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Each year, the IOP hosts dozens of public Speaker Series events, providing students and the general public direct contact with elected officials, activists, authors, journalists, and other key practitioners in politics and public service.

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How Chicago Shaped Barack and Michelle Obama

David Axelrod, Susan Sher, Adam Green, Alicia Sams

May 09, 2024

  • Chicago/Illinois
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Todd Purdum - An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Adam Green, Todd Purdum

April 16, 2014

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From Birmingham to Barack: The Politics and Progress of the Civil Rights Movement, 1963 to 2014

Timuel Black, Will Burns, Diane McWhorter, Tonya Lewis Lee, Adam Green, Anika Noni Rose, Juan Williams

October 07, 2013

  • activism
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