howard had been a part of the military service since the .eginning of the university host: what role do they actively take part was they decided to join the military. >> african-americans were volunteer infantryman, but the students really wanted african-americans to be able to move higher in the military. for thefox establishment of the first african-american officers training camp in des moines, 1917, and they continued their support in the years that followed. host: to me about their willingness to participate within the government how it was received. lopez: the government was tentative, because they still had this idea that african americans were not good for the military, that african-americans or somehow cowardly, and they still question whether african-americans deserved. they were hesitant. but the students were very supportive. there is a letter in the book that they wrote to president wilson at the start of world war i where they said, we, officers, teachers and students, because of our unfailing devotion to our ourtry, we hereby offer mind, body and state for make of us i

the the deficits have continued to ride the way since the eginning of april. >> it is very difficult to take this data because there is not that long of history. we can't work out whether this ould be a contrarian signal. it is a momentum market. once you get a head of steam, generally it is not a 5% or 10% bounce in china equities. it is more like 20%. we are still reasonably constructive on the trade dispute will get resolved at some point. i think both sides are talking tough but realize actually economic sense is saying you should come to agreement. i think there is two parts to it. firstly, the trade good but also the long-term technology elements as well. we might get a shorter term agreement on the trade but the longer term technology concern and the i.p. concern will rumble on for several years to come. rishaad: this is a trade war but a trade war with technology characteristics as it were here. is this really all about taking leadership in tech as we move ahead? >> good question. i think from our perspective when we talk to our investors at east spring who are covering the t

of august,eginning the middle of the month, the germans started to leave the city.ermans whohe same signed 25 year leases on their apartments. our police went on strike. day, a police car opened fire on the germans. french flag was hanging from every window. they were made out of scraps, rags, everything. people were screaming. when we got to the closet, i kissed my husband because he was tired. begin to realize how unhappy we had been. it was great to be alive on this august evening. she is a history professor at the university of wisconsin madison. she is joining us in our focus on d-day to talk about her book "d-day through franchise." eyes."ch take us back to before the invasion. what was normandy like on june 5. what was it like? guest: the french had been under german occupation since 1940. in normandy, the food situation was the rest of france. it was the dairy land of france. it was the wisconsin of france. food.was more abundant at the same time, the germans took pretty much the majority of dairyod, the milk, the that they had produced. there was hunger, th