All are welcome to attend scheduled film screenings of the documentary Freedom Riders during the week of Oct. 20.
A discussion moderated by Professor Paul Murray of Siena College follows on Thursday, Oct. 29, at noon in the Marvin Library Multipurpose Room.
Screenings are in room 225 of the Marvin Library Learning Commons:
— Tuesday, Oct. 20, noon – 1 p.m. (Part I) and
Thursday, Oct. 22, Noon – 1 p.m. (Part II)
— Wednesday, Oct. 21, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
— Thursday, Oct., 4 – 6 p.m.
— The film also may be viewed online.
Freedom Riders profiles the civil rights activists who challenged segregation in the American South in 1961. As described by WGBH’s “American Experience,” the film 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 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.
Produced by award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, 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. The two-hour documentary is based on Raymond Arsenault’s book, “Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.”
Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, as part of its Bridging Cultures initiative, in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
For more information about this semester’s Created Equal programs, visit www.hvcc.edu/created-equal.
Published: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:30:55 +0000 by b.hazard