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[inaudible conversation] folks, lets get going this morning and please remember if you would to put your phones on do not ring so that were not interrupted during our speakers presentations. My name is ray a pennington, ipg military history at norwich and im very happy to introduce a couple friends of mine this morning. Is Jennifer Keane whose professor of history and state of the department of history at Chapman University in southern california. And as you can tell, shes a specialist in the Am...

To authors and historians to speak about what was then called the great war. We learn about the creation of the memorial to honor those who serveded and about artifacts in the museums collection. This is about two and a half hours. 100 years ago on april 6, 1917, president Woodrow Wilson signeded a declaration of war against germany, entering the United States into world war i. More than 4 million american men and women would eventually serve in uniform and more than 100,000 americans died in th...

Professor of history and chair of the deferment of history at Chapman University in southern california. As you can tell shes a specialist in the American Military experience in world war i man awardwinning scholar lose her books include the great war and remaking of america, and the United States in the First World War. She is the author of dozens of articles and has contributed to textbooks and reference works, the encyclopedia of war in American Society won the society for military historys b...

Is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. And now on booktv, we are live with author, journalist and history professor herb boyd, professor boyd who teaches at the city college of new york and writes a column for new York Amsterdam News is of the author or editor of many books including autobiography of a people, and his latest black k detroit a peoples history of selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 ...

With us on the Independence Day weekend professor what is july 4th mean to you . [laughter] it means Frederick Douglassw. You could have the general celebration we have a different perspective from the africanamerican aameri community is a long history to understand the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and a lack of the observance on the other part and what does it mean to those who have a history of bondage of segregation and jim crow to you have to understand the sensi...

Selfdetermination. Host author herb boyd with us on this Independence Day weekend. Professor boyd, what is july 4 me deal . Guest it means the same thing what it meant to Frederick Douglass, you know. While you can have the general celebration and everything, we have a different perspective from the africanamerican community. This was a long history to understand exactly the distinction in terms of the celebration for one community and the kind of lack of observers on the other part of the commu...

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In The History Of Rock And Roll and a remarkable number of them will be british. There are the beatles, the rolling stones, and also pink floyd. Their albums the dark side of the moon and the wall remain rock classics. I speak to roger waters, who was a prominent figure in the band until he quit in 1985. He is still performing and he remains one of the most controversial of rock stars. So what motivates him . Roger waters, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its more than 30 years since you wrote th...

In The History Of Rock And Roll and a remarkable number of them will be british. There are the beatles, the rolling stones, and also pink floyd. Their albums the dark side of the moon and the wall remain rock classics. I speak to roger waters, who was a prominent figure in the band until he quit in 1985. He is still performing and he remains one of the most controversial of rock stars. So what motivates him . Roger waters, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Its more than 30 years since you wrote th...