Friday, September 11, 2015
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Missed a forum? Curious about that speaker your friends keep talking about? Have a favorite speaker whose message continually inspires you? You’re in luck – all of our past forums are here.
Friday, September 11, 2015
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
The City Club of Cleveland
850 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44114
Marlon James, 44, grew up in Kingston, Jamaica, and is among the most galvanizing novelists working today. His most recent work, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is long-listed for the Man Booker Prize this year. It showcases his remarkable gifts for exploring corruption and power, politics and music, in a multi-voiced style partly inspired by William Faulkner’s As...
Friday, February 28, 1969, 12:00 p.m.
Dr. Benjamin Spock, Pediatrician, best-selling author of "Baby and Childcare" and activist in the anti-Vietnam War movement speaks on the topic of draft resistance & dissent in America.
Tuesday, July 02, 1968, 12:00 p.m.
The Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey, Vice President under Lyndon Johnson, speaks to the City Club as Candidate for Democratic Presidential Nomination.
Friday, April 05, 1968, 12:00 a.m.
On The Mindless Menace of Violence
One day after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., Robert F. Kennedy addressed the City Club "On the Mindless Menace of Violence." View the full text of the speech here.
Saturday, November 04, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Mayoral Debate: Seth C. Taft and Carl B. Stokes
Debate between 1967 Cleveland mayoral candidates, Republican Seth C. Taft and Democrat Carl B. Stokes.
Friday, September 29, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Seth C. Taft addresses the audience at the City Club Forum on the topic of a proposed Cleveland city income tax.
Friday, September 15, 1967, 12:00 a.m.
Attorney Carl B. Stokes, democratic candidate for office of Mayor of Cleveland, addresses a sold-out audience at the City Club Forum.
Friday, March 10, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Elmer G. Davis debates attorney Carl B. Stokes on the sale and issue of firearms.
Friday, March 10, 1967, 12:00 p.m.
Carl B. Stokes, Elmer G. Davis
Elmer G. Davis debates attorney Carl B. Stokes on the sale and issue of firearms. Click here to listen to audio
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