professor shawn leigh alexander of the university of kansas. were these hearings controversial? were they? well publicized? they are well publicized. the news coverage of them are is pretty extensive. the reaction to ats is mixed. some. some people are reacting to it in horror. some individuals, north and south are reacting to it and saying that these are these are this is not real. this is a political hit job. this is politically motivated. we don't believe the individuals. and what's being told. part of that also is to the extension of what's going on in the hearings, said individuals are being, you know, testifying before the committees and they could contradict each other. so what is being covered by the newspapers add to that controversy and misunderstanding of what's really going on. where were they held and who were some of the major organizers? sure. so the the hearings are held in d.c. as well as the vast majority of the south. places like south carolina, mississippi, florida, alabama, they're to the county seats of those places, various counties, and holding the hearin

professor shawn leigh alexander of the university of kansas. were these hearings controversial? were they? well publicized? they are well publicized. the news coverage of them are is pretty extensive. the reaction to that is is mixed. some. some people are reacting to it in horror. some individuals, north and south are reacting to it and saying that these are these are this is not real. this is a political hit job. this is politically motivated. we don't believe the individuals. and what's being told. part of that also is to the extension of what's going on in the hearings, said individuals are being, you know, testifying before the committees and they could contradict each other. so what is being covered by the newspapers add to that controversy and misunderstanding of what's really going on. where were they held and who were some of the major organizers? sure. so the the hearings are held in d.c. as well as the vast majority of the south. places like south carolina, mississippi, florida, alama they're going to the county seats of those places, various counties, and holding the

professor shawn leigh alexander, university of kansas, author of this book reconstruction, violence and the ku klux klan hearings. thank you for being part of american history. tv's congress investigate series. thank you for havinggood aftern. i'm robert doar the president of the american enterprise institute and i welcome you here to this important conversation about the state of america of, black progress in america, with some distinguished guests. so i'm very honored to welcome to aei. i do want to make a couple observations in the beginning before we get started. so becoming president of aei made addressing the state of black america a priority for our institution. and i'm proud of the work we've done over the past few years. in 2022, we organized the old parkland conference, which brought together prominent intellectuals and public leaders to address the biggest challenges black americans. and last year, we created a new center on and social mobility, which is dedicated to developing solutions. expand access to opportunity for all americans. and for the 60th anniversary of the marc