Book contributor joins Howard University professors to talk about the essay in the book that inspired the exhibit and how the africanamerican experience served as a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. Good evening. First of all, thank you all for coming out on this rainy evening. I know its a challenge, but i think its well wofrt your time to be here this evening for this discussion. Its my pleasure to welcome you to tonights program entitled historically speaking we return fighting published by smithsonian books its a collection of essays that chronicle the experience 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 many things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was a world war i established important questions of citizenship that pave the way towards future progress. Were fortunate to be joined tonight by the museums Dep
Here to join in this discussion. The examination of the life of brigadier Charles Young i titled the paper or this lecture a destiny deferred because often times when you read about or if you just do a Google Search and at and examining charles life his best friend is often quoted his best friend w. E. B. Dubois and. Dubois defined youngs life as a triumph tragedy and a big part of the research. And my goal as a scholar is changing narratives. And so this is what were going to discuss this evening. Looking at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve, according to many of the of his followers from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. So its surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities, you know, they i keep reading articles all the about how the the humanities are dying. Oh my god what are we going to do with this . But Charles Young at the academy he excelled in the and actually was terrible math in fact he failed math i had to get tutor help to do it but
Brigadier Charles Young i titled the paper or this lecture a destiny deferred because often times when you read about or if you just do a Google Search and at and examining charles life his best friend is often quoted his best friend w. E. B. Dubois and. Dubois defined youngs life as a triumph tragedy and a big part of the research. And my goal as a scholar is changing narratives. And so this is what were going to discuss this evening. Looking at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve, according to many of the of his followers from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. So its surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities, you know, they i keep reading articles all the about how the the humanities are dying. Oh my god what are we going to do with this . But Charles Young at the academy he excelled in the and actually was terrible math in fact he failed math i had to get tutor help to do it but. He was a polyglot. He spoke german fluently. French and spanis
By democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton at a rally in california state university. Followed by a 2016 super tuesday speech by republican president ial candidate and florida senator mao bio in miami. Exploring the american story, watch American History tv saturdays on cspan2 with a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime at cspan. Org. I am happy that you are here to join in this discussion examining thatlife of Brigadier General Charles Young. I titled the paper, or this lecture a destiny deferred, because oftentimes, when you read about or you do a Google Search and examine Charles Young, his life, his best friend is often quoted, that was wb the boys w. E. B. Du bois who defined his life as a challenge we will look at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve according to many of the of his followers, from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. Surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities person. I keep reading articles ab
He earned his phd in military history from kansas state university. He retired to tucson in 2015. He is the author of dozens of books, including fighting for in theam blacks frontier army. It is in sale in our gift shop following the lecture. We are excited to welcome dr. John langellier. Join me in a round of supplies round of applause as we welcome him to the podium. [applause] john i feel like a telemarketer. [laughter] i will send you every month a book that i have written that no now. Ants if you sign up thank you for allowing me to be here. It is a wonderful opportunity to come back to what we at kansas. Tate call western kansas some of you call it colorado. It has been a pleasure. This is a magnificent facility. We certainly want you, if you are not members, before you leave, the doors will not be join. Ed until you there is no such thing as a free lunch. I will attempt to make 21stcentury Technology Work for a fellow that still lives in the 19th century. My topic is the Buffalo