20 minutes to speak and allocate 20 minutes for question and answer. I was also admonished to remind you if you really enjoy yourself , these southern festival of books depends on individual donations. So if you really enjoy what you have seen over the past couple days, i encourage you to donate as much as you can. For a treat today. I asked these two gentlemen for for couple days ago. They are esteemed scholars, but they are also some of the most modest men i have met. I will give you a brief introduction of them and to them and i encourage you to speak with them after the session ends. Our first presenter this morning is elliott gorn. Chair of gorn is the africanAmerican History at university of loyola. He is the author of five books. These include the manly art, mother jones the most dangerous woman in america, and dillingers wild ride. The work he will be talking about today is let the people is their go to his right professor christopher schmidt. He is professor and associate dean
Behalf of our board of directors and the small staff. I would like to thank you all for making as part of your week. I would also like to thank Jared Hardesty for traveling across the country. I would like to think cspan for filming us so those who cannot be your tonight can see it at a later date. And thank you to the Abigail Adams Historical Society for giving us this wonderful opportunity. Abigail a policy is a rich history abigails rich history inspires us every day. Midst oftly are in the a campaign for the Benjamin Lincoln house, which is our of theto purchase a home American Revolutionary war hero. Benjamin lincoln received the british word of surrender at yorktown, or as we like to tell schoolchildren, that is Benjamin Lincoln featured so prominently in the trumbull paining at the u. S. Capitol. He also served as constable and selectmen. He also came from a family that owned slaves. And two blocks from here there in the atticters of the Benjamin Lincoln home. Our next major exh