Welcome Remarks for Forgotten Legacy: William McKinley, George Henry White, and the Struggle for Black Equality
Greetings from the National Archives. I’m David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States, and it s my pleasure to welcome you to today’s virtual book talk with Benjamin Justesen, author of
Forgotten Legacy.
Before we begin, though, I’d like to tell you about two upcoming programs you can view on our YouTube channel.
On Thursday, February 4, at 1 p.m., Alice Baumgartner will tell us about her new book,
South to Freedom. In the years before the Civil War, thousands of people in the south-central United States escaped slavery not by heading north, but by crossing the southern border into Mexico.