Matts parents, tim and debbie because cello, who are tim and debbie costello, and his wife. Sophia and theodore are at home. Wonderful kids. I would like to also welcome are welcome the members of our board of directors who are with us tonight. We have ann stock. [applause] and bob mcgee. [applause] and two are en route, Anita Mcbride and gail west. Both will be with us tonight. Steve strong is the national cochair of our white house, National Council on white house history. He and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. This is one of our most important groups here at the White House Historical association. Their support, their encouragement, their inspiration , their wisdom really puts the wind in the sales of so much of what we do. We are grateful to have you with us here tonight, steve. The program tonight, dr. Matt castillo costello is going to share with us about his brandnew book hot off the presses. This is the first time we are making it available. We are very proud of proud
You chose to be with us. I would like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. Matts parents, tim and debbie costello, and his wife. Sophia and theodore are at home. Wonderful kids. I would like to also welcome are members of the board of directors who are with us. Ann stock. [applause] and bob mcgee. [applause] and two are en route, Anita Mcbride and gail west. Both will be with us tonight. Steve strong is the national cochair of our white house, National Council on white house history. He and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. This is one of our most important groups here at the White House Historical association. Their support, their encouragement, their inspiration and their wisdom really puts the wind in the sales of so much of what we do. We are grateful to have you with us here tonight, steve. The program tonight, dr. Matt costello, is going to share with us about his brandnew book hot off the presses. This is the first time we are making it
Chose to be with us tonight. I would like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. Parents are here with us tonight and his wife, kristin, who is here tonight. In my book the two most important costellos are at home. Their wonderful kids. I would like to welcome the members of the board of directors. Stock and we will give her a hand. [applause] bob mcgee. [applause] mcbrideave two, anita and gail west, who will be a little late. Steve strong is the national cochair of our National Council on what has history. He and his wife are here tonight. This is one of our most important groups at the White House Historical association. Their support, encouragement, inspiration, really put the winds in the sales of so many sails of so many. The program tonight, dr. Matt costello will share about his brandnew book and this is the first time we are making it available. We are proud of him as one of our historians here. He has been with us how long has event . Dr. Cost
And of course, we read a few of the letters that he sent home when he was traveling in 1959, as well as in 1964 in africa as well as the middle east. As well as a few speeches that he made. One in 1959 and another in 1965 before he was killed. That really sort of talked about his viewpoints on africa. And then also a very critical interview that he gave when he attended the organizational organization of African Unity conference in in late july of 1964. In which he sort of discussed his strategy and the reason why he came to that conference and was appealing to these african heads of state. So hopefully, everyones read and and listened to these speeches. And so we can really sort of get a sense of of malcolm xs viewpoints on africa. But really, i mean, i think in order for us to really understand why malcolm expressed some of the things he did in these in these letters. Because in many ways, we see that hes sort of arguing against particular ideas within the black community that were w
I would like to welcome our friends who are joining us by cspan and those who are here with us tonight who are the really smart people in ashington because you have chosen to be above the nationals game and about the president ial debate. Were glad you chose to be with us tonight. Id like to acknowledge some very important people who are with us this evening. Matts parents tim and Debbie Costello who are here with us tonight and his wife kristen who is here tonight. And of course, in my book, the two most important costello are sofia and theodore. And theyre at hope. They can come next time. Theyre matt and kristens wonderful little kids. Id also like to welcome the members of our board of director who are with us tonight. We have anne stock. Give anne a hand. [applause] and bob mcgee. And we have two that are enroute, Anita Mcbride and gayle west. Both will be a little bit late. But will be with us tonight. Steve restaurant is the national cochair of the white house our National Counc