The Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle program series continues this week:
Slavery by Another Name, a PBS documentary based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same title, will be screened in full on Tuesday, March 3 from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Maureen Stapleton Theater. Popcorn will be provided. Viewers are welcome to bring a lunch.
The film is the topic of moderated discussions led by Professor Tamu Chambers of the History, Philosophy and Social Science Department, Professor Carmine Pesca of the Criminal Justice, Forensic Science and Public Administration Department, and Roy Pompey of the Collegiate Academic Support Program. These events will be held on Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at the First United Presbyterian Church in Troy and on Wednesday, March 11 at 1 p.m. in the Marvin Library Learning Commons Multipurpose Room (2nd Floor).
All are welcome to attend these events. All programs are free and open to the public.
The description below is from the PBS website:
Slavery by Another Name is a 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: the belief that slavery in this country ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in the South in 1865, thousands of African Americans were pulled back into forced labor with shocking force and brutality. It was a system in which men, often guilty of no crime at all, were arrested, compelled to work without pay, repeatedly bought and sold, and coerced to do the bidding of masters. Tolerated by both the North and South, forced labor lasted well into the 20th century.
For most Americans this is entirely new history. Slavery by Another Name gives voice to the largely forgotten victims and perpetrators of forced labor and features their descendants living today.
Published: Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:03:57 +0000 by b.hazard