as americans entered world war ii, state administrators sought to integrate black americans into the cultural apparatus as they had in the 1930s. yet, the treatment of racial issues would unfold under much tighter parameters. wartime cultural officials were created with the explicit goal of boosting black moreale. some war officials understood and sympathized the african-american belief that the war against fascism was also a war against american racism. still, cultural administrators abided by the official line that the war was not a testing ground for social reform. in the 1940s, officials pronounced media based programs as a solution to the "negro problem." a means of securing black support when the possibility of dissent existed. by the onset of world war ii, black expectations ran high. fueled by wartime egalitarian rhetoric and african-american political mobilization. discontent became manifest among black politicians and in the black press. as one letter to roosevelt and the naacp's literary, the crisis, despite your occasions, -- despite year expectations of unity, the 13 mil

up next on "american artifacts," a look back at several battles in late may and june of 1918, when american and french forces were trying to stop german forces from advancing towards paris. we visit the final resting place of almost 2300 americans who died in this region in 1918. this is just under an hour. mitchell: i'm at the cemetery at the battle of belleau wood in france. i had in front of me, superintendent shane woods. the belleau wood and the aisne-marne campaign are significant for world war i and american participation. tell us about what you do here at the cemetery. >> thanks, mitch. shane williams here. i say with visitors, when they walk through the gate here, a lot of people are struck by how beautiful it is and how well maintained it is, all of that is true. a lot of work goes into it, but there's a lot of history behind the scenes. of what took place to make this site what it is today. i would say, depending on how much time we have come a there are different -- we have, there are several different histories that are interlinked together. i will start a little bit backwards

and american companies. emphasized how important the connections almost out to economies are for citizens of countries. unfortunately, they will now discover that they cannot impose such measures without harming their own people. and their own workers. you had many conversations with. the president and the vice president this week. what would you say today about your failure? >> i think people will understand this is a decision by the american administration and for the american administration. my approach and the approach of all canadians has been stored together. once again, i wish to thank all the premiers, all the mps from all the parties who demonstrated that we have a firm and united .pproach your in canada when it comes to these negotiations and engaging with united states i think people isw quite well, that it despite our efforts that the american president has chosen to make this decision today. will mr. trump be at [indiscernible] >> yes, all indications are that he will be. an investigation sugges

americans were very of two minds of african-american military service.they drafted them, on the one hand some white people were like, my son is not going to war while you stay home and slack off. so actually, african-americans 13%,drafted at roughly despite the fact they only make up about 10% of the population. same thing for immigrants. there was a fear that they would shirk their duties. even though they make up roughly -- i think they ended up being drafted at 18% even though they only make up 15% of the population. so what this demonstrates is the two mindedness. on the one hand, we are going to discriminate against you. on the other hand, there is no way we are not going to make you go to war. what is notable as well is that they are wearing the uniforms. when they were in training camp in the south, they did not wear uniforms because there was a fear it would cause too much disruption among the jim crow probably, which is true, particularly because when many soldiers returned home in uniform, they were targeted with harassment and even lynching in

a 100% american and a 100% organic. - grown american means exactly what it sounds like. america, the greatest country in the world where the streams are clean, where the air is pure. we have some of the best soil in the world. just good, rich, organic, black dirt. grown american superfood was developed to capture the goodness in natural, whole foods and that's exactly what it is. - our products really go from being a fresh crop out in the field at van drunen family farms into our processing facility in a matter of hours. - grown in america means beat quality. the best service, the best price. this is part of our job, farmers and processors, to get the best product to the customer as we can. - what means the most to me about grown american superfood isn't just that it's organic, but it's organic grown in this country. it's still hard to get home in time to chop, and clean, and cook vegetables for my kids. that's what's great about the grown american superfood is i can sneak healthy, organic vegetables into foods that they already like. this is some macaroni and cheese tha

americans are not flooded by immigrants. we are well below the norm, historically, we are however starved by restrictive, on a policy that meets neither the lamp lit by the founders nor the economic engines needing hands to turn them. lady liberty must continue to raise her arm, keep her torch burning brightly, rather than exchange it for a stiff arm and a middle finger. baseords inscribed at her must not say "send me only your physicians, your scientists, your nobel laureates." that we use our passions, anger and fear to stop out liberty's flame rising above it and xenophobia and knee-jerk policies, what is america, dies period. we even have those across our land rejecting those fleeing tyranny. i want you to listen carefully to the statements by members of congress in response to a refugee bill, not illegals, not permanent residents, but refugees. people fleeing for their lives. listen to the statements. " fighting immigration is the best vote getting argument, a politician can beat his breast and proclaim his loyalty to a

