Chad williams is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era. Next, he talks about the postwar activism of the soldiers, explaining how after fighting with the idea of democracy abroad, many return to join movements to secure more rights and better social standing for African American here at home. National world War One Museum, in kansas missouri of 2019. Now id like to introduce our first speaker for this morning. Doctor chad williams, he is a agus this professor and history at african and African American studies at brandon university. He specializes in African American and modern United States history, world war i and African American intellectual history. He is the author of torchbearers of democracy, African American soldiers in the world war i era, which received the 2011 liberty, legacy, Foundation Awards from the organization of american historian and the 2011 distinguish book of war society of military history. He is also a part o
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Here in moscow thanks for. The tonights welcome to the program for more than a year. Of tensions and italys Ruling Coalition has come to a head the Prime Minister has resigned and solve the countrys interior minister called for a vote of no confidence but once again leave the country in deep political crisis. Well that resignation over its nice Prime Minister said because they had been widely speculated for the last few days and now its happening course plunging into a fresh political crisis in his resignation speech on tuesday often you know at least during the attack on the deputy Prime Minister i mean to you even this damage to you is so over the week basically accusing him of doing everything to. Profiting self and profiteers party but the government and he accused materials so binnie of being the one whos driving the government into crisis make it all up to the parliamentary debate will go to the president of the republic to officially communicate then to this government intended