Community of brighton each, in brooklyn. A beautiful place right on the beach. Long island sound. Many poor russians lived there in those days. , we were veryhad poor. My father was a restaurant worker all his life. What did your mom do . Ben my mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. My father worked in a cafeterias. My sister and i roslyn i were left more or less alone most of our lives. I was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. Growing up. Ut that was fine, i loved it in the bronx, where we lived in the bronx park, a wonderful place, the bronx zoo, a Botanical Gardens that i used to go to all the time, i use to sneak into the bronx zoo overnight to see the animals after it had closed. I had no planes at all. We had a great time being poor. Better, beach was even right next to coney island. I could go to coney island, ride on the cyclone, get hot dogs and at nathans. I was a pretty lucky kid.
My parents lived in metropolis, illinois, which was across the river from paducah. Paducah was the closest hospital. I grew up in metropolis, illinois. If you could tell us a little bit about your upbringing and if you see anything in the way that you are raised, the family that you are from that may have caused you to become involved in the movement. Were ofow my parents modest means. Both of them were from farm families that had come over from germany and were , and to get land here every German Family had a plot of 80 acres. Im not quite sure how that where my but thats a farm,ents lived, on and both of my parents grew up on a farm. My mom was able to go to Southern Illinois Teachers College and became a teacher. He farmed, and he also had a furniture store, so we lived the town was very small. 6000 people, and it is still 6000 people. Metropolis is just, you know, a farm town and very, very far away from urban centers. Its, like, halfway between st. Louis and memphis, so the big li
My family had a construction business, it still exists. School in delaware. I went to the university of delaware. My history was in delaware before i went to the service. I tried to enlist in the service. The minute we were attacked by japan. I was colorblind. Calledd what they the enlisted reserves core. They let College Students go into with the idea that you would serve basic training and then you would go back to school and the thinking was maybe this war wasnt going to go too far. You go back to school and start again. I tried to enlist, i was colorblind. Finally i got in the army. I was restricted in what i could do. For basictexas training. Me from texas to the university of connecticut to continue my education. Out i had everything they were teaching. We reported to them that i was wasting my time. They suggested they would send me to m. I. T. That is what happened. They sent me to m. I. T. I did my job at m. I. T. From m. I. T. I was sent to nyu. From nyu i went to los alamos.
Greece sends the fights over italy it creates a new pressure pressure points. And Barbara Starr in london with the top stories from europe including thousands attend a rally in france for the exiled Catalan Leader catalyst pushed them on just 30 kilometers from the spanish border. In support 5 top league games in italy have been postponed because of coronavirus restrictions the olympics are also in doubt and will be in senegal where africas best boxes are still trying to qualify for tokyo 2020. Now after more than 18 years of war a deal between the u. S. And the taliban has put afghanistan on the path to what many hope will be a Permanent Peace the sign into place here in qatar a few hours ago. And 18 months of talks one of the key components of the deal plans for a complete withdrawal of all u. S. And nato troops within 14 months if the taliban sticks to its parts of the deal the us secretary of states mike pompei you flew in for the signing he says the agreement is a crucial 1st step
Decade talking about their books. You can watch our series at 4 00 p. M. Eastern here on American History tv on cspan3. Announcer 2 three College Professors discuss the ways they teach about u. S. Involvement in the vietnam war. Panelists talk about their personal participation in peace and Antiwar Movements and how those experiences translate into their classrooms. This discussion was part of a conference in washington, dc posted in conjunction with the waging peace in vietnam traveling exhibit. And with that, i want to begin with two things. First, there are so many people here to credit. There are so many people who helped create exhibit which is now on the second floor in the atria. If you havent seen it, we invite you to go down during lunch, take a look at it. You have heard a lot about the book waging peace in vietnam. Com, what you havent heard about the publisher which is new village press, distributed by nyu. We are fortunate to have the director of the press Lynn Elizabeth i