the american people well. we are going to have a tsunami of americans contact their members of the house of representatives to demand a vote on net new trial be the same way we have the vote here on the senate floor. we know when the vote takes place that the american people are going to win. this net neutrality is going to win. but nondiscrimination is going to win. too many people think today that this whole idea of discrimination you can start talking about it in a way that has not been a part of our culture for a generation. but it's back. in a lot of ways, net neutrality is part of the whole discussion of whether or not the american people get protect did against discrimination. we now have enhanced urgent need because the role of the fcc are now vital and net neutrality is no longer the law of the land. that is what happeneday to them. the chairman of the federal communications commission ajit pai is taking his big to relax. he is so proud of what has nowen happened at net neutrality is taken off the boo

american experiences of world war i. what you have here is a map, a couple of maps, just to give you a sense of the totality of world war i. in 1914.d -- erupted in 1915, america was not involved militarily. 1917 did we enter in april. the declaration of war requested by wdrow wilson, given on april 6. i would like to take you into the first section of the exhibit arguing over war. the idea is to demonstrate the kind of arguments americans are having as the war is raging in europe and elsewhere. what we are doing in terms of humanitarian aid, building the military, and how we are responding to provocations occurring internationally. in terms of provocations, the most obvious is the sinking of the lusitania and may 1915. this poster is meant to encourage enlistment in the initary after the sinking 1917. two years after this, still using the image of the lusitania to encourage american enlistment. the lusitania'ski ss a number of quesons for americans and for the government. one, what does it mean to be a neutral nation? w

history, african-american military history, and african american intellectual history. his first book was praised as a landmark study and won numerous awards, including the 2011 liberty legacy foundation award, and the 2011 distinguished book award from the society for military history. in the aftermath of the massacre of congregationalists in ame church he co-edited the charleston syllabus, which was circulated among history teachers and faculty and was recently published by the university of georgia press is the charleston syllabus. he is currently completing a study of w.e.b. dubois in world war i. i can think of no finer historians to guide us through a conversation on the relationship of citizenship and protest in the american past. please give a warm welcome to our panelists. >> [applause] >> thank you all for coming out. thank you, claire and gavin, for getting the ball rolling and coming up with this idea, and to john, crystal, and chad for agreeing to be part of it. we are going to each talk for seven to 10 minutes, no more than that, and then we will talk to e

the americans have less than 20. it was a very decisive victory out there, perhaps one of the most decisive x-rays of the war of 1812. so the treaty of ghent was the official treaty that ended the war of 1812. it is a complicated situation. most treaties, once they are negotiated, the wars and. -- the wars end. they have to bring it back to congress and the president to get approval. the british said it needed to be ratified in parliament and congress before hostilities could end. the treaty had been signed, negotiated about three weeks prior to the battle of new orleans, but it was not official until about five weeks later. it's in this time when the determination of what is going to happen has already happened. after the battle of new orleans, there were a few long-lasting of facts, with the first being how americans felt about themselves. for many people there was this national binding, unifying event that took place. in fact, we called the time after the battle of new orleans the era of good feelings. this billin

american history tv, only on cspan3. the oneyear marks hundred 50th anniversary of the ratification of the 14th amendment to the u.s. constitution. next, clemson university history professor orville vernon burton talks about the origins of the 14th amendment and why it was the essential and necessary to ratify after the civil war and the abolition of slavery. this 45-minute talk was part of a daylong symposium hosted by the u.s. capitol historical society. >> now i have the pleasure of introducing orville vernon burton. vernon does it all. he is actually a one-man university at clemson university in south carolina. he is also the director of the .lemson cyber institute in addition to that, received the dean's' award in research from the college of architecture, art, and humanities. where is the chemistry and biology? least 25s written at books or edited them. he has published more than 200 scholarly articles. he is a distinguished scholar of lincoln among other things. vernon and i compete as to who can wear the best lin

