It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because it is not just about soldiers, it is about soldiers and civilians. It is about men and women. Its about young and old. Its about white and black. So that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. And well explore that story throughout this hour of the washington journal. It is day five of museum week on the washington journal with our friends at American History tv on cspan3. Throughout this segment we invite viewers to join us, phone lines split up regionally. 7027482000, and a special line set aside for africanamerican veterans 2027488002. We would love to
Return fighting, the africanamerican experience from world war i. This is about an hour. We take to you smithsonian muse jimbo to we return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i now with the guest curator, please explain the meaning behind that title. It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We returned fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because its not just about soldiers it is about soldier and civilians, about men and women, about young and old, about white and black. And so that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them. Just like it was a transformationive event throughout the globe. Ve event t the globe. Well kplor kplor that story. Well explore that story and invite viewers to join us. 2
That i grew up around and those that are being honored tonight and to concentrate on the substance not a capacious place and then to have a series of conversations and then when we are done we will take questions in chat to wrap up in an hour using the best practice not keeping you in front of your computer screen for too long especially this time of day. New to the awards and the legac legacy, we have a short video. Talk about the process of writing at the keyboard. Its not the most important par part. [inaudible] this work was detailed. And with a set of ideas and what he hoped for is the elevation of nonfiction programs. He cared so much about the craft and then said to do something and carry forward. And David Marinus and robert caro, on and on with this silly group of americans. And none of this would be possible. And talk about narrative nonfiction. And it would allow me to take more time of the debt for the first time author. It gave me confidence. Because this type of work that
Impeachment process. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Next. Host good morning. It is monday, november 18, 2019 week 2 gets underway tomorrow. 8 witnesses are set to testify over three days before adam schiffs house Intelligence Committee. We are spending our first hour today asking if the three open hearings that have taken place so far have changed your mind on any aspect of the impeachment of President Trump. If you find yourself changing your mind, 2027488000 is the number to call. If the open hearings have not changed your mind, 2027488001. Textan also to send us a this morning. That number, 2027488003. On social media, you can catch up with us on cspanwj at twitter and at facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning. You can start calling now. Some of the latest polling on whether bang mines are changing m reutersif so spoke reutersipsos poll over the weekend. Reuters and if
Reader and for obvious reasons, i feel very passionate about history, i think we need to be able to look through the lens of history at times that are similar to the times we are living in. We need to learn about people in our country who can be models for us all. History is obviously important, but i believe it has to be accessible way without dumbing it down or without lowering the standards for research or accuracy. So dont forget to read my source notes. I find source notes really grueling and so i always tell the audiences please read my source notes because i have spent so much time on them but in all seriousness, that is my quest. I want to entertain, but at the same time to deliver a very important story. And in order for me to get interested in the topic, it has to be really significant. It has to include things that i think will help us learn about ourselves and about our country. And another qualification for me is that it really has to be something that maybe has been swall