Im president and ceo of the labor history center. Welcome to tonight living stone lecture. Before we get started i want you may have noticed a few cameras in the room. Please turn off all of your devices and also, if youre to ask a question at question time, everyone has to come to the microphone or theyll cut the entire session. Please do that if youre interested in answering questions. Were very excited about tonight s program. Its a pleasure to welcome tonight featuring journalist frances fitzgerald. This was made possible by the limousine foundation. Born in new york city and graduating from Radcliffe College she came of age as a journalist in the vietnam war era. In 1972 he published fire in the lake, the vietnamese and americans in vietnam. A history of vietnam and the United States military involvement in the country. The book was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, bancroft prize and a National Book award. She has since offered numeral critical works on American History and have appeared
Devices and also if youre going to ask a question, everybody has to come to a microphone or theyll cut the entire session. Please do that if youre interested in asking a question. Were very excited about science program. Its a pleasure to welcome tonights journalist and author francis ms. Gerald. Its made possible from the generation of the livingston foundation. Born in new york city and graduating from radcliffe college, she came of age as a journalist in the vietnam war era. In 1979 she published far in the lake, the vietnamese and american in vietnam. The history of vietnam in the United States military involvement in the country. The book was awarded a Pulitzer Prize, a bancroft prize and a National Book award. She has since authored numerous critically acclaimed works of American History and works of the puritan publications in the new yorker, and rolling stone. Tonight fitzgerald will discuss her recent book the evangelials the struggle to shake america. She traces the history o
Good afternoon. It is really quiet in here. We will have to do something about this. Im johnny taylor. The president and ceo of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. We share this with gallup. To our to welcome you home. I would like to start out before i tell you why we are here in turn it over to the panelists, is to introduce a very special person. There are a whole bunch of special people. But a very special person here is the founder of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Please stand. I dont spend it a lot of time calling out people but at the end of the day we would not be here if it were not for her vision to create an organization that would really focus on the historical black. Ollege and educational we represent all of the community and our advocacy efforts, scholarship, programs, Capacity Building and the like. I cannot thank you enough for having the vision. It is wonderful that we can look to the person who founded the organization and they are
This morning and next up here on cspan a look at the supreme courts landmark brown v. Board of education ruling, ending segregation in Public Schools, may 18 was the 63rd anniversary of that ruling. Educators and historians this week examined the impact of the decision. This three and a half hour forum is hosted by the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Good afternoon. I am its kind of quiet in here. Looks like i walked in and i felt i was at a funeral. We have to do something about this. Were going to the body is not here. You know it was really somber and everything. Id like to welcome you. My name is johnny taylor. Im the president and c. E. O. Of the Thurgood Marshall college fund. Welcome to our headquarters. This is home for us. We share this building with gallop, our partner in the work were going to be embarking upon over the next several years. But we just want to welcome you to our home. Id like to start off, though, before i tell you why were here and turn it over to the paneli