the american muslim in the past. it's just over 15 minutes. sally teaches history at the university of michigan in dearborn but is also the for the center of arab american studies. how long has detroit, and in particular, michigan and in a more general sense, being a for arab population? >> for the arab community, s.ting back toll 1890 >> what started it? >> people were coming to the united states at that time. hardship in nomic the mountains of lebanon which is where most of the early mmigrants came from and the silk economy collapsed, basically, and so people had to go off in search of other and they were moving sort of west. they started on the east coast like most immigrants did and hey started moving west a lot of them were pedaling, that was the way the very early mmigrants got their economic footing, and detroit was a center of pedaling for ohio, for so there was a pedaling enclave there. mostly christian arabs, but muslims followed. >> a very different climate for to.m to adjust >> i still say this all the ti

on american history tv on c-span3. working with our cable >> so you are afterwards, television and radio host bill french talks about his book, from the left, a life in the crossfire. he is interviewed. >> what is one of the most persuasive guests you have? >> john mccain. , he was aohn mccain maverick, which i like. honest and was willing to take on his own party . i wrote a book critical about barack obama, called buyers remorse. there were some things that i believe barack obama let the progressive side down. mccain felt that his party was not living up to what he believed the republican party should be, and he would say so. afterwards sunday night on nine eastern on c-span twos book tv. >> next on "the presidency," the opening session of a daylong symposium focused on the history of british and irish connections with the white house. we hear first from the british and irish ambassadors to the united states, and then kathleen burke from the college of london. the white house historical association hosted this hour-l

mark: do you think the american media, the american media chases shiny objects, pretty much. do you think the american media is substantive enough to understand that the threats remain because they do a very poor job of covering them? >> i think the honest portions of the american media, whether it be conservatives like yourself or others that are willing to talk to muslims with a tough love, i think, are addressing the issue. i think we've seen like our organization and muslim reform movement are shifting the needle, after 9/11, no one would talk about islamists and now seeing a conversation where we recognize that it's not just terrorism. i'm a doctor, as you said, and i treat disease, i don't treat symptoms, and the disease what we're facing is not just terrorism. that's a symptom. that's a whack-a-mole program. the disease is political islam. sharia states. the concept that identity is muslims is wedded to a national identity of islamic governance. there may be many muslims in america that are here that reject secular society. so the american media, and i think especially

in france, we are supporting the americans. bill: setting aside the lack of connection between the two issues, on the iran nuclear agreement, france is working with the remaining parties of the agreement. what do you think the prospects are for sustaining the agreement in the face of the american administration? ambassador araud: we are doing our best. we believe the jcpoa is a good agreement. it is not perfect. on purpose, we have treated the nuclear issue as separate from the other, because it is such a complicated issue. we did it without naive assumptions about the behavior of iran. we are expecting the situation in iran to worsen because we think the regime will be obliged to show up the americans, so we were not surprised. a policy of balancing against iran in the middle east. so we discussed the question of ballistic missiles and what would happen at the end of the agreement in terms of the activity of a ron -- a ran -- iran. so we are trying our best to preserve the agreement but it is difficult. as you said, the americ

each american shares the national debt of $64000. put that into perspective that is more than the median american house called one -- household brings in in the entire year this fails the american people they expect congress to spend their hard earned tax dollars in a responsible manner congress can no longer kick the can down the road and sadly future generations with the insurmountable debt that is why i am proud of this committee's work to get her nation back on a strong fiscal path. last year the committee passed a sustainable budget within ten years and also instrumental to enact comprehensive tax reform to revitalize our economy. now we are building upon the success for the brighter american future which continues to promote progrowth policies to create new jobs complex money back and the jobs of hard-working americans. as a former small business owner i have seen how regulations threaten jobs and hurt small businesses. our budget reduces regulations to encourage job creation than to stimulates economic growth it balances the b

producers or american industries. mark: let me give you an example. president has been talking about dairy and canada, and i don't know if this is accurate, may be. 270% tariff that the canadians put on dairy products that we seek to ship into canada. first of all, a tariff is a tax, is that right? >> that's right. mark: they're taxing their own people. >> right. mark: on the price of eggs and milk and butter, cheese, dairy product. so the canadian government is doing that to protect their dairy markets. does that help us, hurt us? does it help them, hurt them? >> in general, as a country canada's tariffs are lower than america. more of a free market trading nation than the u.s. but if we look at a specific example, and, if the u.s., we pay twice the world price of sugar. mark: as a matter of fact, you once wrote that we have 12,000 tariffs in place on all kinds of products all across the board from all kinds of countries. taxing the american people for all kinds of products that we use every day. >> yeah, and includi

