BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Downers Grove Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Downers Grove Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4ebae867-4f27-41f3-ac24-6f22600f4e21 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260726T101303Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200920T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200920T150000 SUMMARY:ONLINE Autobiography of a Freedom Rider: LOCATION:Downers Grove Public Library\nDowners Grove Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Downers Grove Public Libra ry;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downers Grove Public Library:geo:41.794091,-8 8.011457 GEO:41.794091;-88.011457 DESCRIPTION:Author Thomas Armstrong discusses his life as a civil rights a ctivist and Freedom Rider during the early 1960s\, in conjunction with cur rent systemic racial issues. Access will be sent to registrants.\n.\nhttps ://downersgrove.libnet.info/event/4484537 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for a personal and thought-provoki ng look at the early protests of the civil rights movement\, and how the e arly movements informs the current fights for social justice today.

\n< p>Thomas Armstrong is a veteran of the early 1960s Civil Rights Movement i n his native Mississippi. He was at the forefront of early protests led by black Southerners for voting rights and equal public accommodations from 1958 to 1961\, results in threats that had him running for his life. He re mains active and allied with civil rights works around the country. He is also the author of \;Autobiography of a Freedom Rider: My Life as a Foot Soldier for Civil Rights.

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This program will be presented through a live Zoom web inar.

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