Wanted to start out by sharing with you the partnership between the National Parks conservatives association, and the association of study of life and history began more than 28 years ago. It was then at that irena webster, and govern spencer dug, joined with the woman who would become my first boss at ncaa, i had to get right. Had the vision to join forces to support an enhanced the work that the National Parks service is doing in order to protect the African American experience. Sadly, i had to give passed away earlier this year. I want to take a moment at the start of this conversation about the preservation of the history of the struggle to achieve black Voting Rights, to remember my boss, my friend and a true pioneer in the long and ongoing process to make congress this survey shun and preservation organizations like and pca, more just, equitable, diverse and inclusive. Thank you diana. Now, for our panel today, folks are going to be aware of the history of the struggle of Voting
And stillents today, there is nothing in the communityto show that foot soldiers were. Thank you very much. Presentation. L gina, we are going to go to you next please. Joe, thank you for sharing your story there. Of oralese kinds histories that really make these us, and tod real for tell these stories bring more of the cultural outreach that is so necessary for us to have and connect with. In fact, that is part of the mission of the National Park , the selma to montgomery trail. That is what was the underpinning for the commemoration that we had, and for the 19th amendment this year , to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, that andted, suffrage for women through the constitution. In our though, commemoration, wanted to keep in mind two things that the National Park service must , but not allo all women achieve the right to vote with the passage of the 19th amendment. Second, the struggle was very much defined by class and race and religion. Those ar
Enhance the work that the National Park service was doing to interpret the africanamerican experience. Sadly, she passed away at the start of this year. And i wanted to take a moment about the preservation of the history of the struggle to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss k my friend and a true you pioneer in the long and ongoing process to make conservation and preservation npca more s like just, diverse and includesive. Thank you iantha. Folks are going to be aware that the history for the struggle of Voting Rights is wide ranging, multifaceted and current. Its still going on. What we want to do with this panel of experts and people who are my friends, folks that i admire is to get their insights on this issue but maybe in more specific and direct ways. Weve got one person, Josephine Bowman mccall who lived through the struggle of Voting Rights. Well hear from josephine about that. Her familys experiences, her experiences and what shes doing now to preserve that histor
Years ago. It was then that Irena Webster and Barbara Spencer dunn joined with the woman who became my first boss at the aspca. They had the vision to get right to support the works the Parks Service was doing to protect the africanamerican experience. Sadly, irena passed away at the start of this year, and i wanted to take a moment to talk about the preservation of the history to achieve black Voting Rights to remember my boss, my friend, and the true pioneer in the long and ongoing process to make conservation and preservation organizations like npca more inclusive. For our panel today, people will understand that it is wideranging, multifaceted and current. Its still going on. What we want to do with this panel of experts and people who are my friends, folks that i admire, is to get their insights on this issue, but maybe in more specific and direct ways. We have one person, Josephine Bolling mccall, who actually lived through the struggle for Voting Rights. Well hear from josephine
A very complicated thing. Yes, just two quick questions. I was wondering if the panel was familiar with the work of the late dr. Reuben westin. He passed, i think, last year. He was the author of racism and u. S. Imperialism. He taught at central state. He was a chairman of the History Department at one point. We talked about how the u. S. Government squashed the revolts of antonio meseo in cuba. The second part is i had an uncle named richard kidd who fought in world war i and came back, quote, unquote, shell shocked, and he spent some time in a hospital in danville, illinois, and i dont know could you speak to how black soldiers were treated upon their return to the United States . I know going to a bad Army Hospital was not the worst thing that could happen to you, but i dont know if these hospitals were segregated or theres because having a crazy uncle somewhere in your house is a trope in fiction from that period of time. The crazy uncle probably also had a child with a french nam