thank you for being here as we celebrate the publication of fraternity with author diane brady. an exceptional and accomplished journalist, diane has done all of us a great gift in telling the story of father bob brooks and extraordinary group of black students and how they are tied together at holy cross in the late 1960s to help shape their lives and changed the course of history. as one reviewer commented, eternity brings to our attention for the first time an unsung hero of the civil-rights movement. another called the book incredibly inspiring, noting that diane captured the story not just of a group of amazing black men and their mentor but an era. senior editor at bloomberg business week diane first wrote about this time at holy cross history in the 2007 article for business week and has worked since then to expand the story into a book. we are delighted she is with us today to share her experiences researching, interviewing and writing "fraternity". we are equally delighted to welcome eddie jenkins who is over here to my right, who is one of the prominent men featured in

and now it's my pleasure to welcome diane brady who offer remarks before opening up the floor to questions. welcome, diane. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. thank you for coming to this. i want to see, where is mr. cahill senior? thank you purchase 250 bucks and distributed them to the entire class of 1949. the peachtree to father brooks, thank you very much for that. and i think eddie got tired from showing up a super bowl ring last night and is officially in fact rooting for the patriots. i don't agree actually establish that. i'm a very timid giants fan in the midst will quickly move on to the book itself and i will just talk a little bit reflate about why this story intrigued me so much, a little bit about the reporting process and bring it forward to today because they think it is what intrigues me and then i'll open the floor to questions. i'll admit first of all i am not a holy cross grad, which is somebody thought is naturally that they must be an alumnus of the school to know the story. the way it came across a story within grayson, one of the men in the boat. we were just havi