It. He recounts the life of abolitionist thomas who bought his own freedom, helped hundreds of others escape in washington. Baltimore and the underground railroad flee north also tells, the story of the baltimore slave trader, hope slaughter, who shaped who shipped hundreds of south from the inner harbor, often them from their families forever. This evening, the author will be joined in conversation by journalist Michael Fletcher scott shane is a former for the New York Times and Baltimore Sun. He is the author of objective troy a terrorist, a president and rise of the drone in dismantling utopia how information ended the soviet union. Michael is a Senior Writer with espns enterprise, an investigative team. He formerly reporter for espns the undefeated and the washington post. He is a coauthor of supreme discomfort the divided soul of clarence thomas. In his review of the book the washington post, richard, who wrote flee north, a gripping story, told at a brisk pace in a no fuss prose
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Good evening. Welcome to the boston public local history lecture series. As part our program, we want to read the following statement to bring attention to the land we use for our buildings and events, we acknowledge that the Boston Public Librarys Central Library stands on land that was once a water ecosystem, providing sustenance for the indigenous massachusetts people and as a place which has served as a site of meeting an exchange nations, we are to land acknowledgments for all locations which we operate. We reaffirm this commitment to set the context, planning, deliberations and Public Engagement which will take place in the spirit of welcome and respect. Found in our motto free to all tonight. We are very pleased to have Stephanie Schorow here to talk her book, the great boston fire the inferno that nearly incinerated the city Stephanie Schorow is a journalist, writing instructor and, the author of eight nonfiction books, a variety of topics in boston history. They include the Co
Scott shane to the library. His latest book, flee north a forgotten hero in the fight for freedom, slavery, borderland in it. He recounts the life of abolitionist thomas who bought his own freedom, helped hundreds of others escape in washington. Baltimore and the underground railroad flee north also tells, the story of the baltimore slave trader, hope slaughter, who shaped who shipped hundreds of south from the inner harbor, often them from their families forever. This evening, the author will be joined in conversation by journalist Michael Fletcher scott shane is a former for the New York Times and Baltimore Sun. He is the author of objective troy a terrorist, a president and rise of the drone in dismantling utopia how information ended the soviet union. Michael is a Senior Writer with espns enterprise, an investigative team. He formerly reporter for espns the undefeated and the washington post. He is a coauthor of supreme discomfort the divided soul of clarence thomas. In his review
verdict came along and we made some emergency arrangements. here in boston. to get into this coverage tonight. we have lisa birnbach joining us, as the first guest tonight, as you know, she is e. jean carroll s best friend and the most supportive witness that e. jean carroll had in the trial. she s the very first person who heard e. jean carroll s story. that very day. minutes after it happened. when she had that encounter with donald trump. and you know, lisa burn box testimony about this, i think should so much light into the ways in which victims of sexual assault often have a hard time grappling with what they just went through. and lisa birnbach did, i think the whole country a service. by helping illustrate the confusion and the denial that a lot of sexual victims feel in those first moments after an assault. it s gonna be really important guest to hear from tonight, lawrence, it s great to have her. yeah, alex, last night, on this program, we hand harvard law profe