Of black women athletes in the age of jim crow. Thanks for joining us on American History. Thanks for having me. Let me begin with your book expected to be published in about a year. What have you learned so far . Oh, so many things. I started the project asking is there a long history of black women in sports and i found more than i expected to find quite frankly. There wasnt any archive labelled this is a history of black women in sports. So i kind of had to piece it together. I got started by finding three women who played baseball in the negro leagues in the 1950s. And it was a remarkable story. They played with the men. And one of the things that stuck out to me about that story was that the owner who had brought in the black women to play against the men said he had something called a gal file. Where women across the country and young girls too were writing in to request tryouts and that struck in my head as a young graduate student and i thought, hm, if there is a lot of black g
Police say they do not have a motive for the tragic shooting. Until we get more information as to the motive behind what occurred, you know, were going to continue to patrol that area heavily. Reporter people who were grieving came to the scene but didnt want to talk. This Council Member came to support the neighborhood after the horrible shooting. Especially its close to home because i have a teenage daughter and she happens to know the victims. Reporter he is hoping someone who knows something comes forward. Lets speak about these two young lives that were lost and two families that are grieving our prayers for them and think about them and get these guys caught. Reporter again, Union City Police say they are looking at a number of possibilities. Meantime, new Haven Unified School district released a statement saying that one of the victims was a student and one of them, a former student. They will have support Services Available for students and staff when they return after the than
Reporter police still dont have a motive but they are looking into the possibility that this shooting may have been related to nor doubanother doub shooting on wednesday. The candlelight vigil grows, a parking lot littered with shell casings, a painful reminder of how they died. We heard the lou gunshd guns. My wife was very scared. One of my sons couldnt go to sleep after that. Reporter two boys age 11 and 14 were sitting in a van in a parking lot when someone ope il gangrelated shooting. And theyre looking into the possibility that the hospital sides are related to a double shooting of two men wednesday less than a half mile away. Until we get more information as to the motive of what occurred, were going to continue to patrol that area self. Dozens came to the scene to grieve. Its close to home because i have a teenage daughter and she happens to know the victims. Reporter hes hoping someone who knows something comes forward. And speak about these two young lives are lost and the tw
We begin tonight with inspirational story that people all over the country are talking about. A vietnam vet who lost both of his legs fighting for our countrys trying to get help from the va. Where government failed, average Everyday Americans succeeded. Here to tell husband own story of hope found in unlikely places is veteran michael silsona you and i had a chance to catch up already. Thanks for coming into the studio. Thanks for having me. Gerri before we get started, thank you for your service. Hey. Gerri tell me about your trip to the lows. Right. Gerri you go to lowes, why were you there and what happened . We went to lowes, me and my wife to look for some fencing and the bolt on the rear wheel of the wheelchair snapped. Gerri it stopped . It snapped. It broke. This is the bolt that holds the wheel to the frame. And so one of the employees took me over to this wall of, i go there to lowes all the time. Gerri so you know them. Yeah. This wall of bolts and this guy sal, who by the
Talked about the importance of linking the president s decision to freeze ukrainian aid to his efforts to dig up dirt about the bidens. Yes, the president s own chief of staff, the person who meets with the president every day on live camera admitted exactly that visavis the most serious and that is the military aid. But look, what ambassador sondland did say was everyone was in the loop on the preconditioning of the meeting that ukraine desperately fought for its recognition that the United States had its back, that everyone was in the loop, there was a clear quid pro quo. With respect to the military aid in the absence of any other explanation and in light of the president s own record of pressing for these explanations, two plus two equals four. What every judge tells every jury is you dont leave your common sense at the door. Everyone understood this was merely pressure to get the president s investigations and even more and i thought this was notable about ambassador sondlands tes