If i could have your attention please, we will get started. Thank you everyone. I am only please were all here. I am the president of the Manhattan Institute. Thank you. [applause] its a pleasure for me to introduce jason riley today. As most of you jason is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a regular columnist for the wall street journal and a commentator for fox news. In his new book false black power jason offers a critique of civil rights leaders and their prioritization of pure political power in which he argues its failed to produce significant results revkin americans. The book includes thoughtful responses to jasons arguments from two leading black intellectuals John Mcwhorter in glen lowry. Its a slender book but it packs a powerful punch. One blogger note of what makes this book shine is the clarity of its logic and accessibility of its writing style. Just as fred astaire made it look easy to dance with israelis mastery or elegance so natural that it seems effort