Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
In-person event + Livestream
Meeting Room A, Meeting Room B, Meeting Room C
Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University, will speak on Hubert Humphrey's efforts in the 1940s--in tandem with the African American leader A. Philip Randolph--to set the table for what President Lyndon Johnson, Humphrey, and Martin Luther King, Jr. accomplished in the 1960s.
He will be joined by Norman Sherman, Humphrey's long-time speechwriter and one of his closest aides; Sherman lives in Coralville and, at age 96, still writes op-ed pieces for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. Their presentation will mark the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
This event is cosponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, The Iowa City Public Library, the UI Political Science Department, UI School of Journalism & Mass Communications, the Black Voices Project, Delta Sigma Theta, UI Afro-American Cultural Center, UI Undergraduate History Association.
This program will be streamed live on the ICPL YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel
If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.
This event is open to the public.
Contact Information
Group Name: League of Women Voters Johnson County
Group Type: Non-profit citizen's groups
Primary Contact Name: Rebecca Conard
Primary Contact Phone: 615.975.0593
Secondary Contact Name: Caroline Tolbert
Secondary Contact Phone: 319-335-2471
Cosponsor
Cosponsor Organization: League of Women Voters of Johnson County
Cosponsor Name: Rebecca Conard
Cosponsor Phone: 615.975.0593
