Hello. Can you hear me. Good evening. A little bit of housekeeping. Please silence your cell phones. We dont want them to ring while david king is talking. Also, cspan is filming us. Later in the question and answer portion, if you would please go to the microphone at this side so you can be heard. Also after the event, before the signing, if you would please take your chairs and lean them against something solid, just help us make this store orderly looking again. Ok. At the time when there is a growing sense of unease among sensible people is of the rise of fascism, it is important to look toward the past and analyze the conditions that made fascism possible. We turn toy past. Ians for the murky one such scholar, david king, is with us. He is a professor who once taught european history at the university of kentucky. A New York Times best selling writer, he has written several best selling books. He is here to reach was from his the beer hall putsch, called as one with a great recurr
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 its about soldiers and civilians, men and women, young and old, black and white. So that is the long title. But the short title we return fighting speaks what happened after the war and how africanamericans used world war i as a transformative event for them as it was a transformative event throughout the globe. Well explode that story. Its day five on the washington journal with our friends at American History tv on cspan 3. We invite viewers to join us. Phone lines are split up mgionally this morning. from you as nef euq yj hahp hc and it willk be this year. And, you know, last year was ths ofxj tar p through the hi[nt90gy] theudc orld the seed forx[ world war iiuu jqpj9 on came2z fgmn was that ria africanamericans jt theup; civils b an aw t hahp hc civil war. V2÷f africanamericans citiz
Early in 1945, our b29s began fullscale operations against japan. 1,500 miles to targets and 1500 miles back from bases at saipan, tinia, and guam. Here, 21st Bomber Command concentrated its massive air power and planned the ultimate crushing defeat of japan, down to the last bomb. Here was the beginning of the end of the road to tokyo. After six months of reoccupation, there were few signs of war along the quiet summer shores of guam. The liberated chimorans were black in their clean native villages, american citizens again, smiling and friendly, unaware that a miracle had happened around them. A miracle that moved mountains of material, equipment, and supplies across the pacific, they changed their dirt roads into broad highways, that manicured their jungles into acres of blacktopped airfields. And nearby, new communities of american citizens had set up housekeeping, with various types of selfservice. The latest laborsaving devices, few laundry problems, and no modern inconveniences.
Media, 20th century performances on radio, records, film, and television recently published by mcfarland. Among his many accomplishments is a grammy award which he received for a double cd and bro book titled lost sounds. 1890 to 1919. Tim will then be joined in a conversation by fellow historian bill dugget. Our program will conclude with tim and bill taking questions from you, our live audience. Now, please turn off the sounds of your phones, and join me in welcoming historian and author tim brooks. [ applause ] well, thank you. Later on as he mentioned, there will be time for questions. And i hope we have some good ones coming up at the end of this conversation and presentation. But i would like to start with a question for you, the audience. How many people have seen a minstrel show . A live minstrel show. Anybody . Interesting. How many have seen one on film prap . Remember, im talking about a whole minstrel show, not a clip from somewhere, but a full show. Anybody . Okay. If i ha
President and ceo of George Washingtons mount vernon, talks about how washington views the presidency and executive power. As always, you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host good morning. 17th. Monday, february, we had to morning, mount vernon for a conversation about the first president and his impact on the office. We begin with a question about the qualities you want in the person who occupies the oval office. What do you look for in a president . In the eastern and central time zones, 2027488000. In the mountain or pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can send us a text this morning. Hat number, 2027488003 please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. Start calling now on this president s day and as you are thinking about the qualities an want, we take you back to event last year, the release of president s. The [video clip] there was a preeminent little inist and and 1951 inhtin