the boston atheneum hosted this event. good evening. welcome to the boston atheneum. i am the director of education and it is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. before we get started, i would ask you take a moment to silence any cell phones you might have, noise.g that might make and please note the location of emergency exit. tonight's lecture is the second in a series of programs that investigate our conceptions of the american dream -- how that idea is shaped or negated. join usinvite you to for our next program, march 8, when sarah mcbride will be here to speak about her book ."omorrow will be different our speaker is historian, cultural critic, and author davarian baldwin, the distinguished professor of american studies and hartford. professor baldwin on his bachelors degree from -- university and holds a masters from new york university. his works include "the great migration" and "escape from new york: the new knee grow renaissance beyond -- the new negro renaissance beyond harlem." he is the author of "in the shadow of the ivory tower: how hig

the boston atheneum hosted this event. good evening. welcome to the boston atheneum. i am the director of education and it is my great pleasure to introduce our speaker tonight. before we get started, i would ask you take a moment to silence any cell phones you might have, noise.g that might make and please note the location