please join me in welcoming joseph rosenbloom. [applause] >> thank you, emily, for the introduction. thank you to the boston public library for sponsoring the event. thank you to c-span books for covering it. they're here tonight. and my gratitude -- can everyone hear me okay? [inaudible conversations] and my particularratitu to renee graham, a stellar columnist for the boston globe. she'll be joining me later in the program, and she'll have questions for me, and then she and i both will take questions from the audience. so that's the format. i'll start for 25 minutes or so with an introduction so that i can bring some of the book's highlights to you. then re may and i'll go at it, and then we'll open the conversation for your questions. i've brought a few photos of material that illustrates my book, and i've also brought a few audio clips. these are brief excerpts from interviews that i conducted while i was working on the book. so on the morning of april 3rd of 1968, martin luther king jr. arrived at the airport in memphis, tenn