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Good afternoon. Welcome to our session with the author, mark k. Shriver. My name is dan. My wife and i are the proud parents of three k School Graduates and im the dean of the law school at cass university. Withbe get started, a few reminders. Please be sure that your cell phones are turned off or in the silent mode. After i introduce mr. Shriver our program today will follow a question and answer format to facilitate our discussion. I will be asking questions for the first 30 minutes or so, then for the next 40 minutes well turn the program over to you, members of the audience to ask question...

Question and answer format to facilitate our discussion. I will be asking questions for the first 30 minutes or so, then for the next 40 minutes well turn the program over to you, members of the audience to ask questions. Youll be invited to come to the microphone ther center of the room. Whenout your turn, please fivous and briefly, briefly, ask you question. Immediately after we conclude mr. Shriver will be available in the activity building to sign copies of his book. Mark shriver is the author of the book toy pilgrimage my search for the real pope fran tis president of the save the Childre...

I needed a grounding in order to be able to write this book about a woman who is really just absolutely magnificent when you read the book, youll be blown away by her life. Now, many folks here in this room and of course at mt. Vernon, this is no new story. We know about ona judge and you are among a small group of people who actually now happy there are many more who know her. This expectation. I want her name to become one of those sort of household names, like a frederick douglass, lake Harriet Tubman because she rubbed away decade before they do. Sew so the title a quick story about the ti...

Historian Darrell Scott talks about the evolution of how africanamericans viewed the civil war. He describes differences between generations and how the Civil Rights Movement impacted how africanamericans think of the war and its legacy. This hourlong program took place at the hill center at the Old Naval Hospital in washington dc. I would like to welcome you again to the celebration. We have two wonderful scholars here. Serving as our moderator this evening is joni appelbaum. He is a Senior Editor at the atlantic where he oversees the he will moderate this conversation with dr. Darrell scott....

He is a Senior Editor at the atlantic. He is a social and cultural historian of the United States. Before joining the atlantic, he was a lecturer of history at the harvard university. He previously taught at brandeis university. Yoni will moderate this discussion with dr. Daryl scott attended Marquette University and milwaukeewisconsin and Stanford University in palo alto, california where he received his doctorate in history. He began his teaching career at Columbia University in new york city and left therein 2000 to serve as the director of africanamerican studies at the university of flori...