[applause] thank you so much. Its great to be here at politics and prose again. This is the fifth installment of our race in america series. I want to thank politics and prose for the vision. A a lot of playings dont have the vision. This book store has set the tone for book stores round the nation to talk about such a sensitive issue, matters of race, and, yes, were authors, and we are people who are real and have dealt with this and written about it, and again issue want to thank politics and prose and cspan to think enough of the series to come out and cover. Dont get these kind of people in this kind of room without getting this kind of coverage. So i want to thank you all for being here tonight for our fifth installment i want you to feel free, feel welcome, feel at home, come to the microphone, and a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer, and i want to without further adieu introduce the great, great panel. Were do some bullet points on their career and i want to start
Warning to thank politics and prose and cspan for thinking inform of the series to cover. You dont gate these kind of people in this kind of room without getting the kind of coverage. Want to thank you for being here tonight for our fifth installment. I want you to feel free. Feel welcome, feel at home. Come to the microphone, ask a question, intelligent, civil, and we will answer, and i want to, without further adieu, introduce this great, great panel. Were going to do some work from their career, and well get into the discussion, and i will start off with someone who i have such respect for, such admiration, such love for, dr. Mary Frances Berry. She has a list of things she has done. She has been jailed for fighting against apartheid in south africa. The list goes on and on. She is also the author of the book, five dollars and a pork chop, from which and the corruption corruption in democracy. She has a new book coming out, history teaches us to [applause] next to dr. Mary francesbe
Sentences i want to read, and then i will introduce the panel. We come back this afternoon for our third and final panel. We have done this we have not done this when we held hearings for the past several attorney generals, but Ranking Member feinstein contacted me last week and made a special request for this panel. I am doing my best to conduct this proceeding fairly. We will hear from each witness for five minutes. We agreed that we will not ask any questions of the witness. We will adjourn when we have heard from the last witness. I would like to introduce the witnesses. Mr. Chairman, we know that the attorney general is responsible for protecting the civil and human rights of americans. That is why many are worried as you have seen in these hearings. Senator booker and congressman ands, they bring discussion in important question about the basic rights enshrined in the constitution. How we tried to form a more Perfect Union that continues with every generation. Congressman lewis h
Our constitution. We will look at why others have not worked. And of course the equal rights amendment was one of those that. Ed the test heard 1921, thetten in equal rights amendment was until 1972, when it was passed. It failed to achieve full ratification. As part of a series of program and cements comments, the National Archive created a National Conversation about equal rights at the National Archive in new york. [applause] located at the alexander monument in new york city. A series of panels which discuss rights, advocacy and action. Is required, and is available for the National Archive foundation. Now onto tonights program. It is my pleasure to introduce the executive director of the the National Womens program. Please join me in welcoming her. Good evening. It is wonderful to be here tonight. Lose realized there was 11,000 that had not passed. Was at the belmont hall. D to that. Getting use when president obama stopped by on april 12, he designated it a national monument. [ap