to 100 people with us and some more may join us as we go along and as was explained upfro
Of northern africa. Im like a local welcome to the program more than 3 days after the polls closed in the race there is still no official winner of the u. S. Election lets have a look at the results as they stand at the moment the overall picture hasnt changed in quite some time now remember the candidate who gets 270 electoral votes wins so 4 democratic candidate joe biden has received 264 to republican president Donald Trumps 214 according to projections by the Associated Press a. P. Has biden winning arizona but many other forecasts say its too close to call. Pennsylvania would be a massive prize with its 20 electoral votes joe bidens lead there is currently around 29000. 00 with 99 percent of votes counted the mail and votes being counted have been heavily favoring the democratic candidate georgia with its 16 electoral votes is also extremely close biden has pulled ahead of trump there with a difference of just over 4000. 00 votes a recount is expected overall Donald Trumps path to