it is a pleasure to be here with my old friend patricia sullivan to talk about her amazing book. justice rising. for the viewers, professor sullivan and i will have a conversation until about 7:00 o'clock and as director price just mentioned, you can submit questions there should be instructions on the screen and around 7:00 o'clock we will transition over to q&a. so let's get started. i would like to start with the origins of this book and bobby kennedy's see you have been a historian for the civil rights movement with grassroots movement and the southern writer and activist and organizations like the naacp. somebody kennedy maybe it follows from what you have written before. so when you write a book and what do you hope to accomplish when you start this project quick. >> thinks. it's great to be with you virtually and at the library. so the furthest thing from my mind but then we start to cover over generations with the reconstruction era my last look with the founding of 1910 really opened up the national framework of the national institutes of civil rights it is an amazing pro

it warm fertile walk back to library, patricia sullivan, william, professor of history at the universityh carolina. the author and editor of books including lift every voice, naacp and making up for civil rights movement. days of hope, democracy and a new deal era. freedom writer. her new book is justice rising. robert kennedy's america in black and white. our moderator for this discussion, kenneth is the inaugural professor of law and harvard university. in constitutional history with a particular emphasis on race relations and economic life. creation of the civil rights lawyer. coeditor of the new black. what changed and what has not. welcome back to both of you, thank you for joining us this evening. >> it's a pleasure to be here with my old friend, patricia sullivan to talk about her amazing book. for the viewers, are going to have a conversation about 7:00. you can submit questions, for shipping instructions on the screen around seven or so, transition take q&a. but it started. i would like to start with origins of this book about bobby kennedy civil rights. most of your career, his

it is a pleasure to be here with my old friend patricia sullivan come to talk about her amazing book justice rising -- "justice rising: robert kennedy's america in black and white." >> such as for the viewers professor sullivan and i will have the conversation for about, until about 7:00. as director price just to mention you can submit questions. questions. there should be instructions on the screen and about 7:00 so we will transition over to q&a. >> great. >> so let's get started. pat, i'd like to just start with the origins of this book, a book about bobby kennedy and civil rights. for most of your korea been a history of the civil rights movement was written about grassroots activists who are mostly overlooked, individuals like the civil rights lawyer sam houston, something right activists, organizations like the naacp. so bobby kennedy, maybe a bit of an unusual topic but maybe it follows from what you've written before. what drew you to write a book about somebody who is hardly been overlooked, bobby kennedy, and what did you hope to accomplish when you started this project? >>

i'm pleased to extend a warm virtual welcome back to the library to patricia sullivan the professor sheauthor and editor books including lift every voice the naacp and the making of the civil rights movement. days of hope, race and democracy in a new deal era. and freedom writer, letters from the civil rights. her new book is justice rising, robert kennedy's america in black and white. i'm also pleased to welcome back our moderator for this evening's discussion, kenneth mack is the inaugural professor of law and affiliate professor of history at harvard university. his research and teaching have focused on america legal and constitutional history. with a particular emphasis on race relation, politics and economic life. he is the author of representing the creation of the civil rights and coeditor of the new black, what has changed and what has not with the race in america. welcome back to both of you, thank you for joining us this evening. >> thank you alan. it is a pleasure to be here with my old friends, we talk about her amazing book, justice rising robert kennedy's america in black-