It hints at a story beyond just two years of service and fighting over there. Actually, exactly. We return fighting, the africanamerican experience in world war i. The key to that title is, number one, you dont see the word military because it is not just about soldiers, it is about soldiers and civilians. It is about men and women. Its about young and old. Its about white and black. So that is the long title. But the short title we returned fighting speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. And well explore that story throughout this hour of the washington journal. It is day five of museum week on the washington journal with our friends at American History tv on cspan3. Throughout this segment we invite viewers to join us, phone lines split up regionally. 7027482000, and a special line set aside for africanamerican veterans 2027488002. We would love to
Good evening. First of all, thank you, all, for coming out on this rainy evening. I know its a little bit of a channel. I think its going to be well worth your time to be here this evening for this discussion. Its my pleasure to welcome you to tonights program entitled historically speaking we return fighting world war i and the shaping of the modern black identity. Published by smithsonian books, we return fighting is a collection of essays that chronicle the experiences of men and women who serve the country on the battlefield as well as on the home front and their struggles for civil rights. One of the many things we will learn this evening is that while the Civil Rights Movement was decades away, world war i established important questions of citizenship that paied the way toward future progress. We are fortunate to be joined tonight by uty director and editor of we return fighting which includes outstanding scholarship and images and the images are really very powerful of american
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You dont see the word military. It is not just about soldiers. It is about civilians. Men and women. Soldiers and civilians. Young and old. White and black. That is the long title. The short title, we return fighting, speaks to what happened after the war and how africanamericans use world war i as a transformative event for them, just like it was a transformative event throughout the globe. We explore that story throughout this hour of washington journal, day five of museum week on washington journal with our friends at America History tv, cspan3. Phone lines split up regionally. Eastern or central time zones, 202 7488000. Mountain or pacific time zones, 202 7488001. Special line set aside for africanamerican veterans, 202 7488002. Would love to hear from you as we explore this observe exhibit at the africanamerican museum of history and culture. This is a temporary exhibit, how long will this be up . How did this idea to focus on this story get included in the museum and open in dece