Historians. Lets give him a big hand. [ applause ] id also like to recognize and thank three extraordinary Trustees Board chair, pam shafler and rick reese and susan danalo with us tonight. Give them a big hand as well. [ applause ] and we also want to thank our Chairmans Council and Frederick Douglas Council Members who are with us tonight for all their great work and support. One more hand. Thank you. So the program tonight will last an hour and include a question and answer session and q and a is conducted via note cards. You should have received a note card and pencil. If not the staff are walking up and down the aisle and have cards and pencils to hand out. Let them know and later on in the program we will be answering collecting the cards and answering your questions. We are thrilled to welcome Randall Kennedy back to the New York Historical society. Hes the Michael R Klein professor at Harvard Law School where he teaches courses on contracts and criminal law and regulation of Ra
Hes the author of the forthcoming book. The New York Historical society hosted this hour long event. Good evening. Im dale gregory. Vice president for Public Programs and im thrilled to welcome you to our spectacular Robert H Smith auditorium. Tonights program, the First Amendment, the constitution on campus is part the bernard and schwartz distinguished Speaker Series which is the heart of the Public Programs. I would like to thank mr. Schwartz for his support to invite so many authors and historians. Lets give him a big hand. [ applause ] id also like to recognize and thank three extraordinary Trustees Board chair, pam shafler and rick reese and susan danalo with us tonight. Give them a big hand as well. [ applause ] and we also want to thank our Chairmans Council and Frederick Douglas Council Members who are with us tonight for all their great work and support. One more hand. Thank you. So the program tonight will last an hour and include a question and answer session and q and a is