The bulge. And was in injured Market Garden at the last bridge. He got shot there. Jack, thank you for the call. We appreciate your stories. I would say we need to treasure all of our veterans. We are losing our world war ii veterans at a rapid rate and soon they will be gone. Time to remember are other veterans as well, and to cherish them and listen to their stories and what they have to tell us today. Tom czekanski joins us today. Thank you for your voice. Tom thank you. To world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the united states. , 1960 4,after the war 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for american freedom. Continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim guise. Iese we have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are p
Of the bulge and he also got injured at the last jack, thank you for the call. We appreciate your stories. Mr. Czekanski i would say we need to treasure all of our veterans. We are losing our world war ii veterans at a rapid rate and soon they will be gone. We need to take time to remember our other veterans as well, and to cherish them and listen to their stories and what they have to tell us today. Host bank host Tom Czekanski joins us today. Thank you for your voice. Mr. Czekanski thank you. Host prior to world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the united states. 20 years after the war, 1964, 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for americas freedom. We continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim im kim guise. Curator at the National World War Ii Museum. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened
Thank you for your voice. Mr. Czekanski thank you. Host prior to world war ii, segregation was a common way of life in the United States. 20 years after the war, 1964, 1965, the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights act. It was a transformational time for many africanamericans who were treated as secondclass citizens but who fought for americas freedom. We continue our coverage from new orleans, part of cspans American History tv. Kim im kim guise. Curator at the National World War Ii Museum. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are particularly proud of this exhibit, and artifacts therein. There are some fantastic stories which i will tell you about shortly. We crafted this special exhibit with the help of the National Advisory board. So africanamerican scholars from around the country, including the smithsonian institution, who helped guide and steer the conversation, in regards to the
Each week American History tv visits museums and historic places. Next, we visit the World War Ii Museum in new orleans to learn about the exhibit, fighting for the right to fight, africanamerican expenses in world war ii. Kim im kim guise. We have a special exhibit at the museum that opened in july of 2015. And runs through may. At which point we launch a national show. We are particularly proud of this exhibit, and artifacts therein. There are some fantastic stories which i will tell you about shortly. We crafted this special exhibit with the help of the National Advisory board. So africanamerican scholars from around the country, including the smithsonian institution, who helped guide and steer the conversation, in regards to the exhibit and the africanAmerican Experience in world war ii. When thinking about the importance of this story, and the importance of africanamerican stories during world war ii, the founder of the national World War Ii Museum, Stephen Ambrose wrote in citize
Computers last fall. Those are some of our top stories on this monday, april 27th. From abc news this is world news now. And we begin this half hour with a scramble on the other side of the world to find survivors in the aftermath of saturdays deadly earthquake in nepal. Heart breaking scenes. The death toll in the 7. 8 magnituded you quake and aftershocks has now surpassed 3,000 and the streets of kathmandu are virtually impassable, buried under piles of rubble and bodies. On mt. Everest, the scene of a devastating avalanche. Helicopters are arriving to rescue hundreds of stranded climbers. Reporter there German Mountain near shot this video and nearly recorded his own death. The ground is shaking. Reporter the quake dislodging tons of snow in a massive landslide down did the slopes of mt. Everest. He and his team escaped by seconds with their lives. At least 18 others including three americans werent so lucky. Google executive Dan Fredinburg film make ter tom taplin. He loved going t