marquise -- that and american prestige. marshall also noted pershing's demeanor despite the circumstances, saying that in the midst of a profound -- hesion he rated radiated determination and a will to win. his manner and expression fired the officers with the determination to overcome the enemy. division moved to the front april 26, and although no attack was launched, marshall ford that it was necessary the officers to move about to receive their men. most of the captains of the machine gun companies were killed and wounded within 10 days of arriving at the front, and to lieutenant colonels were killed and two were wounded and very little time. as marshall adjusted to the new situation, he said the daily casualty loads create a huge .roblem in the soldiers' mine -- mines. the soldiers were given a new assignment that would be the first of its kind in the war. marshall visited the front several times to perform reconnaissance on the terrain. the initial days of the operation were a success. on the front the germans had bro

, native american, white americans who shared one common thing. they shared an understanding of the pain of poverty, and they shared a commitment to using the diverse coalition to prod, to push, to demand that america in the to the promise constitution and the declaration. in essence, like dr. king, they dreamed of an america that not they wered, but willing to sacrifice so much to make it so. posits thation average americans can help america be better, can help america to live up to our stated ideals, and the best way to honor the ultimate sacrifice of dr. king's to cross those boundaries that divide, boundaries of race, gender, ethnicity, to demand a fairer and freer america. thank you for being with us this morning. [applause] thanks, lonnie. if the like to ask curator of the exhibition could join us up. -- join us up here. we want you out here, my love, because you are the curator. i just want to remind everyone that we are live streaming hash's event, and that the is #cityofhope. and if you search that on twitter you will find brilliant tweet

he taught french in american schools in the late 1860's. he was married to an american woman. this is one factor that i think is important in his ability to collaborate with the british and the americans in that he speaks a common tongue with us, english. again, at this important time, france is getting a renewed political leaders who are committed to continuing the war. the same thing has happened in britain. a new prime minister emerged at the end of 1960. david lloyd george -- 1916. david lloyd george is a colorful figure. today, he is not as easily remembered as winston churchill. by david lloyd george is a fiery political leader. he comes from the wrong side of the tracks. he is welsh, not english. he is also a small-town lawyer who has made his reputation by defending tenants against big landlords. he is seen as a radical. a radical. but he is a passionate person, committed to victory, victory in this war. ast as france is producing leader to keep the war going, so britain has lloyd george. lloyd george gave a speech that is really remarkable. here are the key elements.

, or working-class americans. someone had to push them open. at every turn throughout our history, someone had to fight through the door. whether it was women who demanded education and the right to vote, or african-americans or native americans, or latinos, all of them owe a huge debt of gratitude. heard, becausely you are graduating today. they opened the door to education and to advancement for all. i have been thinking about this a lot as i rev up my career in congress. -- wrap up my career in congress. i would not be here talking to you if people had not fought and died for voting rights during the civil rights movement in the united states of america. >> [applause] rep. gutierrez: northeastern is here and serving latinos, but it wouldn't be here, and there probably wouldn't be a latino congressman from chicago, if black people and their allies had not fought segregation in selma, alabama, or fought for equal treatment before the laws of the supreme court. people i never meant sacrificedo much so that doors c

how the 14th amendment has applied to african-americans, chinese-americans, and native americans. over 90 minutes. takingame is paul, i am symposium director. ofm currently the president the college in the greater philadelphia area. some of you know me as a practicing academic and in january, i became the full-time president. role in thed session because i am both the moderator and the introducer and i'm also the first panelist. i get to tell myself when i am running out of time. you should never let than the an epidemic to do that. -- an academic to do that. this session is going to talk about the problem of citizenship. the 14th amendment begins with all persons born or naturalized in the united states and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and of the state in which they reside. ways, this is a -- the second most important and fundamental change brought about by the civil war. the first was obviously come at the end of slavery, the second, citizenship and i want to begin with the notion of what citizenship was at the time the war and leading i

all told, the ce for american progress estimates that pruitt's rollbill st the american people about $260 those costs will be measured in hospital admissions and funeral bills. the same attitude permeates the trump administration. betsy devos, secretary of education, has delayed the rules keep r-profit colleges from scamming students. mick mulvaney, controlling the consumer financial protection bureau, has rolled back the oversight of payday lenders. ryan zinke, interior secretary, has pushed more off-shore areas to risky oil and gas drilling. esident trp has en wor to weaken the consumer product at makes sure thatoaersagency don't explode. he has nominated a new chair who has opposed safety protections for table saws and nominated a new commissioner who defended companies that knowingly, knowingly sold all-terrain vehicles that tipped over and crushed children to death. i could keep going on, but these examples make one thing clear. president trump and his team ve embarked on an aggressive effort to kill the rules that protect the american people from corporate predators. ok. now is

