Tuesday, May 25, 2021
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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It was the legendary civil rights leader and human rights advocate John Lewis who famously said in his autobiography Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, "I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful."
This year, the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage...
Monday, January 30, 1978, 12:00 p.m.
Russell Means, Oglala Lakota activist for the rights of Native American people and film actor, challenges the modern conception of "how the west was won" by detailed the annihilation of the Native American people in 19th century America.
Friday, March 18, 1977, 12:00 p.m.
Anthony Downs, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, addresses the audience at the City Club Forum on the topic of urban crisis as part 5 in a series: 'Challenges and Opportunities Facing the City of Cleveland.' Downs discusses issues...
Friday, January 07, 1977, 12:00 p.m.
Dennis Kucinich, councilman for the city of Cleveland, speaks about Cleveland Municipal Light and Power. Click here to listen to audio
Friday, April 09, 1976, 12:00 p.m.
Jimmy Carter, Governor of Georgia, speaks to the City Club as a Democratic Presidential Candidate. Carter discusses campaign strategy, his plans to restructure of the executive branch, and social mobility. Using his credentials as a businessman, Carter defends his preparedness...
Friday, November 14, 1975, 12:00 p.m.
President of American Federation of Teachers and education reform activist Albert H. Shanker discusses the unionization of teachers and the involvement of teachers in political activity. Shanker advocates to use the surplus of teachers to create smaller class sizes and...
Friday, June 27, 1975, 12:00 p.m.
Congressman Louis Stokes, the first African-American Congressman in the state of Ohio, speaks on President Ford and the Democratic Congress, specifically about President Ford's large number of vetoes and the attempt to override these vetoes. Click here to listen to...
Friday, December 27, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
Dorothy Fuldheim, credited with being the first woman in the United States to anchor a television news broadcast as well to host her own television show, reviews the state of the city of Cleveland for the year 1974. She has...
Friday, December 20, 1974, 12:00 p.m.
David Broder, a national political correspondent for the Washington Post, speaks on the questions of whether there is a "fatal feud" between the Government and the press, especially within the context of the Watergate incident. Broder was awarded the Pulitzer...
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