The Hero You Don't Know: Hubert Humphrey and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights

The Hero You Don't Know: Hubert Humphrey and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights

League Lecture Series, Civil Rights, Hubert Humphrey

Location

Iowa City Public Library
123 S Linn St
Iowa City Iowa 52240
Iowa US
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 6:30pm

To mark the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, award-winning author Samuel G. Freedman, professor of journalism at Columbia University, and Norman Sherman, who served as Vice President Hubert Humphrey's press secretary during Lyndon Johnson's administration, will delve into a bit of history that bears remembrance this presidential election year. Together, Freedman and Sherman will examine Humphrey's efforts-in tandem with African American leader A. Philip Randolph-to advance civil rights in the 1940s, which set the stage for what President Lyndon Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Humphrey accomplished in the 1960s.

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