up next john prendergast profiles people who have decided to become engaged in helping africans fight against genocide, rape, and the use of children soldiers. present his book at barnes and noble booksellers in new york city. >> the cute. if any of us are tireless in the human-rights community or in this room, it's because. let's not pretend. let's not ascribe some level of sanctimony. to we are here tonight, though, to confront what i believe are arguably the three greatest scourges of our time. rape as a war weapon, a child's over recruitment and genocide. these tools of war that are so deadly. our message, though, the book donna and i wrote is that it is most fundamental, really a simple one. a message that is positive at its core. we take a hard look at the last century. our own country's history, politicians and ideas come. but it has been essentially people's movements which have helped change the course of history. the when movement, the civil rights movement, the labor movement. all of these movements, the anti-apartheid movement where people come together around because, usu

>> to find out more about this book and the work that john prendergast and his colleagues a doing this it enough project got org. >> up next benjamin carp, associate history professor at tufts university discussing the causes and impacts of the boston tea party which took place on december 16th 1773. this event in washington last about an hour. [applauding] >> again i just want to say thanks to the staff of the library. this is a wonderful institution, not just for its programming, but a wonderful institution for scholars. the archives and archival material and records that they have here are difficult or even impossible to find elsewhere in the united states. it's a real benefit to scholars like myself. keeping with that actually the beginning and ending of my talk, the evidence is drawn from the revolutionary war pension records, which is one of the many items that they have here in the collection. so thanks to all of you for coming. in 1820a61 year-old ohio blacksmith with no more than $70 worth of property to his name made a startling admission in court. i was on board the east ind

. >> up next, john prendergast provide a people who've been engaged in helping africans fight genocidepe and the use of children soldiers. he presents his beget parnes and noble booksellers in new york city. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. ny