Lowell Lecture
Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution
Date & Time
Sept. 25, 2025 at 7 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location
John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Peniel Joseph and Brandon Terry
Presenting Organization
Topics
Contact
Kennedy Library Forums (JFKPrograms@nara.gov, 617-514-1643)
Peniel Joseph, distinguished service leadership professor and professor of history at the University of Texas, Austin, discusses his recent book Freedom Season: How 1963 Transformed America’s Civil Rights Revolution, which brings to life the dramatic year when James Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., and a generation of activists reshaped the fight for freedom, influenced President John F. Kennedy and his approach on civil rights, and changed the nation’s destiny. Brandon Terry, professor of the social sciences at Harvard University, moderates.