[applause] and now like to introduce dr. gaddy. >> thank you so much and thank you for being here this evening for what we know will be a stimulating discussion. the interfaith alliance you do not know, is a national organization that considers individual rights and matters of personal conscience to be sacred. that is why we are both for fayed and freedom. for more than 13 years, we have been working to protect the integrity of religion and the vitality of democracy so that they can force together. for that band, we challenged religious and political extremists to see -- who seek an entanglement of the institutions of religion and government to not threaten individual liberty and religious liberty. it is an honored to be moderating a discussion with this distinguished panel. i am profoundly grateful for the opportunity to work with the misery of of jewish heritage, a living memorial to the holocaust, and i am thankful for the invitation from the museum that made this cooperative effort possible. some 40 years ago, dr. martin luthe

reverend dr. gaddy moderator is president to have interface alliance and the interface alliance foundation, which is committed to informing the public about our nation's long-standing commitment to religious freedom and current issues at the intersection of religion and politics and i want to pay a special thanks to our former colleague here at the museum, ari gel ar who works for the interfaith alliance for his help in arining ranging tonight's -- arranging tonight's program. when they went out to investigate the burning of a black church, they were arrested on false charges and eventually released into the custody of the ku klux klan who beat and murdered them. it took the f.b.i. 44 days to find their bodies. a copy of the missing poster is a missing part of the core exhibition. reing visitors of all ages and backgrounds that all of us do matter and that none of us is free unless all of us is free. after andrew's murder, his mother carolyn became synonymous with the civil rights movement. she spoke in