there was sharon malone that's vivian malone's youngest sister that's the wife of eric holder. we had the attorney then on the film and the attorney general that day in the audience, who was a journalist and also integrated the university of mississippi, or georgia. so it was very powerful. so we named this award after vivian and we're giving it to a young boy showing a lot of courage in what he is writing so we're really excited about that. >> black intellectual. >> yes. >> jackie. tell us about some of the folks who are coming tor and help you again. it's called ed sullivan in black and white. >> diane carol will join our panel. also the very talented and please forgive me for blanking out on mrs. reese's first name, responsible for the excellent exhibition on pop culture, modern culture at the museum, the smithsonian national museum of african american history and culture. margo, she is a film maker and is also the granddaughter of ed sullivan and the daughter of diane carol. it's going to be a very interesting conversation. >> now tell us about tickets because we need ticke

interestingly enough sharon's sister was vivian malone jones who was one of the first two african-american students to enroll in the university of alabama in 1963 and would go onto become the first african-american graduate in 1965. i'm going to ask you to please stand to your feet and as prosecutor mosby said, to welcome our warrior, eric holder. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. [ applause ] thank you. well, good afternoon. i want to thank you for that very kind introduction. that was a lot of research that went into that. you can come up with the where my parents came from and grandparents came from in barbados, that's good. that's real good. it's an honor for me to speak to an organization that we need now, i think, more than ever. and i would like to make a point and privilege somebody's name mentioned before, we need to understand who she is, juanita gupta, who was the head of our civil rights division when i was there. [ applause ] she's now the head of the leadership conference. she has been a warrior. she was a person i relied on chiefly when i was attorney general. and she's