historical society. i am president and ceo. i am thrilled to see all of you here in our beautiful auditorium this morning. is frederickm douglass, abraham lincoln and emancipation, is the president bill clinton historical lecture. i would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, bernard schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our public programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. one of our panelists. i would take this opportunity to say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at new york historical. i want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our frederick douglass counsel. of course, welcome all members who have joined up today. dachshund joined us joined us today. [applause] and i want to recognize a long-standing and very special friend of new york historical, eric rudin, who has joined us this morning. than
schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david light david light. david blight. laura to recognize washington and mercedes franklin , who are cochairs of our frankly frederick douglas counsel. members who all have joined us today. i want to recognize a long-standing and special friend of new york historical who has joined us this morning. enke for everything that you and your family have done for this institution. thank you. will lastng s program about an hour and a half and it will include austin and answer session. you should have received a note card and a pencil as you entered this morning. if not, my colleagues are going up and down the aisles no cards and pencils. the notecards will be collected later on in the program. signingll be a book following the program this morning. it will take place right outside these central doo
douglass, abraham lincoln and emancipation. i would like to thank our great trustee and benefactor, arnold bernard schwartz, for his generosity and making this event and many of our programs possible. [applause] i would also like to recognize and thank one of our trustees who has joined us today, david blight. i want to say how proud we are to count david among our trustees at new york historical. i want to recognize laura washington and mercedes franklin, who are cochairs of our frederick douglass counsel. welcome all members who have joined up today. [applause] recognize ao long-standing and very special friend of new york historical , eric rudin who has joined us , this morning. thank eric for all he and his family have done over a very long time at this institution. thank you. this morning s program will last about an hour and a half and it will include a question and answer session. you should have received a note card and a pencil as you entered the auditorium this m
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