Lifelong Learning Lecture: Before JFK: Anti-Catholicism and American Politics
Guest Speaker: Dr. Sarah Mulhall Adelman, PhD, Associate Professor, Framingham State University
This talk explores the historical roots of American fears that Catholicism and Catholic officeholders were a threat to American democracy, and why John F. Kennedy famously reassured the American public that he would not be beholden to priests or the Pope if elected President.
(This event was rescheduled from March 8)