Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University, speaks 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 is 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 marks 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.