as dr. rosenalked about, the way african-american women were characterized in those hearings, looking at their status even today, in many instances, when it comes to allegations or testimony about victimization, especially sexual victimization. there is often a discount. it is difficult for those people's voices to be heard with credibility. thank you. >> good morning. i want to thank the panel, the moderator dr. lovett, for such exemplary research. i am from the historic orange mountain community, the first community in america founded and developed exclusively for african-americans to buy land and own their own homes circa 1890. so actually, under half of my lineage, my ancestors, i want to thank you for such exemplary research. we know that there is more to come. i would certainly like to get a composition of that and all of the high schools in memphis, as well as other areas. our young people need to know what great great people they came from. thank you. [applause] >> we have about 15 more mi

my question is to dr. rosen. in looking at the action and violence against women, i wonder if your research shed any light on whether there was any involvement with courts in those matters. i know there was testimony in the investigations. but i'm interested in the role of courts, and what, if anything happened in the legal system with respect to those actions. rosen: the only evidence of any kind of legal action that i found against someone who participated, maybe professor ash found others, was an indictment against one of the men who had been very prominent in the events. he was the son of a grocer in south memphis who had been a ringleader. indictment did not necessarily go anywhere, it was just an indictment. the answer, have i found anything? no. the common presumption is there was no legal action, either in the local or state courts or federal action against those who participated. it is also true -- i remember when i first came to memphis years ago to start my dissertation research. i spoke to an archivis

dr. greg rosen baume is the president palisades associates incorporated, a private equity firm based in bethesda, maryland. he was previously a consultant with the consulting group and a vice president of the buyout form tyson, tyson and moran. in 2014 president obama apointed him to the holocaust memorial council, the govern yog -- governing body of the american holocaust museum. he was named to the board of director of the national jewish democratic council and in 2014 was elected as council's chair. thank you for serving. [applause] now we're going to start to get down to business so i'm going to turn it back to shirley. >> i'm not sure what that means but thank you. i need to find a quorum. to determine if a quorum is present we need each committee member to vote yes, not yet, by pressing the 1-a button on the top of your clicker. so i am going to introduce ms. mcfadden and she's going to go through the details. ms. mcfadden intk good afternoon. we have a screen up and if you your clickersa on we will watch it tote up there. as you can see it's toting up the number of you who are here. and a

for those who have seen the movie, rosen walled, some of those school mist mother taught in. >> i was stimulated by the one black dr. in georgia, dr. griffin. >> you met him when your were five. >> right. >> at that point you made a decision you were going to be a -- because he was so miraculous, that magic happened. he could cure people. >> yes. >> and i didn't want to cut you off but my first question was about the three american in your life. it's freezing. if i'm shaking, realize, i'm -- aapologize. i just -- because i don't want you to jump ahead because i want to make sure that we talk about this. the three men that seem to be most influential in your life, were your father. >> yes. >> who was this amazing activist. >> right. >> this doctor, who you met at five. i want to know if you saw him again? was he somebody that you checked in with over time? and said -- told him about your interest in medicine, and then the third was benjamin hayes -- mayes, the dean ofhouse -- >> the president -- who also was influential in your life. so these three men, aim right, they're the three pillars of the -- i mean, they're

dr. lieberman, absolutely. >> a funny story, robert rose one, who wrote this book -- gary: yeah, i just saw robert rosen lastk. >> book about jewish con red -- confederates. he's excoriating the mack brothers and i person gets up in the audience, says "i'm a december end antd of the mack brothers." gary: that's true. that's how jonathan sarna begins his book, with that funny incident. the macks are still in cincinnati. no doubted about it. erin: do you have one more story you would like to share with us? gary: i thought i would share, this last -- you'll forgive me on all my -- [laughter] gary: two goats that i wanted to end with -- quotes that i wanted to end with. one i loved. this is from portnoy's complaint. in there the lead character is musing about two statues that he sees, one of washington and one of lincoln and he describes them both and he says "washington, i must confess, leaves me cold. maybe it's the horse that he's leaning on a horse. at any rate, he is obviously -- he is so obviously a goy. but lincoln! i could cry. ook at him sitting there, so exhausted. how he labored for the downtrodden, a