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Giving History a Voice
This interview is with Zhion Hammonds, 11th grade, eStem Public Charter School, reflecting on what he learned from the 1918 statement by James Lucky about the experience of African American soldiers during WWI and what he learned about making the podcast that he can share with other students
Creator: Zhion Hammonds, 11th grade, eStem Public Charter School, Little Rock, AR
Interviewer: George West, Education Coordinator, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
This 1918 statement memo from James Lucky, cook, 11th Company, 3rd receiving Battalion, 162d Depot Brigade, U.S. Army, describes an attack of a white soldier on an black military police officer who was in transit through Alexandria, Louisiana with a prisoner. The statement was written at Camp Pike, AR.
Creator: James Lucky, cook, 11th Company, 3rd receiving Battalion, 162d Depot Brigade, U.S. Army
Student narrator: Zhion Hammonds, 11th grade, eStem Public Charter School, Little Rock, AR
This interview is with Alex Crawford, 11th grade, Little Rock Central High School, reflecting on what he learned from the 1918 memo from Emmett Scott, the special adviser of black affairs to the U.S. Secretary of War, about the experience of African American soldiers during WWI and what he learned about making the podcast that he can share with other students.
Creator: Alex Crawford, 11th grade, Little Rock Central High School
Interviewer: George West, Education Coordinator, Butler Center for Arkansas Studies
This 1918 letter from Emmett Scott, the special advisor of black affairs to the U.S. Secretary of War, to the Morale Section of the U.S. Military Intelligence Bureau describes unpleasant public relations, especially among African American civilians, following an attack of a white soldier on a black military police officer who was in transit through Alexandria, Louisiana with a prisoner.
Creator: Emmett Jay Scott, Special Adjutant to the Secretary of War, United States
Student narrator: Alex Crawford, 11th grade, Little Rock Central High School
