Thank you for being here. Im yuval levin. Im a scholar here at the American Enterprise institute, and it is my great honor and pleasure to welcome all of you to aei for this special forum to mark the 60th anniversary of the march on washington. The march took place on august 28th of 1963, so were a little early marking the anniversary and we decide it to be a little early so that we could bring together people who will otherwise be scattered across a variety of events and celebrations this month. And as a result, we really do have an extraordinary lineup of sessions today looking at the march and its legacy and the broader Civil Rights Movement from a variety of angles, thinking about what it has to say to us now in ways that are both timeless and timely. Were going to hear from scholars, from journalists, from policy thinkers, from religious leaders. Some of them are colleagues here at aei, including our president , robert doar, who has a lifelong connection to the Civil Rights Moveme
You. Thank you all. It is really wonderful for us to have john and i back at the carter library. You know, it has just been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for the book, a book about jackie robinson. And thats been probably. Live seven or eight years since then. And whats really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book. His book just came out yesterday and do that here at the jimmy carter president ial library, which is really, i think, a great. This is his sixth book hes just written, as i said, about jackie robinson, lou gehrig, muhammad ali capone, as well as the foursome who really did the push to get the approval of the Birth Control pill. But the thing that the thing that you see jonathans writing is an immense amount of research that goes into it. And i think he by that naturally his dad was an accountant. So a stickler for details. And his mom was a Community Act of us. And so if you think about that and think about the sub
Please buy one. I think hell stick around for the next 15 or 20 minutes or so and sign books. Support human rights watch, support the palestinian film festival, support jvp, all the organized that are organizing around this issue, providing information, but also write your local elected and demand that they support a ceasefire thank you. Thank you all. It is really wonderful for us to have john and i back at the carter library. You know, it has just been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for the book, a book about jackie robinson. And thats been probably. Live seven or eight years since then. And whats really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book. His book just came out yesterday and do that here at the jimmy carter president ial library, which is really, i think, a great. This is his sixth book hes just written, as i said, about jackie robinson, lou gehrig, muhammad ali capone, as well as the foursome who really did the push to g
To. Do you want to add anything . I mean, its its sobering and sobering and i mean, the good news other day, some good news, i suppose is a very low bar. But durbin did step forward and call for a cease fire but the fact that so have not even done that. I mean your larger political analysis is of the situation there just call for a call for a cease fire at this seems to be a bottom. So i want to share something that share through others at on november 4th, the demonstration in washington, d. C. , and then segway to questions after that. So as people know, there was a massive mobilization in washington november 4th. Many some people this room may have gone. Many people know went and groups that i work with the rising Majority Movement for black lives, blacks for palestine and scholars for social justice were there and i offered a statement and some reflections that i want to share with you. And then we will open it up for questions. But its titled a black feminist statement of solidaire
Grieving. But that should not stop us from continuing to fight because it is not tenable. So thank you for coming out there are books in the back. Women and Children First great local bookstore selling nathans book. Please buy one. I think hell stick around for the next 15 or 20 minutes or so and sign books. Support human rights watch, support the palestinian film festival, support jvp, all the organized that are organizing around this issue, providing information, but also write your local elected and demand that they support a ceasefire thank you. Thank you all. It is really wonderful for us to have john and i back at the carter library. You know, it has just been several years since jonathan was here. He was here for the book, a book about jackie robinson. And thats been probably. Live seven or eight years since then. And whats really neat is that jonathan had decided to kick off his book tour for his new book. His book just came out yesterday and do that here at the jimmy carter pr