Скачать или смотреть IMLS Visions of America Author Highlight: Matthew F. Delmont, Ph.D.

Matthew F. Delmont, who is the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History at Dartmouth College. A Guggenheim Fellow and expert on African American history and the history of civil rights, shares about his critically acclaimed and award-wining book, Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home and Abroad (Viking, 2022).

PBS Books and Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) are producing “Visions of America: All Stories, All People, All Places, " celebrating the 250th anniversary of our nation. This month’s conversation premiered on August 16 and commemorates the 75th anniversary of the desegregation of the Armed Forces. Led by IMLS Director Crosby Kemper, scholars Matthew Delmont, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Sammons, Ph.D. and Brigadier General Terry V. Williams will explore the important role that people of color played in the armed forces in American History. Watch this to gain further insights into the conversation.

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