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  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead 2014 In Review & Predictions For 2015

    North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

    This is one of my most eagerly anticipated programs of the year! Each December, I present a recap of my choice for the top 10 news stories of the previous year and then make my predictions for what will be … Continue reading →

    Registration required; contact the organizer.

  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead 2014 In Review & Predictions For 2015

    Patty Turner Center 375 Elm Street, Deerfield, United States

    This is one of my most eagerly anticipated programs of the year! Each December, I present a recap of my choice for the top 10 news stories of the previous year and then make my predictions for what will be … Continue reading →

    Registration required; contact the organizer.

  • Looking Back, Looking Ahead 2014 In Review & Predictions For 2015

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

    This is one of my most eagerly anticipated programs of the year! Each December, I present a recap of my choice for the top 10 news stories of the previous year and then make my predictions for what will be … Continue reading →

    Registration required; contact the organizer.

  • Women Who Have Run For President

    Private Venue

    What do Victoria Woodhull, Gracie Allen, Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Dole have in common?  They are among the amazing and fascinating women who have run for President!  The election of a woman as President is not a mater of 'if' - it … Continue reading →

    This event is not open to the general public.
  • Medgar Evers

    Medgar Evers: Is It Ever Too Late To Do The Right Thing?

    Sauk Valley Community College 173 Illinois 2, Dixon, United States

    Medgar Evers Is My Hero. Medgar Evers, a brave Civil Rights leader,was assassinated in the driveway of his home, murdered by a Ku Klax Klan leader bent on blood. What offense had Medgar Evers committed? He was trying to register African Americans … Continue reading →

    Free - but registration requested!

  • Richard J. Daley

    Hizzoner – Richard J. Daley, The Mayor Of Chicago

    North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

    Richard J. Daley was the Mayor of Chicago for 21 years. The Legacy Of Richard J. Daley His legacy is complex and his accomplishments controversial, substantial, and long-lasting. A poll of professional historians named Richard J. Daley as the sixth most … Continue reading →

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  • 1968 Democratic Convention

    The Democratic Convention Of 1968

    North Shore Senior Center 161 Northfield Road, Northfield

    1968 Democratic Convention "The Whole World Is Watching!  The Whole World Is Watching! So when the chant from thousands of protesters caught in a pitched battle with the police on the streets of Chicago is the Democratic Party sought to … Continue reading →

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  • Richard J. Daley

    Hizzoner – Richard J. Daley, The Mayor Of Chicago

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

    Richard J. Daley was the Mayor of Chicago for 21 years. The Legacy Of Richard J. Daley His legacy is complex and his accomplishments controversial, substantial, and long-lasting. A poll of professional historians named Richard J. Daley as the sixth most … Continue reading →

    Registration required; contact the organizer.

  • 1968 Democratic Convention

    The Democratic Convention Of 1968

    College of Lake County 1120 S Milwaukee Ave, Vernon Hills, IL, United States

    1968 Democratic Convention "The Whole World Is Watching!  The Whole World Is Watching! So when the chant from thousands of protesters caught in a pitched battle with the police on the streets of Chicago is the Democratic Party sought to … Continue reading →

    Registration required; contact the organizer.

  • History Vs. the Movies: Mississippi Burning

    Lake Forest Library 360 E. Deerpath Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

     History Vs. the Movies: Mississippi Burning The Civil Rights Era is one of the most exciting, important, and electrifying eras in American history. From a cinematic standpoint it had everything. Dynamic and diverse leadership, powerful and determined villains, mystery, motivation and … Continue reading →

    This event is not open to the general public.