Politics: Past, Present, & Future
Media and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Monday, October 20, 2008
6:00 pm
New York
In Person
Haynes Johnson, Pulitzer Prize winner for his coverage of the Selma protests; Nick Kotz, author, Judgment Days: Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Laws that Changed America; Rep. John R. Lewis (D-GA), a leader in the voting rights struggle; Diane Nash, recipient of the Rosa Parks Award and the LBJ Award for Leadership in Civil Rights; Dan Rather, Global Correspondent and Managing Editor, Dan Rather Reports, HDNet; Richard Valeriani, former NBC News correspondent who covered the Civil Rights Movement; Ambassador Andrew Young, civil rights leader and former Congressman
As we anticipate the largest turnout in history of African-American voters and mark the centennial of LBJ's birth, we will focus on the historic significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the role media played in facilitating its passage. A remarkable panel of people who made or recorded history will share their firsthand knowledge of the Selma march and other events leading up to this landmark law that transformed the political landscape of the South and laid the foundation for this year's presidential election.
Copresented with the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Funding for the Politics: Past, Present, & Future series has been provided by the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation.
Additional funding for this event was made possible by the Wallace Foundation.
This event is part of the Robert M. Batscha University Seminar Series.
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