, chinese immigrants, and native americans. this event was part of a symposium hosted by the u.s. capital historical society. it's just over 90 minutes. for those of you who just joined us, my name is paul finkelman. i am the symposium director and i am currently the president of in greaterge philadelphia. some of you know me as a practicing academic, and in january i became the full-time insident of gratz college greater philadelphia. i have an odd role now i am in deep trouble. about the problem of citizenship, and as all of you know, the 14th amendment begins by saying all persons born or naturalized in the united states are subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the united states and the state in which they , asde, and in some ways pointed out in the last panel, the last talk, this is the second most important and fundamental change of the united states brought about the civil war -- brought about by the civil war. with the notion of what citizenship is at the time of the war and leading into the 14th amendmen

a little more expensive maybe american cars but probably. going to be better but maybe maybe a little better i think i've made the other american cars that they fall apart pretty quickly and german cars down they tend to be nicer than i think american cars i think the engineering tends to be superior again impressions donald trump thinks there are too many of them in the u.s. even though german carmakers also run assembly operations that all together provide tens of thousands of jobs for american workers but the u.s. president still sees the business relationship as an unfair one way street in twenty seventeen german automakers exported more than six hundred fifty thousand cars to north america but many also have huge factories in the united states that employ more than one hundred thousand people in fact they built more than eight hundred. in cars on u.s. soil last year alone. that means a ban on imports not only would fuel the tensions driving trade policy between the u.s. and europe it would also have major consequences for american jobs.

it is actually the oldest african-american resort community founded by african americans.was founded as a place where african-americans could buy a plot of land for $25, build a cabin, and that is where they would come in the summer and spend their vacations. i went up there the first time when i was just six months old, so it goes way back in history. everyone from duke ellington, soren neil hurston, langston neil hurston,a langston hughes, count basie all come there and stay there because they could not stay in hotels in denver during that period of history. so over time, after desegregation, a lot of the african-american institutions fell into disrepair and were sold off into different parts. and now we have developed a wonderful program that serves our community in so many different ways. 6000 inner-city kids every summer come to the ranch. we also give to about 200-300 wounded veterans every year. in the winter, though, when the ranch is pretty much shut down, one of the things that we identified -- my wife identified this -- that there are programs, one is called tog

the wafor all american workers n american consumers. republicans in washington talk about regulations like it is some kind of uncontrollable frankenstein monster of a well all of a sudden. it can ward off the evil of big government. american history tells a very different story about regulations. more than a century ago the revolution began to stir in factories sprouted up all around the country. it also wrecked havoc on the workers and their families. as industrialization spread across the country the families poured in from afar into the city is onl60s only to land in e workplace is that for monstrously unsafe. america's response to this was not to abandon the technological innovations and improvements of the industrial revolution. we came together and through our government we changed public policies to adapt to a changing economy. in other words we adjusted the walls in th and the regulationso keep much of the good and get rid of much of the bad. the list of the laws and regulations grew. workplace safety, worker compensation, child

a lot of americans are clearing for an american president who puts our country first. judge jeanine: why wouldn't they cheer for a man fighting for us. he's not beholding to anyone but us, and they don't appreciate it. >> i think that was the most of important point you made earlier in the show. he's not a person who comes with so many hooks in him from all the donor class, and it's one of the reasons people can't stand him, because they can't control him. they can't call him up and say mr. president remember how much money we raised for you, if you don't come through -- he says no you didn't get me here. a lot of ordinary people did and i'm bead holden to no one. -- i'm beholden to no one. >> let me ask you, you know more about the trump women and the trump family than anyone. what do they do on a day like today? are they the most of stoic human beings? are they dead inside? what's their deal? >> yes, yes and yes. they don't see president trump the way all of us see president trump. they have such a distorted image of who he is. they don't have the reaction we do. >>

