the civil rights movement. well, the new book the movement of challenges the popular narrative that it was charismatic leaders showing the way that drove the revolutionary change. he argued that it would be accumulated grievances of ordinary citizens that fueled and sustained the movement. so we are going to dig into that and then as we are talking please submit questions via the q and a feature at the bottom of the screen and i will try my best to get to as many of them as possible. now to introduce the speaker thomas holt professor emeritus of african-american history at the university of chicago. his previous book our children afire the history of african americans and the problem of race in the 21st century. among his distinctions, he is a macarthur genius awardee and former president of the american historical association and american philosophical society. thank you so much for joining us tonight. thank you for having me. you begin with many women you write about
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