Part of your week. I would also like to thank Jared Hardesty for traveling across country to be with us tonight. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cant be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society and their board of directors who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker. Abigails rich history in this region inspires us every day. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on its history to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero at 181 north street. Benjamin lincoln received the british sword of vendor at yorktown, or as we like to tell our visiting school children, thats Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. Featured so prominently in trumbles painting in the rotunda of the u. S.
Thank you all for making us a part of your week. I would like excuse me. I would like to thank cspan for filming us so that others who cannot be with us tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the abaco atoms Historical Society and their board of directors, who offered us this wonderful opportunity to partner with them as we did last year with their speaker, edith. Abigails rich history in this region inspires as everyday. Thank you. The hingham Historical Society is focused like never before on his history, to understand all voices. We currently are in the midst of a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house, which is our effort to purchase the home of hinghams American Revolutionary war hero. Benjamin lincoln received the british surrender at yorktown. Or as we like to tell schoolchildren, that is Benjamin Lincoln on the white horse. He is featured so prominently in the rotunda of the u. S. Capitol. Benjamin lincoln served hingham as a clerk, constable, and selectman. He a
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the New York Historical society. I am New York Historicals president and ceo. I am thrilled to see so many of you here in our beautiful robert h. Smith auditorium. An infamousogram, nazi rally, 1939, as part of our distinct speakers series. I would like to thank mr. Swartz for his generous for his generosity to bring so many speakers to this base. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank a number of trustees who joined us this evening. I would like to recognize our herr and thank pam for truly outstanding work on behalf of this institution. Ournt to depart from trustees to recognize pams husband scott. We had three programs this evening, and he has been to two of them. I would also like to recognize susan, andbin, slightly departing from our trustees, i want to recognize a great friend of this institution, the head of the carnegie foundation. He is known as president of brown, head of the public library, and all sorts of other things. He is
Good evening. My name is deirdre cross, director of the Public Programs at the national africanamerican s aim of history and culture and it is my pleasure to welcome all of you to this Wonderful Program and introduce these speakers in our discussion entitled historically speaking, Thurgood Marshall, a life and American History, evening with spencer crew and paul think of it. Paul finkelman. For those streaming the tag ision, our twitter historically speaking. We are also thrilled that this program will be broadcast through cspan book tv to be aired at a later date. Begin this compelling new biography, we are introduced to the constant battles for inequality faced by africanamericans through a study of Thurgood Marshalls extraordinary courage and his belief in the power of the law to change society. Thurgood marshall, a life in American History follows his career from his youth in baltimore, maryland, to his days. T Supreme Court justice his inspiring story illustrates how pervasive rac
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