Good evening, [inaudible] [applause] to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. She is the author of the colfax massacre. [inaudible] [inaudible] please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. [applause] thank you everybody. Forgive me for remaining seated. Im going to tell you what happened to me. I know you want to know how i broke my legs. They sideswiped me. I feel very lucky to be here at all. Now im going to tell you a story about the civil war and afterwards all i can remember is on the lady who a [laughter] what can i say, thats my story. Ive been traveling and one thing about my book is theres a lot of local history and their s, stories that happen in different places. This is not where much of the action takes place. Seeing how about how to organize this talk make me recognize a certain pattern to the geography of the civil war and the whole radical movement. Which in my story get
Booktv. Org. Now we kick off the weekend with historian Leeanna Keith who looks at the origins of the Republican Party. [inaudible conversations] good evening. Cspan is here, so thats why our lights are super bright. Welcome, my name is kate whitman, and i am the Vice President of community engagement, and im delighted to have you all here. Tonights presentation is a livingston lecture made possible through generous funding of the livingston foundation. Please join me in thank them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for thissen evening who will tell you why she is sitting down like this. Leeanna keith teaches history at the Collegiate School for boys in new york city. Shes the author of the colfax massacre, untold story of black power. And most recently [inaudible] she joins us to discuss tonight. Kirkus review, which is an industry publication, a wellresearched, denselydetailed account [inaudible] planted the roots for the civil rights movement. And then [inaudible] Importan
Tonights presentation please join me in thanking them. [applause] and now to introduce our speaker for this evening who will tell you, Leeanna Keith is at the Collegiate School for boys in your city she is author of the untold story of the glass tower and most recently present article of the civil war the publication had this to say, sense of detailed accounts radicals and republicans at the roots for the civil rights movement. And socalled radical republicans. [inaudible] mainstream american and during the civil war. Please join me in welcoming Leeanna Keith. Cement thanks everybody to please forgive me for remaining seated. I just wanted tell you what happened to me i know you you want to hide broke my leg, which is a cement mixer pulled up beside me and sideswipe me and so i feel very lucky to be here at all. And i will be fine. So now im going to tell you the story about the civil war and after words all youre going to remember is i am that lady got hit by the symmetric. [laughter]