A very one have calling of the all right. I going ahead and kicking things off. Thank you for coming to the violent in u. S. Politics panel. I think you will see this as a timely panel and a good time to put these topics into the context of a broader American History. I will start off by introducing our panel and then everyone will give an Opening Statement and we will start the conversation. Sitting right next to me is an assistant professor of history at Duke University who holds a phd in two from Duke University. Author of captives of liberty, which will be released this fall. In thepublished articles journal of the early republic, the journal of early American History. And he is working on a project provisionally titled, patrick henrys war. Kelly Carter Jackson is a 19th century historian at wellesley college. , out from University Pennsylvania press, provides the first historical analysis exclusively focused on the use of violence on black activists. Of coeditor and was featured i