i am deeply excited about this conversation we are about to enjoy between fatima shaik and jennifer egan on economy halt the hidden history of a free black brotherhood. fatima, jennifer, please take it away. hello fatima. and hello everybody. thank you so much for being with this part-time incredibly excited to spread the word about this remarkable book which i've been talking with fatima about for some years now. which has surpassed my every expectation and being work of history that has enormous sweep so readable and fun i thought move the best place to begin is really where you begin fatima in your introduction tells how this book came to be it really begins with the story with your father. streck sure thank you jennifer and thanks to everyone for being here might father found some journals in the trash and he brought them home and put them in the closet. i found them in the 1950s was already a writer this is something to write about and realized is important part of history. sterrett can you describe what are the journals and what is the organization that produce them? switch sure. t