Commack. We are here today to talk with Attorney Benjamin Crump about his new book, just off the presses, entitled open season. Crump needs little introduction to this audience and i will keep my instruction brief but hes a civil rights attorney, author, speaker who is known for resenting the families of trave on martin and Michael Brown in their respective cases and he is a frequent contributor to time magazine, served as the first africanamerican president of the federal Bar Association of the Northern District of florida and the first african mcintyre of the Florida State directors and has been featured in documentaries such as nprs how a lawyer got a nation talking about trave on martin and bets im trave on martin a family fight for justice. His work concerns the rights injustices for minority communities and for that he has received the a. K. A. Eleanor roosevelt naacp Thurgood Marshall award and the fcl sees Martin Luther king servant award. I am kenneth mack and the lawrence pro
[applause] where he will, we are here today to talk with attorney benjamin about his new book, just off the press, titled open season, legalize genocide of colored people. Somebody who needs very little introduction to this audience, i will keep my introduction brief, hes a civil rights attorney, author and speaker who is known for representing the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown in their respective cases, hes a frequent contributor to time magazine, first africanamerican chair board of law of directors, featured in documentaries as nprs, how a lawyer got a nation talking about Trayvon Martin and bets i am Trayvon Martins fight for justice, justice for minority communities and for that he has received the aka Eleanor Roosevelt award, ncaap Thurgood Marshal award and Michael Luther servant award. Im kenneth mack, representing the right, civil rights lawyer among other works and we are here to talk, format today is, i think we are going to allow mr. Crump 15 minutes and stor
What else. Well, okay. Well, thank you very much again. And thank again. Its an honor to be the kennedy lecture. And here. Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of all of us involved with Andrew Jackson hermitage, its my pleasure to welcome you, to our seventh president home. Im Howard Kittell president and ceo of the Andrew Jackson foundation. Today, there are few americans who are not in some way grappling with our nations history of slavery, how it shaped our countrys formation from the colonial era up to the present and how it impacts our lives today, however, its virtually impossible to come to grips with that topic of slavery in america without understanding the laws that both permitted and shaped the practice. Just as we see elements of ourselves in our ancestors. So our legal, economic and social system are rooted in the laws that surround it too, surrounded slavery. And fostered it. Professor sharfstein is the at worksafe. Mr. Page here. Apologies tonight. We are
What else. Well, okay. Well, thank you very much again. And thank again. Its an honor to be the kennedy lecture. And here. Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of all of us involved with Andrew Jackson hermitage, its my pleasure to welcome you, to our seventh president home. Im Howard Kittell president and ceo of the Andrew Jackson foundation. Today, there are few americans who are not in some way grappling with our nations history of slavery, how it shaped our countrys formation from the colonial era up to the present and how it impacts our lives today, however, its virtually impossible to come to grips with that topic of slavery in america without understanding the laws that both permitted and shaped the practice. Just as we see elements of ourselves in our ancestors. So our legal, economic and social system are rooted in the laws that surround it too, surrounded slavery. And fostered it. Professor sharfstein is the at worksafe. Mr. Page here. Apologies tonight. We are
Well, okay. Well, thank you very much again. And thank again. Its an honor to be the kennedy lecture. And here. Is well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of all of us involved with Andrew Jackson hermitage, its my pleasure to welcome you, to our seventh president home. Im Howard Kittell president and ceo of the Andrew Jackson foundation. Today, there are few americans who are not in some way grappling with our nations history of slavery, how it shaped our countrys formation from the colonial era up to the present and how it impacts our lives today, however, its virtually impossible to come to grips with that topic of slavery in america without understanding the laws that both permitted and shaped the practice. Just as we see elements of ourselves in our ancestors. So our legal, economic and social system are rooted in the laws that surround it too, surrounded slavery. And fostered it. Professor sharfstein is the at worksafe. Mr. Page here. Apologies tonight. We are honored