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VIRTUAL: Lecture: Forgotten:The Untold Story of D-Day

Title:VIRTUAL: Lecture: Forgotten:The Untold Story of D-Day
Date & Time:Fri Jun 4, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location:Virtual Only Event, Meeting or Activity
Meetings, events or activities that will be held exclusively online or via telephone conference.
Event Details:As part of the City of Alexandria’s 11th annual D-Day commemoration, Linda Hervieux, Paris-based American journalist, photographer and author of FORGOTTEN: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War, shares the story of D-Day’s only African-American combat soldiers, who were effectively written out of the history of the Normandy invasion. Tom Brokaw called FORGOTTEN "utterly compelling," and Douglas Brinkley said "all Americans should read" this battalion's journey through segregated Jim Crow America to unexpected freedom in Britain and France. Hervieux has lectured extensively on the African Americans of D-Day and World War II at Harvard, Princeton, Berkeley, the Imperial War Museum in London, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Sponsored by the Alexandria-Caen Sister City Committee.
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Fees:Free, but registration is required
Audience:Anyone may attend
Tags:Equity, Lecture, Lyceum, Museums, Sister Cities


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