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The Southern Oral History Program at the university of north carolina, chapel hill. I think i know that your parents drove you to the college in the fall of 57. Yes they did. What did you discover here at Bennett College . It was a big day for me, but for the whole community. I came from someplace. I didnt just show up. I came being supported by the whole community. They prayed for me a church. They gave me a few pennies here and there since we did not have a lot of money. I had a little scholarship. I had taken the sats there. I had done well enough to get a scholarship money and i was going to work a little bit. There was always that, let me give you a few pennies. It was by the good wishes of the community. I had never been to Bennett College before. I had never been to greensboro before. I arrived he ....
Center and the Southern Oral History Program at the university of North Carolina chapel hill. Dr. Terry, i think i know that your parents drove you to the college here in fall of 1957 . Esther yes, they did. What did you discover, arriving at Bennett College . Day. Erry it was a big i came from someplace, did not show up. I came from being supported by the whole community. They pray for me at church. We did not have a lot of money. Had a little scholarship. I hadtaken the sats, so havewell enough to scholarship money. And i was going to work a little bit. But there was always that i came, being born, by the good wishes of the community. An awfully came to Bennett College. I had never been to Benne ....
Good evening, good evening. First of all thank you for coming out on this rainy evening, i know its a challenge but i think it will be well worth your time to be here this evening for this discussion. It is my pleasure to welcome you to our program entitled historically speaking, we return fading, world war one and the shaping of the modern black identity. Published by story in books, this is a collection of essays that chronicles the experiences 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 main things we learned this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement is decades away, world war i established important questions about citizenship that paved the way towards future progress. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by kinshasha holman, the images are very powerful. They are of americans on the home front. It also gives us a ....
Democrats from the start of the inquiry and even before. The party is also facing another issue, and its one of diversity. Democrats pride themselves on being inclusive and diverse in its group. Yet in the past month, the 2020 field lost two of its minority candidates. Now just four remain in the race, cory booker, andrew yang, deval patrick, and tulsi gabbard. None of them have qualified for the president ial debate this month. So with a full congress back to work in three days, the iowa caucus is about four weeks away and the general election now ten months away, 2020 is shaping up to be historic, dramatic, and, well, entirely unpredictable. Lets start with a quick update on the attack in iraq and how the president is defending his actions. Nbcs hans nichols is traveling with the president in florida. Hans, whats the latest . Well, the white house is basically is in wait and watch mode. The president spent most of the day at his golf course and the heavy diplomatic lifting was left t ....