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Jack Hamann
Jack Hamann
Jack Hamann is an author, documentary producer, and journalist, with a career spanning 30 years, including a decade as a network correspondent and documentary producer for CNN and PBS. His work has earned him dozens of journalism honors, including 10 regional Emmys. Jack’s assignments have taken him 30 miles offshore with fishermen chasing giant tuna in the North Atlantic, three miles above sea level with peasants battling blight in Peru, miles from nowhere mushing a team of champion dogs in the Yukon, into a pen with wild wolves in Yellowstone National Park, and inside a prison with convicted killers in Siberia. 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.
Speaking Truth to Power: Modern Lessons from a Historic Injustice at Seattle’s Fort Lawton
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 explores both events as they occurred as well as the unprecedented revisions and apologies that resulted.
Contact Jack at (206) 369-2425 or by email. He currently lives in Seattle, WA.
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