1964: Reexaminded Fifty Years Later

Anne Aby will give a talk on "1964:  Reexamined Fifty Years Later" at the Northfield Public Library on Thursday, October 16th at 7 pm.  

 

"1964" is usually considered to begin on November 22, 1963, with Lyndon Johnson being sworn in as president on Air Force One with Jacqueline Kennedy standing beside him and conclude with President Johnson's inauguration in his own right on January 20, 1965.  After a brief discussion of the challenges immediately faced by the "accidental" president,  the presentation will focus on the passage of the Civil Rights Act (signed July 2, 1964) and Mississippi Freedom Summer during the 1964 Presidential Election.

This presentation is part of the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium Invitational Talks. It is free and open to the public.  For more information please call the library at 507-645-6606.