IOWA CITY — 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 Thursday, October 24 at 6:30 p.m. the Iowa City Public Library (123 S. Linn St.).

The event, co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County, UI Political Science Department, UI School of Journalism and Mass Communications, Black Voices Project, Delta Sigma Theta, UI Afro-American Cultural Center, UI Hawkeye History Corps, and the Iowa City Public Library, will provide an opportunity for Freedman and Sherman to 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.

The event will be live-streamed on the Iowa City Public Library’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/thelibrarychannel. Recordings will be available on www.lwvjc.org and www.facebook.com/LWVJCIA.

The League of Women Voters of Johnson County, Iowa is a nonpartisan, grassroots civic organization that encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public pol-
icy through education and advocacy. Membership in the League is open to people 16 years and older, of all gender identities. With over 100 years of experience, the League is one of America’s oldest and most trusted civic nonprofit organizations.