Of october, 1962 when the United States and the soviet union faced off over missiles in cuba in one of the hottest episodes of the cold war. He explains how the ideological militancy of cuban leader fidel castro worried leaders in both moscow and washington who did not truly desire Nuclear Conflict despite their tough talk. Dr. Kengor all right, welcome. Here good we have cspan today. And we are going to talk about the cuban missile crisis. And specifically, fidel castro leading into the cuban missile crisis. So we will hit a. Of 1957 until 1950 nine until the missile crisis itself in october, 1962. Aboutst class we talked july 20 6, 1953 launch of the revolution, the communist revolution in cuba. That was when fidel and force of 100 to 200 rebels launched an attack on the Army Barracks santiago,o, in cuba. It did not go well. A bunch of rebels were killed. Fidel castro ascends to 15 years in prison for that. He did not quite serve 15 years in prison. He served less than one year, 11 m
Sharecroppers. Poverty was a way of life for them. And working hard from sunrise to sunset from an early age was part of her life. She was orphaned very early, around the age of six, moved to vicksburg, mississippi with a sister. She then moved again to st. Louis to work with her brothers who were barbers. There is no lockstep for what African American womens lives were during the turn of the century. Many worked on farms. Many were sharecroppers. Most were not able to get education and could not have the job of their dreams because of discrimination and segregation laws. These were laws, as opposed to just biases and feelings. These were hard, codified laws that prohibited women from, in general, living and working where they wanted to, but particularly African American women. She went to pittsburgh and decided it was not a Strong Enough base for her. She came to indianapolis, the crossroads of america. At the time, this was the crossroads for railroad distribution into the south, int
That it is a government out of sight. Tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Soviet, millions of citizens faced starvation in one of the worst famines in history. Setting aside political differences, Vladimir Lenins new soviet government asked Herbert Hoovers American Relief administration for help. Next on American History tv, historian Douglas Smith gives an illustrator talk about the story based on his book, the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ruin. Estate museum and gardens hosted this event. Good evening and welcome to Hillwood Estate Museum and gardens. Already,ny of you know but in case we have not met, my name is kate mark kirk m arker, the executive director here. I want to thank you in joining us tonight as we welcome back Douglas Smith, longtime friend of hillwood and author of the book the russian job the forgotten story of how america saved the soviet union from ruin. You may have noticed that the theater looks just a little
An incredible discovery back in the 1990s that saved this building from being torn down. All is like around of applause for his discovery. This Evenings Program is a pay what you please event, meaning that at the conclusion of the program encourage you to leave a donation based on what you thought the program and the museum is worth to you. For an evening of Civil War History the donation bin is at the bottom of the stairs at the front of the Visitor Center on the first floor. If you would drop something in their, all those proceeds go to support the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. The museum is member supported as well. If youre interested in learning more about becoming a supporter of the museum, let myself or other Staff Members know. We would be happy to assist you. Tonight program, we are very excited about. We are going to explore how the civil war shaped the celebration of christmas in the United States. Tonights presenter is brad stone, a longtime docent at the ion