His talk is about 50 minutes. Our second speaker is Nimrod Frazer who is the son of a world war vet. This is the division in which Douglas Macarthur will serve as chief of staff and Brigade Commander during world war i. Frazers father received the purple heart for wounds received mr. Frazer is a member of the alabama business hall of fame. Hes the author of send the alabamians the history of the 167th infantry regiment. Hes a founder and been factor please join me in welcoming Nimrod Frazer. Thank you, dr. Orr. Its a great honor for me to be back at this wonderful place. Im not an academic. Better described as a child of the Rainbow Division. I knew the name of the Commanding Officers of the 167th infantry before i could read. I knew the name of the Company Commander d company of the 167th infantry before i could read. My family was divided in later life but the Common Ground that i had with my father, who was a very complicated guy. A very experienced combat veteran as was his best fr
Themselves. Once the u. S. Gets involved im not a military historian so i dont know all the details but they come up with a better mine. That is part of it. And the second part of it is just political expediency. Daniels was against british violations of International Law. When the u. S. Was neutral and brits versus germans once it is u. S. And brits versus germans International Law did not mean as much to him as it did when he was neutral. Dr. Craig, would you say that he wasnt an arm chair admiral, he had no military background but then he was a publisher . And did he stay aloof from the operations, newspapers at the time that he was secretary or did sometimes like frank knox later on kind of distance himself a little bit from chicago when he became navy secretary. I dont know much about daniels tenure and if editorial policy changed with kind of with daniels change in views about our participation in the war effort . Thats an interesting question and one that i actually address at s
Southern Historical Association annual meeting in atlanta. This is just under two hours. We are fortunate indeed he does miss abernathy returned yesterday from an extended stay in germany with the familys eldest daughter. Some of you know that she, as abe a, along with her mother, mrs. Abernathy then pregnant with their second daughter who miraculously survived the dynamite bombing of their home in montgomery in 1957. Along with tuskegee attorney fred gray, she is the last remaining leader from the montgomery bus boycott. On several occasions, i have been privileged to listen to mrs. Abernathy recall her experiences in the civil rights struggle and we are in for a treat. Our program is simple first we will hear some introductory comments or may scholar who will provide a biographical sketch of our subject and place her in historical context. Then mrs. Abernathy will offer her remembrances about the movement. Finally, we will open the floor to questions so we can have an engaging conver
Is africanamerican. We have made an important statement as a country. We have to continue to work at this thing. If we dont continue to step forward, we will go backwards. Because the world is moving. To stand still is to go back. We have to keep moving forward. Thats what the movement is about. Moving forward, recognizing those changes we still have to make. Host a commemoration today on the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday. Call American History tv at reverend lafayette, you were in selma, alabama several years right or to the marches, the events that happened in march of 1965. Tell us how you ended up in selma, alabama p we heard the story about the x on the map marking selma off. You went anyway. What is the story there . What happened is those of us from asheville had decided that since we had the sit in movement and we continued the freedom rides, once we started the freedom rides, we decided if we would give a fulltime for a couple of years, it would be like the peace corps, bo
Transportation. My seatmate on the Greyhound Bus from washington d. C. , you must understand and 1961, black people in white people couldnt be seated together. Not a Single Person engaged in violence against us. That was my first arrest. And that day when i was arrested, i felt so free, i felt liberated. I felt like i had crossed over. Because growing up in rural alabama, i asked my mother and my father, my grandparents and my great grand parents about segregation and Racial Discrimination, about those signs, white men, colored men, white women, colored women, and i said, why. Thats the way it is. Dont get in the way. Dont get in trouble. But dr. King and rosa parks inspired me to get in trouble. So by sitting in, we were arrested, and we went to jail. 89 of us were arrested on that day. Host did you pay a fine . Were you in jail for a while . Guest we were in jail for a few hours. Matter of fact, the local School Officials came down and bailed us out. That was my first arrest. That wa