Ational history center, is nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization that is affiliated with the american historical association. Intendedngs are not to advocate for any particular set of policies but, rather, to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with a difficult difficult issues. And i want to thank in particular the Mellon Foundation for funding this series. At the backa perry of the room, the assistant director, who has done all of the leg work organizational efforts to make this possible. Flurry of the recent executive orders that have come from our new president , we thought this might be an opportune time to reflect upon the historical background of this phenomena of executive orders that i think many people have not given a great deal of attention to. And so, we have three experts here who are going to talk about how these orders have been used by president s in the past, what purposes they have served, how they have changed over
Welcome to this briefing on the history of executive orders. My name is dane kennedy, director of the National History center, the sponsor of this briefing. It is part of an ongoing series that the National History center runs that is designed to bring historical perspectives to issues that are relevant to congress and the political process in general. So, the National History center, let me briefly explain the National History center, is a nonprofit, Nonpartisan Organization that is affiliated with the american historical association. Its briefings are not intended to advocate for any particular set of policies but, rather, to provide Historical Context that can help inform policymakers and the public as they deal with a difficult difficult issues. And i want to thank in particular the Mellon Foundation for funding this series. And to amanda perry, at the back of the room, the assistant director of the center, who has done all of the leg work band organizational efforts to make this p
Racial supremacy. When they squared off for that famous fight in 1938, 100 million were tuned in worldwide to hear this match set up as a confrontation between democracy and fashism. He enlisted a month after the attack at pearl harbor and became the face of a Recruitment Campaign encouraging black men to enlist in the army. Was using his fame for what was a very segregated military. Again and again, lewis shifted the conversation from americas record on race to nazi germans record on race. Encouraging black americans to prioritize, destroying faticism first. He did his basic training in a segregated unit and spent the last of his recruitment fighting in exhibitions fights around the world. But despite his celebrity status, lewis was no stranger to humiliations that were experienced by black soldiers. Segregated facilities, lack of resources, lack of opportunities for advancement. Racial epithets being told to move to the back of the bus. The poster sets up sort of a perfect dichotomy
Racial supremacy. When they squared off for that famous fight in 1938, 100 million were tuned in worldwide to hear this match set up as a confrontation between democracy and fashism. He enlisted a month after the attack at pearl harbor and became the face of a Recruitment Campaign encouraging black men to enlist in the army. Was using his fame for what was a very segregated military. Again and again, lewis shifted the conversation from americas record on race to nazi germans record on race. Encouraging black americans to prioritize, destroying faticism first. He did his basic training in a segregated unit and spent the last of his recruitment fighting in exhibitions fights around the world. But despite his celebrity status, lewis was no stranger to humiliations that were experienced by black soldiers. Segregated facilities, lack of resources, lack of opportunities for advancement. Racial epithets being told to move to the back of the bus. The poster sets up sort of a perfect dichotomy
Away. So with that, i will go ahead and open up for questions. And i actually have a take away for you guys here. This is a chronology here. So any yes, sir . [ inaudible ] the question is, the louisburg for the, is there another time it was taken and the answer is yes. So in the next war we come back and the british have to take it again. And you know, the fact that they took it in 1745 helps them a lot. When they take it again in 1758. So theres a definite knowledge and that kind of ties into that theme about how the military experience has gains. It is done once and surely we can do it again, british kind of thing. And we will look at that next week. And actually youre reading about it in andersons book. Yes, sir . [ inaudible ] the question is, hey, seems like the royal navy is kind of helpful, all right . Wouldnt the colonists want to Start Building up their own navy . And the short answer is yes. In fact, the very first navy we have the Continental Navy, right . So they do recogn