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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

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