. >> unfoldan, where history daily. in 1979 he spent was created a america's television cable company and is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. american history tv was at the organization of american historians annual meeting in new orleans where we spoke with professor leslie harris about the legacy of slavery in colleges and universities. she discusses higher education in the 20th century. this interview is about 10 minutes. leslie harris, what was the relationship between early colleges in america and the in addition of slavery? leslie: slavery was fundamental to early colleges. money that went into founding early colleges as craig while there has discussed in his book, came from people who were participants in the slave trade or who were merchants of slave producers. the american economy. it is not surprising that those funds were part of the basic funds for colleges and university. in slaved

unfoldan, where history daily. c-span was created as a public service by america's television companies. that is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> 2017 marks the centennial of the u.s. entry into world war i. up next on american history tv's real america, a 1977 documentary about world war i's harlem health fighters. soldiers of the 359th u.s. infantry unit. in all-black unit that served with the french army. they were served to the french army because they needed men and rifts --e americans refused to serve a lot of african-americans. it is told by world war i veteran himself or it -- himself. -- in aoys and up will platoon commander by lieutenant pratt. they're holding out a certain , it seems that we always had listened posts. >> if you don't know what a listen post was, it is nothing like korea or vietnam. the troops are hold in a trench. every night they have a post set up, maybe 200 or 300 feet from the main body in the trench. every night they put two men out there just to listen a