Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the National Constitution center on Constitution Day the most exciting day of the year. The National Constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congress to disseminate information about the u. S. Constitution on a nonpartisan basis and this really is a remarkable day because we have first evolved a tremendous honor of a visit by Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer. [applause] Justice Breyer among as many distinctions and many books that he has written including when we are going to talk about today is a member of the National Constitution center scholarly advisory board. He he stenciled the crease to this Beautiful National treasure which was founded during the bicentennial to bring together people of different perspectives to learn about the constitution and to celebrate it and thanks to his inspiration and the guidance of others today we are thrilled to announce the launch of a new interactive constitution that you see behind
Host is great to see you tonight. We have got a lot to talk about today and not much time to do so so lets get right into it. You have a wonderful new book out called fracture. Congratulations to you. I read it over the weekend and is just a fantastic read, a wonderful read. I think its a mustread for anybody who loves history and politics who cares about Race Relations in america and maybe who just wants to know who the next president is going to be. Tell us what caused you to write it and what motivated you and what did you hope to accomplish . Guest first of all thanks for having me. I appreciate the opportunity and when i first started thinking about this book it was in 2013 and that of course was a big Year Anniversary of the march on washington in 2013, 2014 and 2015. I wanted to write a book about what it means to have the first black president what thats meant to the country and what its meant to racial fallout and i thought maybe i will write about the republican reaction to o