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
Midst to talk about the shop. But first i want to talk about richard bell, scholar, beautiful writer. This book really jumps in with his incredibly human picture of a young by, and from that moment i knew that i was in sure creative hands but he is a remarkable scholar. Educated at cambridge harvard, moved professor at the university of maryland, has won one of the major awards and if theres a round of applause it is for people who are educating the next generation of historical people to have a sense of history and what it means as human beings in the world but also particularly as americans, and somewhere from wells is dedicated to helping us mine that history. He is a 2017 public scholar after the National Endowment for the humanities. And has had fellowships from the Huntington Library in california to cambridge in england and everywhere in between, yale and the library of congress. So this is a mind we want sort of tilling the soil of americas past and helping us come to under and
It started as niger history week and of course has expanded to black History Month. We would like to thank our sponsors, they include prince georges truth branch, usa today and the law and policy group. We would also like to thank all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year 2019 especially for many reasons, and we will explore those reasons into parts, part one, will talk about the theme for black History Month this year and that is black immigration, our president also includes a panel of scholars who will like in this occasion with their expertise on the 400 years of African American perseverance and resilience triggered from that arrival in 60 19. First if we have her here, we are looking for the president of the National Press club, Alison Fitzgerald kodiak who will come to give welcome in a few minutes. We are also honored to have the presence of the founding director of the African American museum of history and culture and also a ray of light. Than
Thank you again for joining us here for black History Month. Now, the association for the study of africanamerican life and history was founded by dr. Carter godwin woodson. It started as negro history week and now of course has been expanded to black History Month. We would like to thank our sponsors. They include the prince georges truth branch, usa today, and the law and policy group. We would also like to thank all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year 2019 is special for many reasons, and we will explore those reasons in two parts. Part one will talk about the theme for black History Month this year, and that is black migrations. Our press event also includes a panel of scholars who enlightened this occasion with their expertise on the 400 years of africanamerican perseverance and resilience triggered from that arrival of 20 africans in 1619. But first, if we have her here, were looking for the president of the National Press club, Allison Fitzgera
Truth branch of asalah, usa today, and the law and policy group. We would also like to thank all of those people who make black history happen all year round. The year 2019 is special for many reasons, and we will explore those reasons in two parts. Part one will talk about the theme for black History Month this year, and that is black migrations. Our press event also includes a panel of scholars who enlightened this occasion with their expertise on the 400 years of africanamerican perseverance and resilience triggered from that arrival of 20 africans in 1619. But first, if we have her here, were looking for the president of the National Press club, Allison Fitzgerald cojack, who will come go get her who will come to give welcome in a few minutes. We are also honored to have the presence of dr. Lonnie g. Bunch iii, the founding director of the National Museum of africanAmerican History and culture and also a centennial ray of light. Thank you. Thank you, dr. Bunch. Thank you for your o