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Second sentence of the declaration of independence. We hold these truths to be selfevident that all men are crated equal, they are endowed by their crater with certain unalienable rights. Among these are life, liberty and the bridges of happiness. The pursuit of happiness. Uit of happiness. Governments are instituted among men. Whenever any form of government becomes detruktive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it and Institute New government, laying its f i expect...

Declaration of independence. How the document was written, revised and edited, and how later generations interpreted the declaration. This is 2 hours and 45 minutes. Good morpning, everybody. Its a pleasure to be here. Thank you so much for joining us. I want to start by thanking our hosts, the archives. Its been extraordinary, the way theyve jumped into supporting my effort to bring more attention to the question of how we read the declaration of independence and how we think about the diversit...

[applause] mayor coleman let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery a...

Particularly in the space upstairs. My name is matthew sitman, im an associate editor at commonweal magazine and im glad you could help us celebrate the release of phoebe bovy new book the perils of privilege why injustice cant be solved by accusing others of advantage. I wont give us too long in introductory matters, but for those of you not only with commonweal, were a 92 year old view of religion, edited by catholic laypeople and we have long encouraged difficult thorny conversations and disc...

Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, ov...

Details on that. Labour having a turbulent time in england, scotland and wales, parts thereof. Strong challenge from the snp. In wales theyve lost bridgend and merthyr tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swa nsea tydfil, keeping hold of cardiff, swansea and newport. In england theyve lost more than 100 councillors, many to the tories. Theyve won the male role contest in the Liverpool City Region. Lost the Liverpool City Region. Lost the mayoral contest. And it has been a terrible night for ukip, ov...

[inaudible discussion] order. Order. Hear, hear. Under the provisionofstanding order number 1a, im not required to ascertain whether john burko is willing to be chosen as speaker. I call mr. John burko. Hear, hear. Thank you, mr. Clark. What a pleasure it is to welcome you back to this place. Hear, hear. As you add the accolade of father of the house to the many achievements of your long and distinguished career. Next sunday, you will mark 47 Years Continuous Service to your constituency to this...

Cow asurka as bur speaker. This is 40 minutes. Order, order. Standing order number one a, ercowertain whether john bur is willing to be considered as speaker. Thank you, what a pleasure it is to welcome you back to this place. As you have the accolade of father of the house to your many achievements in your career, next sunday you will mark 47 service, to your constituency, this chamber and our country as a whole. You are held in great affection and esteem. On both sides of the house. That i spe...

Cow asurka as bur speaker. This is 40 minutes. Order, order. Standing order number one a, ercowertain whether john bur is willing to be considered as speaker. Thank you, what a pleasure it is to welcome you back to this place. As you have the accolade of father of the house to your many achievements in your career, next sunday you will mark 47 service, to your constituency, this chamber and our country as a whole. You are held in great affection and esteem. On both sides of the house. That i spe...

How important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered her...