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FTI on the Air African Americans in Defense of the Nation Part 2: Black History Month Podcast
FTI on the Air African Americans in Defense of the Nation Part 1: Black History Month Podcast
Book Interview with Iowa Civil Rights History Podcast with Host: Erick Nganyang. William engages in a conversation about his upcoming book, In Defense of the Nation, Black Iowans at War and sheds light on the experiences of Iowa’s black veterans and other black history subjects.
Black History is Everybody's History
Morris shines light on some of the outstanding facts of African American history that are rarely discussed. From African explorers arriving in the New World before Europeans to how Black history is connected with Spanish, European, Mexican, and Israeli history.
African Americans In Defense of the Nation
Morris gives a presentation on blacks in America's military. Outstanding military service and sacrifice have been the driving forces of freedom and equality for African Americans. It was the service of military veterans that formed the backbone of the abolitionist movement in colonial times, the building blocks of the Black middle class and essential to the civil rights movements.
Critical Race Theory
America has been politically and socially fractured by violence and extremism across the political spectrum over the last several years. Class, racial, and ideological strife have damaged the social contract and the very fabric of our nation and threatens to destroy America as we know it.
Juneteenth: A Texas Story
Juneteenth commemorates the date, June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers under the command of General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, made effective January 01, 1863. This event launched to progress and education of Black people across the nation.