[applause] good evening and welcome to the New York Historical society but im the New York Historical president and ceo and thrilled to see all of you this evening in our beautiful Robert H Smith auditorium. Tonights Program Gives me liberty, history of americas exceptional idea is a part of our Bernard Schwartz established Speaker Series and as always i k like to thank mr. Schwartz or his great generosity which is enabled us to bring so many fine speakers to this stage and i also want to thank all of our Chairman Council members who are in attendance as evening and to thankk you for your great suppot which enables us to do our work. Tonights program will last about one hour and it will include a question answer session but you should have received a note card and pencil as you entered the auditorium and this afternoon or this evening and it is not my colleagues going up and down the aisle with note cards and pencils in the note card will be collected later on in the program with your
Good evening everyone and welcome to the George Washington university. I am pleased to welcome you to tonights event presented in partnership with politics and prose bookstore and in the George Washington universities president distinguish event series, the third. We launch this last semester to give our students the opportunity here from renowned leaders, the individuals to bring illuminating dialogue insight and inspiration to our campus. In the heart of a nations capital, our universities fortunate to be surrounded by the many governmental nonprofit and International Agencies and organizations that make decisions that affect each of us every day. Our location here allows us to be part of those decisions. It allows our students access to the uniquely dc experiential learning opportunities. It allows our faculty to provide rigorous and high quality scholarship and research and informs policymaking and problemsolving. And it allows our a university o serve as a hub for timely discussio
Commack. We are here today to talk with Attorney Benjamin Crump about his new book, just off the presses, entitled open season. Crump needs little introduction to this audience and i will keep my instruction brief but hes a civil rights attorney, author, speaker who is known for resenting the families of trave on martin and Michael Brown in their respective cases and he is a frequent contributor to time magazine, served as the first africanamerican president of the federal Bar Association of the Northern District of florida and the first african mcintyre of the Florida State directors and has been featured in documentaries such as nprs how a lawyer got a nation talking about trave on martin and bets im trave on martin a family fight for justice. His work concerns the rights injustices for minority communities and for that he has received the a. K. A. Eleanor roosevelt naacp Thurgood Marshall award and the fcl sees Martin Luther king servant award. I am kenneth mack and the lawrence pro
Social activism and when you turn on the tv most of the channels are beating you with their propaganda and leftwing agenda and so forth. That is not freedom of the pre press, it is actually occurring outside of those, its on the internet for bloggers, newspeople all over the world. The difference between the modern media today and the Patriot Media that helps this country, the Patriot Media, the men with the printing press, 30 some newspapers, i was there. They were trying to fundamentally form government. They wanted to represent the government. Today the press is trying to fundamentally transform us in the Civil Society and the individual. That is opposed of what the press is supposed to be. When is the last time there was a leak to the New York Times that was helpful to the president of the united states, and never happens. When was the last time there was a next hos was negative two nany pelosi. It never happens, they beat this president and beat this president and the people that
Its where well be signing books. We were lucky enough, to have the journalist and author and cohost of the podcast. And he will be doing a brief q a with our author before eric will do a reading and then well open it up for questions. So about our author he was the director and researcher at the National Intelligence of science and path algae for the u. S. Intelligence community. Before joining nfa he is executive Vice President of disney imaginary. A phd neuroscientist. In an inventor with over seven patents and pending patents. His book includes brain, safari and tonights book is all substation. If everyone could give a round of apostle commack. Hi. Again thank you for coming. Thank you for showing up, we want to think diane for organizing this event along with kim peart who is here in spirit if not a person into the bookstore in los angeles. Ericas had an unbelievable literally and metaphorically career and for we get into this true story of spy craft which is an amazing book which