that are american jobs. one of the things that we can do in a bipartisan way because president trump have talked about this. not only to rebuild the infrastructure of the nation but to also produce economic growth this bill and this resolution. doesn't come near to what needs to be done. for example the president has proposed a bill over the next five or ten years. that is approximately the same amount of money that american taxpayers spent in rebuilding the roads and bridges of iraq and afghanistan without a local match. i think we can do much better and i would urge my colleagues in my area for spending that will pay for itself and not much more infrastructure gets you very good return. on your investment. with that i would yield to my colleague. i am pleased to support congressman higgins. a functioning infrastructure is critical to the american economy. they are in a state of disrepair. my home state of washington has more than 7,000 bridges many of which were built in the 1950s and the 1960s. it is crit

i'm nelson lum, american legion, california. i'm locally the commander of american legion post 384. it was formed in 1931 as an exclusively chinese-american veterans post due to the climate of discrimination at the time. chinese-american veterans were not welcome to join the post that were in existence at that time. with that as a history, we see the recognition of those that served in world war ii, and i'm talking about the chinese american veterans that served, they should be recognized and there's an item on your agenda, item 17, that would encourage our congressional leaders to pass a congressional bill that will award the world war ii chinese american veterans a gold medal. about 18 months ago, members in introduced a resolution, which has gun -- gone all the way up to the american legion at the national level. at the national level, the american legion has voted in support of such award. i'm here to urge you to approve the resolution before you on item 17 because it's supported by veterans, especially veterans of chinese-american descent. those that served in world war ii, ser

american workers.applause] the second it pillar of our strength is the family. indeed it is the central ittitution in any society, has been through strong families that america has passed on our values. love, work, tradition. you do not need to run for president to see the fate of the american family. than 5% of's, fewer children in this nation were born outside of america today the number is over 40% of the children born in america. adding to this, too many families are being buffeted by economic pressures that discourage family life. thaty social engineering seeks to replace family life. this is why we need both policy and the culture that will value and support the family the way the faith and freedom coalition supports. it is why i passionately fought against some in my own party to child tax pile -- credit. i will fight alongside the president to expand access to paid family leave. fund all, how can we hundreds of billions of dollars to give multinational corporations, many of which feel little lo

also tons of italian american citizens here. italian americans all over this country. but it's interesting. german americans and italian americans didn't all get put into internment camps during world war ii, right? they weren't rounded up, the germans and italians in this country. of the axis powers, it was only the japanese americans that got put in internment camps en masse in world war ii. why is that? why was it just them? in 1982, a legal historian lawyer named peter irons was going through boxes of government documents. he was researching the origins of that world war ii policy in which the u.s. government locked up japanese americans. much to his surprise, peter irons stumbled upon a whole bunch of evidence on where that policy came from. it was evidence that had been lost to history. it had never been made part of the official record, never been made part of the government record, the historical record or legal record of where that policy came from. fdr made an executive order to lock up japanese americans in february 1942. that executive order cited military

the unemployment rate for hispanic americans and african americans has never been lower.applause] we are setting records. for the first time on record, there are more job openings in america than there are jobseekers. the news is so good, even the new york times acknowledged it. this would be the first time i have quoted the new york times. they wrote " we ran out of words to describe how good the job numbers really are." [applause] it is true. under president trump's leadership, jobs are back, optimism is back, in a word, america is back. we are just getting started. [applause] that's what we have all done together, men and women. we are strong partners on capitol hill. a lot of great leaders you have heard from at this gathering in washington, d.c., it is what we have done together. it is making a real difference in the lives of everyday americans. since our tax cuts in the past six months, companies have announced more than $500 billion in new investments in american jobs, american workers, and america's future. more than 5.5 million americans have already seen a pay r

native americans. joining what was now a human concludedort, king that the nation has mixed up priorities and that we must think of the david of truth against the goliath of justice. the poor people's campaign was designed to get the nation right side up but it was only possible if the people in the room joined sclc that spring. after dr. king received his applause, it showcased the anxious energy of the activists present, not to mention the vastly different ways those present thought about poverty. asked, the one just our support or our demands to include in the whole ball of wax? characteristically the other was more pointed arguing if king wanted to confirm with chicanos, he must understand that conferring is a two-way street. he repeated such concerns and captivated the room with a fist pounding, table rattling defense of the land-grant struggle, equating the treaty and the destruction that violence and armed self-defense proposed. whites are afraid of their own crimes, he cried. they are not afrai

