Kathleen rooney and miles harvey talk about how they approach Historical Research for fiction and nonfiction work, at 6 00 p. M. On the civil war, scott hartwig, discussing his research on the battle of antietam. At 8 00 p. M. , Patrick Allitt discusses richard nixon, his National Security adviser henry kissinger, and their key Foreign Policy initiatives. And former u. S. Senator sam nun, watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Up next on American History Tv University of minnesota professor sage matthew discusses how world war i affected africanamericans. She says that the promise of a better life because of military service in the war was largely denied by the reality of jim crow america. The National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted this talk. It lasts about an hour. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon, good afternoon, thank you for coming to this session. My name is chad williams. It is my great pleasure and honor to serve as chair for
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
Picture from seattle tonight where a crowd has gathered once again in the city will well keep an eye on unclear if it has remained peaceful it was earlier some people on twitter i was just reading are saying that there have been flash bangs but that is not confirmed. You cant really tell much by this picture. A photographer is walking along the street, but again well keep you posted on everything around the country as we say good evening and thanks for being here at 10 oclock everybody im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis is just one of several rallies we saw today and they were almost entirely peaceful. I like this one in the front of San Francisco city hall. Theyre chanting 4 mario woods, he was killed during an encounter with San Francisco police back in 2015 you can see the protesters. Just sitting on the ground there not causing any problems, although it is passed the cities. 08 00pm curfew the protests were not limited to San Francisco, them. Heres gathered at the courthouse outs
And welcome back this afternoon President Trump addressed the nation from the white house wrote this garden declare a National State of emergency joe khaleel reports now from washington with how the trump administration. Its trying to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. And i am officially declaring a National Emergency President Trump officially declared the spread of the coronavirus a National Emergency friday in further and so the order emerging every state to set up Emergency Operation centers Effective Immediately his announcement opens up about 50 billion in emergency funding for states and agencies like the centers for Disease Control to help slow the virus can also help states be more nimble with programs like medicaid and provides Disaster Relief funding for states that need it to unleash the full power of the federal government to this effort when the president and his Task Force Spearhead the effort from here at the white house lawmakers on capitol hill are finalizing a deal fo
The negotiators of the tory party, but they think and have seen and a very good evening. For the fourth time in the space believe that the labour party is a of five years, the future of the United Kingdom is uncertain, remain party. The fact of the matter is that they are not going to and this time, with politics in deadlock and brexit unresolved, tolerate that. They believe that in the stakes are higher than ever. Now, in a few moments, 2016, when they had their vote in polling stations across the United Kingdom will close, the voting will be over, the Eu Referendum, they believe that and we will be able to reveal the result of our exit poll, they should have been listened to, that is our first hint of the possible result. And they think that the labour party have totally reneged on the result will Boris Johnson be back in number 10 . Of that. Thats what this is about. WillJeremy Corbyn beat him to it . Or will the outcome be less this was a brexit election. This is than clear when it