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Black History Month Film Showing "Freedom Riders"

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Date:
Saturday, February 09, 2013
Time:
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Event Type:
Screening
Organizer/Author:
ANSWER Coalition
Email:
Phone:
415-821-6545
Location Details:
2969 Mission St., SF
between 25th and 26th Sts.
near 24th St. BART, #14, #49 MUNI

“Freedom Riders is the powerful harrowing and ultimately inspirational story of six months in 1961 that changed America forever. From May until November 1961, more than 400 Black and white Americans risked their lives—and many endured savage beatings and imprisonment—for simply traveling together on buses and trains as they journeyed through the Deep South. Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way, sorely testing their belief in nonviolent activism.

From award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson (Wounded Knee, Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, The Murder of Emmett Till) Freedom Riders features testimony from a fascinating cast of central characters: the Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the Rides firsthand.” —PBS.org (120min., 2011)

Join us for a public film showing in celebration of Black History Month. We encourage teachers to bring their students for this educational film on the Civil Rights movement. Discussion will follow the film.

$1 for middle and high school students; $2 for college students; $5-10 general admission
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments provided.
Added to the calendar on Mon, Jan 14, 2013 10:10AM
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