between w.e.b. dubois. a conversation between the president of the u.s., woodrow wilson. a conversation with a young 28-year-old activist, randolph, from jacksonville, florida. says, 1980, in a magazine, -- 1918, in a magazine, which had been his sentiment for years before, african-americans should close ranks with their white brethren while this war lasts and fight. that was around the same time where president wilson goes before a joint session, congress, april 2, seven-page 10,ch we all remember, 9, 11 word phrase, we must fight to make the world safe for democracy. when african-americans hear that, they believe, because their citizens, third, fourth, fifth generation americans and the leading scholar, w.e.b. dubois is saying close ranks. most african-americans believed that. many of them will support the war. however, there is a third conversation going on. randolph, you see his quote "we would rather make o."rgia safe for the negr each one of those has an image. the image under then, kkk regalia -- so the image you see under randolph's quote and the image of the pres

they embody that argument of w.e.b. dubois and booker t. washington that these two men have been having. booker t. washington advocated for technical training and dubois for liberal arts training. and these women were walking the walk. they are less recognized than the men and they are very much equal to both of these men in the ways in which they were strategizing how to make life better for african-americans during a very difficult time. and so these three women are in this exhibition because they were not advocating for only suffrage, but they were advocating for other things outside the parameters of this single issue focus. african-american women were doing lots of activism, even though they were still excluded from the national american woman suffrage association, which the two factions we were talking about in the very beginning when in 1870, they have come back together in 1892, so they then move forward with great force and good strategy, so they're still doing the state by state strategy but also excluding african-americans the wh

are citizens they are third, fourth, and fifth generation americans, and the leading scholar, w.e.b. dubois is saying close ranks, most african-americans believe that. many of them will support the war. however, there is a third conversation going on. a. philip randolph when you walk into the exhibition you see his quote. we would rather make georgia safe for the negro. and each one of those has an image and an image under him is three individuals in k.k. k.k.k.regalia. >> you can hear more stories of african-american soldiers in world war ii tonight from a temporary exhibit in washington, d.c. as part of our museum week series featuring american history tv programs you'll find every weekend here on c-span3. enjoy our visit to the african-american museum tonight at 8:00 eastern and american history tv every weekend starting saturday mornings at 8:00 eastern. >>> recently the president of the campaign for

between w.e.b. dubois. a conversation between the president of the u.s., woodrow wilson.versation with a young 28-year-old activist, randolph, from jacksonville, florida. says, 1980, in a magazine, -- 1918, in a magazine, which had been his sentiment for years before, african-americans should close ranks with their white brethren while this war lasts and fight. that was around the same time where president wilson goes before a joint session, congress, april 2, seven-page 10,ch we all remember, 9, 11 word phrase, we must fight to make the world safe for democracy. when african-americans hear that, they believe, because their citizens, third, fourth, fifth generation americans and the leading scholar, w.e.b. dubois is saying close ranks. most african-americans believed that. many of them will support the war. however, there is a third conversation going on. randolph, you see his quote "we would rather make o."rgia safe for the negr each one of those has an image. the image under then, kkk regalia -- so the image you see under randolph's quote and the image of the president

period in this country after african-americans go, close ranks, put their grievances aside, as w.e.b. dubois said, and they go to fight to make the world safe for democracy, as the president said, juxtaposed against what randall said, they come back to a nation, 1919, bloodier than 1916, 1915, 1914. and that interpretation, we thought about, how do you make this red summer pop? a lot of us read about it in textbooks. exhibition tells the story, a picture is worth 1000 words. when you come here, you see those nearly 40 riots that happened throughout the country. most of them in the southeast. then you see this note at the bottom. 53 separate lynchings happened. during the red summer. how do you make it pop? we researched and identified 12 veterans who were lynched during the red summer and their names are on that graphic. there were veterans who were lynched in 1919 after world war i. i will tell the story one, i'm sorry, go ahead. >> tell the story, please. >> the last name on there is a guy namely were johnston, so when you come to the exhibition the 12th name is ali or johnston. he was fro

i trace the success from the early 1700's, great scholars such as w.e.b. dubois, being a scholar i also look at all of the work done in the negro college since its inception. right now i'm doing a book now on the relationship with success in america. basically, if we look at that algorithm, what are we talking about? as we have noticed some 35 or 40 years ago, the whole idea of looking at success and having a future is very, very important. i can remember bob's work in st. louis, i can remember us talking about, how do we really, really change what they call the inner cities? all black americans are not inner city blacks. i'm a fourth generation college graduate, fourth generation of success, how does that happen? the algorithm then is to concentrate on changing the narrative, first of all, about what america is about. as bob said, it is the inspiration. black america, it is inspiration of how we create institutions and organizations. it's very, very difficult, but different from detroit because of the black population. nashville is different than detroit because

they're citizens, they are third, fourth, and fifth generation americans, and the leading scholar, w.e.b. dubois is saying close ranks, most african-americans believed that, and many of them will support the war. however, there is a third conversation going on, and a. phil randolph, when you walk into the exhibition, you see his quote, we would rather make georgia safe for the negro, and each one of those has an image, and an image under him is of three individuals and a kkk regalia. >> you can hear more stories of african-american soldiers in world war ii, tonight at 8:00 eastern, from the temporary exhibit at the smithsonian's african-american history and culture museum in washington, d.c. it's part of our museum week series, featuring american history tv programs that you'll find every weekend here on c-span 3. enjoy our visit to the african-american museum, tonight at 8:00 eastern, and american history tv, every weekend, starting saturday mornings at 8:00 eastern. >>> u.s. g