Kentucky Author Forum Presents Congressman Jim Clyburn 11/24

Name of Event:
Kentucky Author Forum Presents Congressman Jim Clyburn 11/24
Summary:
U.S. Congressman Jim Clyburn interviewed by Retired Congressman John Yarmuth at The Kentucky Center

Start Date of Event:
Mon Nov the 24th , 11/24/2025

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Event Description:
CONGRESSMAN JIM CLYBURN
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U.S. Representative Jim Clyburn, former majority whip, and author of The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation
Interviewer, Retired Congressman John Yarmuth
Monday, November 24th, 2025, at THE KENTUCKY CENTER
James E. Clyburn is the Congressman representing South Carolina’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he previously served as Majority Whip. A more than 30-year Congressional veteran, he has been an influential and effective legislative leader and an unwavering voice for civil rights. In 2024, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. Clyburn’s book, The First Eight: A Personal History of the Pioneering Black Congressmen Who Shaped a Nation, is an extraordinary work of living history. It explores the powerful, untold story of the pioneering Black politicians from South Carolina who were elected to Congress in the aftermath of the Civil War, and a revealing explanation of why it took nearly a century before the ninth, James Clyburn, was elected.
Praise for The First Eight:
“A gripping Reconstruction Era history that chronicles the First Eight Black South Carolina Congressmen’s turbulent rise to national prominence. Nearly a century after the last of them left Congress, Congressman Clyburn—from whom I first learned this history as a high-school student in 1964—began to carry their legacy forward as the Ninth.”―James I. Gadsden, Former United States Ambassador
John Yarmuth is a retired United States Congressman who served eight terms as the representative of Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District and was chairman of the House Budget Committee from 2019-2023. He was the primary sponsor of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Yarmuth has been recognized for his w

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Event Location:
The Kentucky Center
501 W Main Street

Event Type:
Educational, Entertainment

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https://kentuckyauthorforum.com/tickets/

Venue Link: Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts