2 More Created Equal Films for Fall 2014

The Gardner-Harvey Library is pleased to sponsor the final 2 documentaries in the Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle series this fall 2014.  Both programs are free and open to the public through the National Endowment for the Humanities and the the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

In September we will show and discuss The Abolitionists which runs 180 minutes and was released in 2013, thus commemorating the 150th anniversary of The Emancipation Proclamation, 1863.  For a fuller experience, everyone is invited to view the touring Smithsonian exhibition:  Changing America:  The Emancipation Proclamation 1863 and The March on Washington 1963 on display at the Gardner-Harvey Library from September 8 through October 15, 2014.

The Abolitionists traces the impact of 5 activists:  William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Angelina Grimke, John Brown, and Harriet Beecher Stowe in the anti-slavery movement.  These motivated abolitionists used their talents to persuade morally and to act politically to end slavery.

Dr. Linh Dich will screen portions of the documentary and lead a discussion off-campus for the Miami campus, Cincinnati State, Middletown, and the Middletown community. Light refreshments will be served.

What:
Watch online:  The Abolitionists, parts 1-3.
Attend and participate in the Discussion facilitated by Dr. Dich

When:
Monday September 22, 2014, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Where:
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, 1st Floor
1 North Main Street, Middletown, OH 

In October, we will show and discuss Slavery by Another Name which runs 90 minutes and was released in 2012.  The documentary is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same title by Douglas Blackmon.   The film reveals the little known, shocking history of forced, unpaid labor by Southern African American men lasting until World War II.

Dr. Helane Androne will screen sections of the documentary and lead a discussion off-campus for the Miami campus, the Sonny Hill Community Center participants, and the Middletown community.  Light refreshments will be served.

What:
Watch online: Slavery by Another Name
Attend and participate in the Discussion facilitated by Dr. Androne

When:
Tuesday October 14, 2014, from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Where:
Robert "Sonny" Hill Jr. Community Center
800 Lafayette Avenue, Middletown, OH

The Loving Story: Freedom and Equality in America

A couple marries.  It seems an ordinary event, one to celebrate. But in this instance it was fraught with fear.  It led to their arrest.  It unfolded in legal battles, all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.  Virginia in 1958 was a very different place than it is today.  State law banned the marriage between persons of different races.   Mildred and Richard Loving's story is powerful and personal.  Preview this clip from The Loving Story.

Please join us for a screening and discussion of this 2011 documentary, facilitated by Dr. Brian Domino., on Thursday February 13, 2014 in CCC 142 from 6:00 to 7:30 PM.  It promises to be a memorable evening with you there.  Free and open to the public.

Created Equal: American's Civil Rights Struggle is part of the Bridging Cultures initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities, produced in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.  This is the first of four 2014 Created Equal programs to be held in Middletown, hosted by the Gardner-Harvey Library.

Documentaries & Discussions

The Gardner-Harvey Library has been awarded a grant in the last year by the National Endowment of the Humanities and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.  The Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle grant (http://createdequal.neh.gov/ ) will make possible four public screenings and discussions of documentaries, facilitated by a Miami scholar. 

Dr. Brian Domino will launch the series with The Loving Story which explores the legislative ban of interracial marriage until one couple’s story reached the U.S. Supreme Court, on Thursday 2/13/14 from 6-7:30 PM, CCC 142. 

Then Dr. Caryn Neumann will facilitate Freedom Riders, the second documentary which explores the story of volunteers who challenged interracial segregation practices on interstate travel in 1961 by sitting where they pleased on buses traveling to the Deep South, on Thursday 4/3/14, from 7-9 PM, CCC 142. 

Please join us for these and additional programs in 2014, sponsored by the Gardner-Harvey Library.  If you would like to screen all 4 documentaries in abbreviated form, please watch these clips, with total running time of 43 minutes:  http://createdequal.neh.gov/community/excerpt-reel

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