04/22/2026
We did not simulcast our Journal-isms Roundtable last night on "Race and the Military," but you can watch it here
What people of color have done for the military: Does Pete Hegseth Know What He’s Talking About?
Our panelists:
Emil Guillermo, columnist who has written about Asian Americans in the military
Leslie M. Harris, history professor, Northwestern University, who dissected Black participation in the American Revolution last year for the Boston Globe.
Jesse W. Lewis Jr., who covered the war in Vietnam for the Washington Post from December 1966 to late April 1967 and wrote a three-part series on the Black GI.
Ron Nixon, longtime journalist and Marine Corps veteran, board member of Military Veterans in Journalism.
Cheryl W. Thompson, investigative correspondent for National Public Radio, associate professor of journalism at George Washington University and author of the recently published
“Forgotten Souls: The Search for the Lost Tuskegee Airmen.” (Her dad was one.)
Also in the room:
Le’Trice Donaldson, assistant professor at Auburn University, founder of the Society of Black Military Studies, the first academic organization on the topic.
Sharyn Flanagan, formerly USA Today and Philadelphia Tribune, co-founder, Military Reporters and Editors
Jason Harper, director of the documentary “Soul Patrol” — a film about the first and only Black special operations team in Vietnam.
Erik Slavin, editor in chief, Stars and Stripes
. . among others
Journal-isms Roundtable, April 21, 2026 -- Race and the Military