na] >> the best thing to do was help the american people. august give us a huge opportunity to deal with the issues they care about first and foremost. so many american families have have more premiums and prices than wit anyax break. they want us to tackle it is a great opportunity to go after the high cost and health average americans and we will make sure all the time every day and every week a fnhcar [inaudible] c it will be introduced shortly. [inaudible] >> and i do believe there are some democratic support. one of their points that i make on the appropriations process that the house is passing bills from everything is going along on the appropriations process. it is moving along very well and democrats are working well with republicans on that so there is another point by the leader. [i] >> to take a national sport to brins together to make it divisive is unfortunate but also so typical of president trump. >> and don't like the eagles but i still feel that way they are not as bad as these guys left mac. [inaudible] yes, most of these

again, leader mcconnell justified his unjustifiable blockade of merrick garland by claiming the american people should have a voice in deciding the next supreme court justice. that was in february of an election year. it's now almost july. if the senate's constitutional duty to advise and consent is just as important as the president's right to nominate, which the constitution says it is, why should a midterm election be any less important than a presidential election? leader mcconnell is simply engaging in hypocrisy. whomever the president picks, it is all too likely they're going to overturn health care protections and roe v. wade. we don't need to guess. president trump has said time and time again he would appoint judges that would do those two things -- overturn roe v. wade, overturn health care protections. on november 11, 2016, then president-elect trump said, quote, i am pro-life. good judges will be pro-life. in a debate against secretary clinton, then-candidate trump said, because i am pro-life and i will be appointing pro-life judges, i think that we will go back to the indivi

but it is concerning to me, as well, that when we see african american, african american, african american in terms of the data, in terms sts disproportional -- of the disproportionality, it's based on positive behavioral support, it's behavioral management, and it's not actually focused on i say ra, class and culture which is -- it's not race, class and culture. this year, they had -- all year, they read books by white female authors until i brought it up to the principal, and then, there was some changes made, but this was curriculum that's been in place for a long time. and last fall, their friend -- well, in their math class, a boy said black kids are dumb in the math class when there was a subthere. this is in a class that my daughter loves. the teacher has great classroom management. kids are coming in with stuff in middle school, and there's no consistent proactive way that the schools are making black students feel welcome, and i just wanted to add, as well, about the underreporting, i'm hearing from a lot of black parents that when their children with victimized, they are -- are v

to dog tags were issued american troops. the bodies would be placed in a permanent cemetery or in coffins and brought to the ports for shipment back home. about 70% of american families elected to have their loved ones returned home at government expense. the other 30% were left, eventually for burial. in permanent cemeteries maintained by the american battle monuments commission. mr. moizan: france allowed the americans to keep permanent cemeteries in france. america keeps one for each big battle in france. mr. yockelson: it was a gruesome task for the grs teams. the bodies decomposed and were difficult to identify because of the decomposition or the fact that some of the bodies were so badly damaged that they did not recognize and were not able to identify the remains. mr. moizan: that is a sad job. it was done in 1919, 1920. mr. yockelson: it took long. the americans suffered more than more than 50,000 casualties battlefield from the beginning of combat until the armistice. another 50,000 died of disease like influenza. s

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we are keeping our promise to buy american and hire american and what is happening is our economy iso good, our unemployment is so low, and our employment is so high and people that want to get a second chance -- inmates, people coming out of jail where the stigma was so great, businesses were not hiring them, they are hiring them now in record numbers. these businesses are saying they are fantastic. there is one gentleman who hired 10 inmates, never did before. i would not say he said all of them, but he said seven of them are so incredible --that is a better percentage than we have. he said seven of them are so incredible and he will do a lot more of it. there is nothing like a great economy to solve that problem, right? thank you very much. this is all because we are one country and really one family and we salute one great and beautiful american flag. we love that flag. >> [applause] president trump: at last, our country finally has a tax system that is pro-jobs, profamily and pro-american. >> [applause] president trump: so one incredible citizen who has benefited from our tax cu

for all of the ways that jim crow and -- african-americans and mexican-americans were distinct. they lived in separate neighborhoods, they followed different leaders, they embraced different priorities, they practiced separate religions or religious denominations, spoke separate languages. all these things separated them so nothing natural but a coming together of mexic-americans and african-americans. each group learned they'd needed each other just like organized labor learned it needed allies and white liberalled learn over time if they were going to keep electing their people they were going to need to take the issues of civilights activists more seriously. that was the foundation, and so what would happen was they would coming to for a meeting and yell at each other. you don't really care about our issues. too many of our programs are discussions are focused on labor rights and not on these other issues, or your proposing a joint northwester which we would prioritize african-americans instead of mexican-americans, and so they often fail to agree in the early years next '60s