In liberating strife many of us felt we never would get a chance to really fight. Who more than self their country loved and mercy more than life i couldnt go in, which i didnt realize at that time, was because of the color of my skin. America america may god make god thy gold refine 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 adolf hitlers german troops occupied nearly every inch of europe, from france to russia, to the baltic sea and in north africa. In the pacific the Japanese Army and navy had already captured parts of china, manchuria, korea and a number of nearby islands. Pearl harbor would stun the United States into war. Monday morning the first thing i did was go down to the recruiting station to enlist in the service of my country. I was told there was no quota for black troops. Theyve got to remember that this country was very discriminatory, se
See a military solution to this conflict, but we have to put all our efforts into bringing about a diplomatic solution. Should the United States intervene by arming ukraine . We will host a debate between retired air force general charles wald, the formerdeputy commander of u. S. European command, and university of chicago Professor John mearsheimer. Then to ferguson, six months after the Police Shooting of Michael Brown, more than a dozen st. Louisarea residents have filed lawsuits accusing ferguson and a neighboring suburb of creating an illegal debtors prison scheme by targeting African Americans with arrests and fines. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he has not yet decided yet whether to send arms to the Ukrainian Military to fight russianbacked rebels. Obama criticized russias role in the conflict during a joint News Conference at the white house with german chancellor Angela
As president obama considers Arming Ukrainian soldiers to fight russianbacked rebels, german chancellor Angela Merkel warns there is no military solution to the crisis. I have always said i dont see a military solution to this conflict, but we have to put all our efforts into bringing about a diplomatic solution. Should the United States intervene by arming ukraine . We will host a debate between retired air force general charles wald, the formerDeputy Commander of u. S. European command, and university of chicago Professor John mearsheimer. Then to ferguson, six months after the Police Shooting of Michael Brown, more than a dozen st. Louisarea residents have filed lawsuits accusing ferguson and a neighboring suburb of creating an illegal debtors prison scheme by targeting African Americans with arrests and fines. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama says he has not yet decided yet whether
Want to well now, on American History tv, we are going to talk about Historic Preservation. I want to introduce you to jordan tannenbaum, hes the vice chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation. Mr. Tannenbaum, what is that organization . The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation isnt independent federal agency, its part of the executive branch, it was created by the National Preservation act of 1966. A couple of years ago, it celebrated its 50th anniversary. It is a regulatory agency. And as we will see, it has responsibilities not only in that area, but also to advise the president and congress on matters concerning preservation policy. The regulatory section is called section 106, and that is a requirement that all federal agencies have to request, to take into account the impact of their projects and their undertakings, and that is broadly construed, permit, license, nexus in any way, they had to take it into account if its going to have a effect on a historic prope
We are going to talk about Historic Preservation. I want to introduce you to jordan tannenbaum. He is the vice chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, what is that organization . The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation is an independent federal agency, part of the executive branch. It is created by the national Historic Preservation act of 1966, and recently a couple of years ago its elevated its 50th anniversary. It is a regulatory agency, and, as we will say, has responsibilities not only in that area but also to advise the president and congress on members concerning preservation policy. The regulatory section is called section 106, that is a requirement that all federal agencies have to take into account the impacts of their projects. Of their undertakings, and that is broadly a permit of funding. License, connection nexus in any way that they have to take into account if they are going to have an effect on a Historic Property, or a potential Historic Property