Thursday, September 28, 2017
\n<\/strong>Doors Open: 5:30 pm<\/strong>
\nProgram: 6:30 pm<\/strong>
\nReception: 7:30 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Robert A. Caro, award-winning journalist and author of celebrated biographies of United States political figures Robert Moses and Lyndon B. Johnson, will discuss \u201cThe Civil Rights Act of 1964.\u201d<\/p>\n

First 150 arrivals will be seated in Centennial Hall. Others will be seated in 2nd Floor Reading Room, where the lecture will be simulcast.<\/p>\n

The lecture can also be viewed at the following branch locations:<\/p>\n

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• North End Branch Library, 722 Summer Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104, 973-733-7766<\/li>\n
• Springfield Branch Library, 50 Hayes Street, Newark, NJ 07103, 973-733-7736<\/li>\n
• Vailsburg Branch Library, 75 Alexander Street, Newark, NJ 07106, 973-733-7755<\/li>\n
• Van Buren Branch Library, 140 Van Buren Street, Newark, NJ 07105, 973-733-7750<\/li>\n
• Weequahic Branch Library, 355 Osborne Terrace, Newark, NJ 07112, 973-733-7751<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  The Philip Roth Lecture Committee<\/p>\n

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  • Adam Gopnik, journalist and staff writer at The New Yorker<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Nicole Krauss, novelist<\/li>\n
  • David Remnick, editor-in-chief of The New Yorker<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Benjamin Taylor, author, most recently of Proust: The Search<\/em><\/li>\n
  • Rosemary Steinbaum, Newark Public Library board representative<\/li>\n
  • Jeffrey Trzeciak, director, Newark Public Library<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    For more information, please call 973-733-7735.<\/p>\n

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    In honor of Caro\u2019s 2017 Philip Roth Lecture at the Newark Public Library on September 28th, Audible is offering On Power <\/strong>free through October 31st. Please visit audible.com\/Caro<\/strong><\/span><\/a>. Download the book with a free trial membership.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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