Through select films, campus engagement/promotions, and social media campaigns we put a critical lens on the events and people that would impact Dr. King before the pivotal years of 1965 and 1968, his evolving stance within that timeframe, the eventual outcomes from that turbulent period and the lingering impact left on the civil rights movement and American society.

Dates:

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 7:30PM

Location: Browning Hall Auditorium

Eyes on the Prize:

Film: Episode 2 (Fighting Back 1952-1957)

          Episode 4 (No Easy Walk 1961-1963)

Discussion lead by: TBD

NOTE: The Jan. 30 screening of "The Pruitt-Igoe Myth" has been rescheduled for Feb. 27.

Wednesday, February 6^th,  2019, 7:30PM
Location: Browning Hall Auditorium

Film: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Co-Sponsored by First-Year Experience

Discussion lead by: Julie Setele, Assistant Professor, Anthropology & Sociology

Wednesday, February 13^th, 2019, 7:30PM

Location: Browning Hall Auditorium

Film: Crips and Bloods: Made in America

Discussion lead by: Christopher Aaron, Assistant Professor, Electronic/Photographic Media Department

Additional:

The Emerson Library will be dedicating a book display space of selected readings and a board in the café to support the promotion of the MLK Film Series.