fighting, the african-american experience in world war i. retired colonel krewasky salter corn assault or guest associate curator. first first explains explain, the meaning behind the the meeting behind at exhibit title. it hints at a story title, it hence beyond two years of service and at a story beyond just fighting over there. actually, two years of service and fighting over their. actually exactly, we return, fighting, exactly, we return the african-american fighting the african experience and world war i. the key to that title experience in is, world war i. you do not see the word military. the key is that number one it ll see the world one military. it is not just about soldiers. it is about civilians. men and women. soldiers and civilians. young and old. white and black. that is the long title. the short title, we return fighting, speaks to what happened after the war and how african-americans used world war i as a transformative event for them, just like it was a
smithsonian museum of african-american history and culture and called we return fighting: the african-american experience in world war i. retired colonel krewasky salter is with us. explain the meaning behinds that exhibit title that hints as a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. actually, exactly. we returned fighting the african-american experience in world war i. the key to that title is, number one, you don t see the word military. because it s not just about soldiers. it s about soldiers and civilians. it s about men and women. it s about young and old. it s about white and black. and so that is the long title, but the short title, we return fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how african-americans use world war i as a transformative event for them, just like there was a transformative event throughout the globe. we ll explore that story throughout this hour. with our friends at american history tv on c-span3, througho
weekend on the african american experience in world war i. this is an hour. we take you now to the inside of the smithsonian you see him of african american history and culture, to one of that you seems temporary exhibits, entitled we return, fighting the african americans experience in world war i. as a guest associate curator, please explain the meaning behind the title. it hands at more than two years of service, and fighting over their. actually, exactly. we return fighting, the african american experience in world war i, the key to the title is number one you don t see the word military because it s not just about soldiers. it s about soldiers and civilians. it s about men and women, young and old, white and black, so that is the long title, but the short title, we return fighting speaks to what happened after the war, and how african americans used world war i as a transformative event for them, just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. we wi
university in washington dc. good evening. this thing has got to come down lower for me. how are all of you? happy new year, thank you for being here. i am one of the co-owners of politics and prose bookstore, lissa muscatine. thank you. along with my co-owner and husband brad grant who is somewhere in the front and our fabulous wonderful staff, welcome all of you to tonight s event in our nation s capital and on the campus of george washington university. i mention our location because think about it, we are at an institution name for our nation s first president and only blocks from the nerve centers of american government, the white house and congress so what better venue for a conversation with tonight s guest speaker, senator kamala harris spends her days on capitol hill and you are not alone if you think in a couple years she might be taking up residence at the other end of pennsylvania avenue. since her election to the united states senate in 2016 senator harris has
discussion entitled, historically speaking, thurgood marshall, a life in american history, an evening with spencer crew and paul finkle man. before we begin, let me also welcome our audience who s streaming the discussion through the museum s you stream channel. our twitter handle this evening is #historicallyspeaking. we are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast via cspan book tv and will be aired at a later date. through dr. crew s compelling new biography introduces us to the constant battles of equality faced by african-americans through a study of thurgood marshall s extraordinary courage and his believe in the power of the law to change society. thurgood marshall, a life in american history, follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days as a supreme court justice. thurgood marshall s inspiring story illustrates how pervasive is racism in american society and reveals the difficulty of the struggles of african-americans to make progress