Well, okay. Well, thank you very much again. And thank again. Its an honor to be the kennedy lecture. And here. Is well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of all of us involved with Andrew Jackson hermitage, its my pleasure to welcome you, to our seventh president home. Im Howard Kittell president and ceo of the Andrew Jackson foundation. Today, there are few americans who are not in some way grappling with our nations history of slavery, how it shaped our countrys formation from the colonial era up to the present and how it impacts our lives today, however, its virtually impossible to come to grips with that topic of slavery in america without understanding the laws that both permitted and shaped the practice. Just as we see elements of ourselves in our ancestors. So our legal, economic and social system are rooted in the laws that surround it too, surrounded slavery. And fostered it. Professor sharfstein is the at worksafe. Mr. Page here. Apologies tonight. We are honored
Witnesses. Just because my own story touches on everything these three write about, i recommend all the books. Theyre wonderful. I and ellie native, which is something that does not surprise people as much as it used to, but my family came from the louisiana, from new orleans. My father came in 1942 during the war, and this kind of to margarets book. My family did not talk a whole lot about what happened in the south. You just did not hear a lot. I put it together over the course of my life, really. As an essayist, i always tried to sort of dove right i dont know write about the history of black folk and about my own individual life, which is very hard to do. I think im still trying to put those pieces together, so all these books speak to that effort, i think, by black people to continue to do that. We are in the era of black lives matter, which is the same campaign we have been running for a very long time. I think of dr. King in 1968. His last campaign for the sanitation workers in
you burned me. with people in east palestine, ohio, angry and afraid after the toxic train derailment, donald trump offers them trump brand water and cultural grievance. pete buttigieg called on the former president to reverse the safety regulations put in place by his administration. secretary buttigieg will join me in a moment. also, new evidence the right knew it was all a lie. as arizona s former attorney general buried a record refuting election fraud claims. and garrison hayes is here. you know him from his tiblth series, forgotten black history. tonight, he is bringing us some kick ass black history. we begin the reidout tonight with east palestine, ohio, where we heard directly from federal officials today about what caused the toxic train derailment there three weeks ago. the chair of the national transportation safety board did not hold back. but i can tell you this much. this was 100% preventable. we call things accidents. there is no accident. the ntsb
Of jim crow, Charles Hamilton houston and the to brown versus board of education. 1954. So today well talk a little bit about this major figure africanamerican history. Charles houston, whos really important because he uses american law to dismantle the legal structure, the system that supports and upholds racial segregation in america. Hes a phenomenal person. Most people dont know him, but theyre more familiar with his students. And well talk or ill just mention some of those individuals like thurgood marshall, First Supreme Court justice, as well, as pauli murray, who helped write the brief that leads to weve come to know today is title nine legislation and Constance Baker motley william hastily other individuals. That are associated with houston and the Howard University school of law houston is significant among other things, hes responsible for creating what becomes known as the civil rights lawyer is group and cadre of individuals that will use american constitutional law to fun
Of jim crow, Charles Hamilton houston and the to brown versus board of education. 1954. So today well talk a little bit about this major figure africanamerican history. Charles houston, whos really important because he uses american law to dismantle the legal structure, the system that supports and upholds racial segregation in america. Hes a phenomenal person. Most people dont know him, but theyre more familiar with his students. And well talk or ill just mention some of those individuals like thurgood marshall, First Supreme Court justice, as well, as pauli murray, who helped write the brief that leads to weve come to know today is title nine legislation and Constance Baker motley william hastily other individuals. That are associated with houston and the Howard University school of law houston is significant among other things, hes responsible for creating what becomes known as the civil rights lawyer is group and cadre of individuals that will use american constitutional law to fun