nancy maclean. [applause] >> wow, i am so thrilled to see how many of you are here. ever since moving here we have felt such a great community and to reminisce so nice to look at in these of many friends and colleagues and people i haven't not yet. thank you for coming here and also a special thanks to tom who took an interest in this book way back when i was still furiously writing and revising. tom called me or contacted me to set this up so i'm really grateful to be here. it's such a wonderful bookstore. can you hear in the back. zero dear. okay, i'm going to get my big voice on. how about that. can i hold it? [inaudible] >> i will do my best. can you hear me now? a little bit about how i came to this topic and what i learned and i'm here for me to come a few passages from the book. we will open up your question and comment and such. i am an historian and social movement. i have a particular interest in the u.s. south in 10 years ago i just finished another book in philadelphia when i went into a friends service committee archives and learned about the story i had

nancy maclean. [applause] >> wow, i am show thrilled to see how many of you are here. i just feel such great community in durham and it is nice to see colleagues and friends and people have haven't met but hope to. i want to give a special thanks to tom who took a special interest in this book when i was still writing and revising but it came out in vikings catalog and he contacted me to set it up. it is a wonderful bookstore and i hope you all stay and browse if you haven't been here before. [applause] >> oh, okay. can you hear in the back? oh, dear. okay. i am going to get my big voice on. how is that? can i hold it? well, i will do my best. can you hear me now? good. okay. so i am going to tell you a little bit about how i came to this topic and what i learned and then i want to share with you a few passages from it book and open it up to your questions and comments and such. so, i ama historian of social movement. i have a particular interest in the u.s. south. i just finished another book ten years ago and i was in philadelphia and learned about a story i had neve

nancy maclean. [applause] >> wow, i am so thrilled to see how many of you are here. it's so nice to look at and see so many friends and colleagues at people i haven't met yet but hoped you. so thank you so much for coming. i want to give a special thanks to tom who took an interest in this book way back when what i was still furiously writing and revising it is, in vikings catalog and tom called me or contacted me to set this up. i'm grateful to be here. it's a wonderful bookstore. i hope you all stay and browse if you haven't been here before. [applause] >> can you hear in the back? >> no. >> all comedy. okay, i'm going going to get my big voice on, how is that? >> no. >> is not a function of the microphone. -- [inaudible] >> i will do my best, folks. can you hear me now? good. i'm going to tell you a little bit about how i came to this topic and what i learned i want to share with you a few passages from the book and then will open it up to the questions and comments and such. so i am a historian of social movement. i have a particular interest in the u.s. south. a

my name is tom campbell of the regulator bookshop and we are thrilled to welcome nancy maclean here this evening for this marvelous