Whos endowed that chair . Guest it was not russell kirk. [laughter] that was endowed by a family whos passed away, unfortunately, the briggs out of colorado and a number of other donors as well. Kirk used to teach classics at the university of coloradoboulder during the summers back in the 70s and 80s, and a lot of money in colorado, and these people really liked kirk, so they endowed that. Very, very gracious of them. Host the book, russell kirk american conservative. Thanks for your time. Guest thanks, peter, very much. And next up on booktv, Bradley Birzer receives this years paolucci book award sponsored by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and is awarded annually to a Nonfiction Book that, according to the sponsors, advances conservative principles. Ladies and gentlemen, if i can get your attention, please. [inaudible conversations] if i can get your attention. Thank you. I know some of you still have your dessert and coffee and, please, i encourage you to and continue eating.
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Tonights event is going to be a doubleclick event. Talking about confronting, but also the revolutionary life of paul robison. His birthday was actually a week ago. This guy, horne is a brilliant scholar, brilliant historian and i want you to give a round of applause and welcome him here. [applause] all night, all day. We are going to be fighting for freddie gray. All night, all day, we are going to be fighting for freddie gray. First of all, let me say that its an honor and pleasure to be back here to read and not. I was here months ago to introduce two other new books that ive written and i can iterate to be quite an honor that theyve invited me back again. For those who may not be familiar, freddie gray was the young black man who had a fatal encounter with the police in the city of baltimore. And he is in a long list of such young but people who have had fatal encounters with the authorities. Im thinking of khmer rice in cleveland and eric garner in staten island, new york and Mich