Richard brookhiser come Senior Editor of National Review, recounts Abraham Lincolns affinity for the Founding Fathers. This program from the New York Historical Society Newark city is about one hour. Save we are i absolutely thrilled to welcome back Richard Brookhiserpr to the New York Historical society. Il as you know he is renowned e historian author, Senior Editor of National Review aris well as a columnist for americannationa history. Review bledsoe is a columnist for american history. Before he served as a historian and curator for our spectacular institution for Alexander Hamilton also us receiver of the George Washington Alexander Hamilton and James Madison. His most recent book which was released last week as founders son a life of Abraham Lincoln and already getting wonderful reviews. Id like to ask before i invite him to the stage anything that makes noise like a cell phone is switched off now pleased when meet to welcome Richard Brookhiser to the stage. [applause] thanks. I
An idea whose time has come looks at the political battles involved in passing the Civil Rights Act, 50 years ago this summer and regarded as one of the most significant legislative achievements of the moment. Todd burnham spent years at the white house as Diplomatic Correspondent Dan Los Angeles bureau chief, now National Editor of vanity fair. And david ship hells waking from the dream tracks the history of the Movement Since the death of dr. King. David chappell is professor of modern American History, taught in arkansas, russia and upstate new york. Washington d. C. And policy work, in addition to waking from the dream he has written inside is of the Civil Rights Movement and prophetic religion in the death of jim crow. He has written numerous articles and essays so our format today i will start by asking a few questions for panelists to discuss and then we will switch to audience questions. Please go to the microphone in the middle. It 3 15 we will move to the activity building fo
Whose time has come, eyes on the prize, and waking from the dream this is just under an hour. Nowk festival, a discussion about the Civil Rights Movement with dave chapelle, and Juan Williams. Thank you all for coming. And share of the humanities department. I would just like to ask that you would all silence in the cell phones or other Electronic Devices of the panel is not disrupted. I want to start by acknowledging that yesterday was the 46th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther king. Would like to ask if we can all take a brief moment of silence in his honor. Thank you. We have an interesting array of books represented year. They cover a chronology of the Civil Rights Movement. I guess i will introduce them in sort of the order of the periods that they cover. Eyes on the price covers the Civilrights Movement from 1954 to 65 offering closeups of the struggles of many of the people who made up the movement. A contributor to fox news since 1997 and has worked for npr, a W
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Looks at the political battles involved in passing the Civil Rights Act, 50 years ago this summer and regarded as one of the most significant legislative achievements of the moment. Todd burnham spent years at the white house as Diplomatic Correspondent Dan Los Angeles bureau chief, now National Editor of vanity fair. And david ship hells waking from the dream tracks the history of the Movement Since the death of dr. King. David chappell is professor of modern American History, taught in arkansas, russia and upstate new york. Washington d. C. And policy work, in addition to waking from the dream he has written inside is of the Civil Rights Movement and prophetic religion in the death of jim crow. He has written numerous articles and essays so our format today i will start by asking a few questions for panelists to discuss and then we will switch to audience questions. Please go to the microphone in the middle. It 3 15 we will move to the activity building for the book signing. All the