Event Details

  • Thu, Jan 9 2025
  • Location: Zoom

Register to join Cory Haala and learn how a network of left-wing activists and political allies cooperated to win elections in the 1980s and gave rise to national figures like Jesse Jackson. Rediscover Iowa's grassroots organizing and economic populism, from the Farm Crisis to plant closures, and a bygone era of Democratic Party success in the state.

The Iowa History 101 webinars share Iowa stories and the history of the state through a cultural history lens on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Registration is required for each event and to receive a link to the recorded program.

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