kent garrett and jeanne ellsworth are here with us today courtesy of tom and margaret mr. garrett graduated from harvard in 1963. he has had a 30 year emmy and peabody award-winning career in television news and documentaries. jeanne ellsworth has a nephd in social foundations of education from the university of buffalo and has devoted her life to teaching from elementary school to prisms, to universities. the authors live in roxbury new york. please give a warm savannah welcome avto kent garrett and jeanne ellsworth. [applause] thank you for inviting us. the book is called the last negroes at harvard , 61 years ago harvard admitted 18 negroes, that s what we were called then, we were the largest number at that time ever admitted to harvard. we were from all different parts of the country, north, south, east, west, we came e fr different economic and socioeconomic grounds and they had been admitting blacks to harvard but only two or three at a time, most guys would go do
[applause] thank you. good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us for this book talk. brick by brick, building hope and opportunity for women survivors everywhere, by karen sherman. what a powerful title, right? each word of the title has power within its own self, and i think that you will see that illuminated today during the conversation that karen will have with barbara. i m marjorie san, i m manager director at ascend at the as spend institute and it s my pleasure to step in for my boss, ann mosley, the executive director of asend and also a vice president at the as spend institute. u fortunately she had family emergency today and is nose able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. it was her honor to host the book talk because she has known karen as a very close friend for many, many years and if you know ann, you know that personal and professional relationships and commitments are really important to her. so only an emergency would have kept
good evening and welcome to hudson institute policy center. i m john walters, the chief operating officer and i like to welcome our audience here out of pennsylvania avenue headquarters and our c-span audience to our first ever podcast keeping, that is both live and marks the second season premiere of podcast of the second season of the realignment hosted by hudson media fellow marshall kosloff. we are proud of the realignment here at hudson. podcast launched last year and i recommend aspersion for those of you who have been following it that you take a look at the episodes from last year, particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh hawley, micah gallagher, michael doran and others. it s an excellent program partly because of the two people who put it together and their ability to bring up topics and to move the argument along. we couldn t be prouder of the work they have done and i want to thank them for that and we are happy to launch this year
each word of the title has power within its own self. i think you will see that illuminated today during a conversation that karen sherman will have with barbara. i am the managing director of the aspen institute and it is my pleasure to step in for my boss, and mosley, who is executive director and vice president at the aspen institute. unfortunately she had a family emergency and is not able to make it but she was heavily involved in the planning. it was her honor to host this booktalk because she has known karen sherman as a close friend for many many years. if you know her you know her personal and professional relationships and commitments are important to her. only an emergency would have kept her from opening this up. thank you for being here. i m not going to spend a lot of time on introductions because you have the bios in front of you and it is important to get into the conversation. i am honored to be able to introduce her because i ve known her work for a number o
everwhere. by karen sherman. what a title, right? each word of the title has meaning within itself and i think you will see that eliminated today during the conversation that karen will have with barbara. i am marjorie sims managing director at the aspen institute and sly pleasure to step in for my boss pam mosley who is the executive director of aspen and the vice president at the aspen institute. unfortunately she had a family emergency today and is not able to speak she was heavily involved in the planning and it was her honor to be able to host this book talk because she has been a very close friend for many years. if you know ann you know the personal relationships and commitments are very important to her so only in emergency would have kept her from opening this up. again thank you for being here and i m not going to spend a lot of time because you have the bios in front of you and i think it s important to get into the conversation that i am honored to be able to intr