there s the heavy guns. this is a forgotten aspect of world war ii. there were real guns in france and heavy artillery. one of the body bearers is represented there. the field artillery, the forgotten branch, in many ways. these are men that were with, in most cases artillery pieces that moved up with the infantry. in some cases, they were in combat with the infantry. as they moved up and provided close artillery support, that s the infantry advanced, this is the story that is in the unknowns. general pershing is trying to be comprehensive in the way that he told the story of world war i through the eyes of these men. then, of course, the extraordinary story of the tomb itself and how the unknown was selected. and i follow a chicagoan. a dough boy through the entire war. younger was part of the second infantry division. an elite unit within the american expedition theary forc and younger is there. he s a dough boy. a regular grunt. a sergeant that fights from battle
he used those were a part of his civil rights agenda. right. he leveraged his influence in all the organizations to impact his ideas about citizenship. the ways in that sort of interconnected with his ideas of black economic power and ultimately new prosperity. thank you so much. thank you to the panelists for all the great questions. thank you all very much and i appreciate the comments. thank you for the questions. the questions will be used for the next book, as well. really good questions. thank you, all. weeknights this month we re featuring american history tv programs as a preview of what s available every weekend on c-span3. tonight we look into pandemics and diseases. the 1918 flu pandemic altered american life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. the center for presidential history at southern methodist university recounts how the country experienced the lessons learned a
i would like to thank our members in sponsors and supporters making this and all the other programs possible. we support the club during these uncertain times. today i am excited to be talking with tiffany cross a longtime political analyst and author of a brand-new book said louder. tiffany has spent years in politics in the media where she has witnessed the ways in which lack voters are minimized and suppressed through both policy and media coverage. it builds on the work and some explains the way in which they had been crucial in the same political system that we are often dismissed from. although voter suppression is not new. if you would like me to ask. please put it in the chat box. or the comments on facebook. in and the question will get to me. i want to thank you for joining us today. thank you for being in this conversation with me. i m especially excited to have it with you. and i just want to congratulate you also on your role in an aunt ms nbc. very happy to ha
keep your video feed disabled. if you enable it, and able it a second time, we will have to remove it. appreciate your cooperation. i want to briefly go over our format. we will have a reading by miles harvey to start us off. after miles harvey reads from the king of confidence which was published this past tuesday and donovan hohn reads from the inner post which was published last month in june we will hear an extended conversation between the two for 30 or 45 minutes and a few slides here and there and add some supplemental images. once we are done questions for miles or donovan send them my way and i will field and screen those. now i will quickly read some bios and we will get the reading underway. miles harvey is author of the international bestseller the land of lost maps. his book stranger in a savage latin was named book of the year. currently teaches at the university. interlocutor miles harvey is author of moby duck, the true story of basketball players, new yor
foundation. over the years, many words have been written about the decline of civic knowledge and civic skills in this country. all are well meaning, but few seem to have gained traction. that s not the case with the clear-eyed optimistic piece that david davenport, our guest today, recently wrote for the hatch foundation. i can t tell you how many people sent copies of this paper to me, even before it was published, and they described it as a must-read for anyone who is concerned about the state of civic knowledge and civic skills in america and thinking about ways to elevate civics and strengthen our democracy. so we re delighted that david has agreed to participate in today s episode of civics forward. especially since he s going to be joined in conversation by another valued chamber foundation partner, a leading light in the fields of education, civics, and philanthropy in her own right. hannah was recently appointed ceo of the daniels fund. it s the latest in a series of