mr. michael moore. [ applause ] >> good evening. it has been a wonderful day here in charleston. we started this morning at the charleston museum and there were a couple of very meaningful unveilings on the harbor. and we are capping the evening off with really rich and dynamic panel that i'm excited to introduce to you. i'm going to introduce the panel and then really it is a dialogue. there is a microphone to the left here that i hope you can see to your right. after the presentations, i'll kick things off with a question or two. but please feel free to come up and you can sit in the pew and relax until it is your turn. but i'm really looking forward to a very nice conversation with everyone. so our first presenter on the left is dr. bernard edward powers junior. he graduated from saint peter minnesota. further studsber s s further studsber s tud s studi served as behavioral sciences soo coordinator from 1977 to 1978. he was employed at northeastern university where he served as department chair. he has been employed as professor of history teaching courses in united states and

mr. michael moore. >> good evening, it has been a wonderful day here in charleston. we started this morning at the charleston museum and there were a couple of very meaningful unveilings on the harbor, and we're capping the evening off with really rich and dynamic panel that i'm really excited to introduce to you. we're going to have -- i'm going to introduce the panel and then really, it's a dialogue. and i'm hoping that we can really generate some conversation among the group here. there is a microphone to the left here that i hope you can see, to your right and after the presentations, i'll kick things off with a question or two, but please feel free to come on up and you can sit in the pew and relax until it's your turn, but i'm really looking forward to a very nice conversation with everyone. so our first presenter all the way over to the left, is dr. bernard edwards powers jr. he graduated from adoll fis college where he received a bachelor's degree in history. he earned the m arthe -- dr. po an excess of 30 years in higher education, at malcolm x college he se