Speaking Truth to Power: Modern Lessons from an Historic Injustice
An epic struggle between truth and justice forever changed the lives of dozens of African-American soldiers stationed at Washington’s Fort Lawton. Charged with rioting and with the lynching of an Italian prisoner of war, the soldiers endured the largest and longest Army court-martial of World War II. More than six decades later, the discovery of formerly top secret documents in the National Archives led to an historic verdict reversal and an unprecedented apology from the U.S. Government. Based on his book On American Soil: How Justice Became a Tragedy of WWII, Hamann’s presentation is appropriate for teenage audiences and up. It has been particularly well-received by schools, colleges and universities, plus those with interest in military history, NW history, civil rights, legal history, black history and Italian-American history.
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 Seattle Jack Hamann is an author, documentary producer and journalist. His career spans 29 years, including a decade as a network correspondent and documentary producer for CNN and PBS. His work has earned dozens of journalism honors, including ten regional Emmy awards. Jack’s assignments have taken him inside a pen with wild wolves in Yellowstone National Park, inside a prison with convicted killers in Siberia, thirty miles offshore with fishermen chasing giant tuna in the North Atlantic, three miles above sea level with peasants battling blight in Peru, and miles from nowhere mushing a team of champion dogs in the Yukon. His book On American Soil: How Justice Became a Casualty of WWII was named Investigative Book of the Year in 2005 by Investigative Reporters & Editors, Inc. |
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