Here to join in this discussion. The examination of the life of brigadier Charles Young i titled the paper or this lecture a destiny deferred because often times when you read about or if you just do a Google Search and at and examining charles life his best friend is often quoted his best friend w. E. B. Dubois and. Dubois defined youngs life as a triumph tragedy and a big part of the research. And my goal as a scholar is changing narratives. And so this is what were going to discuss this evening. Looking at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve, according to many of the of his followers from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. So its surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities, you know, they i keep reading articles all the about how the the humanities are dying. Oh my god what are we going to do with this . But Charles Young at the academy he excelled in the and actually was terrible math in fact he failed math i had to get tutor help to do it but
Brigadier Charles Young i titled the paper or this lecture a destiny deferred because often times when you read about or if you just do a Google Search and at and examining charles life his best friend is often quoted his best friend w. E. B. Dubois and. Dubois defined youngs life as a triumph tragedy and a big part of the research. And my goal as a scholar is changing narratives. And so this is what were going to discuss this evening. Looking at this destiny of one of the finest black officers to serve, according to many of the of his followers from the late 19th century into the early 20th century. So its surprisingly, Charles Young was a humanities, you know, they i keep reading articles all the about how the the humanities are dying. Oh my god what are we going to do with this . But Charles Young at the academy he excelled in the and actually was terrible math in fact he failed math i had to get tutor help to do it but. He was a polyglot. He spoke german fluently. French and spanis
My name is dr. Matthew costello and i serve as the Vice President of the david improvements Site National center for white house history and Senior Historian for the White House Historical association. It is a pleasure to be here with you all today. And im very excited for this panel. We have a great collection of talent, expertise, knowledge to approach this topic, and im very excited to share the stage with all three of you before we get into that, i would be remiss if i didnt at least add a little fun historical anecdote to the session. So i found this one. I thought it was pretty amusing. I think maybe youll agree. Maybe you up on november 6th, 1947, president harry truman held a press conference in the oval office. You know, in between questions that were revolving around brain exchanges, there was inflation, price controls and also the marshall plan. One reporter piped up, mr. President , have you seen any good movies lately . Truman answered, well, i never get a chance to see a
My name is dr. Matthew costello and i serve as the Vice President of the david improvements Site National center for white house history and Senior Historian for the White House Historical association. It is a pleasure to be here with you all today. And im very excited for this panel. We have a great collection of talent, expertise, knowledge to approach this topic, and im very excited to share the stage with all three of you before we get into that, i would be remiss if i didnt at least add a little fun historical anecdote to the session. So i found this one. I thought it was pretty amusing. I think maybe youll agree. Maybe you up on november 6th, 1947, president harry truman held a press conference in the oval office. You know, in between questions that were revolving around brain exchanges, there was inflation, price controls and also the marshall plan. One reporter piped up, mr. President , have you seen any good movies lately . Truman answered, well, i never get a chance to see a
And i serve as the Vice President of the david improvements Site National center for white house history and Senior Historian for the White House Historical association. It is a pleasure to be here with you all today. And im very excited for this panel. We have a great collection of talent, expertise, knowledge to approach this topic, and im very excited to share the stage with all three of you before we get into that, i would be remiss if i didnt at least add a little fun historical anecdote to the session. So i found this one. I thought it was pretty amusing. I think maybe youll agree. Maybe you up on november 6th, 1947, president harry truman held a press conference in the oval office. You know, in between questions that were revolving around brain exchanges, there was inflation, price controls and also the marshall plan. One reporter piped up, mr. President , have you seen any good movies lately . Truman answered, well, i never get a chance to see a movie unless they bring one to t