The African American Studies Program is proud to offer a new and exciting class starting March 18, examining the history of the multi-generational Civil Rights Movement. The class, titled “Films and Stories of the Civil Rights Movement,” will be taught by Civil Rights icon Dr. Cleveland Sellers Jr. and Ramon Jackson, a doctoral student in the history department. The course will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30 - 8:15pm in Gambrell 151.

Current USC students can enroll in this course for 3 credit hours under AFAM 397.Y1B. Unfortunately, registration for the community is now closed. There are no more seats available for local community guests to attend the film screenings in this course. Please visit the AFAM Studies website for more information about program news and community events.

LOCATION AND PARKING FOR GAMBRELL HALL 151

Parking is available behind Gambrell Hall (lot across street from UKIRK Presbyterian Campus Ministry, 1702 Greene St.) and metered parking (first three levels) is available in the Pendleton St. Garage, 1501 Pendleton St.

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Film Screenings Open to Registered Community Guests

DATE	TOPIC	FILM
Mon., March 18	Critiquing the Traditional Narrative of the Civil Rights Movement	Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings (1954-1956) [57 min.] Before Rosa: The Unsung Contributions of Sarah Mae Flemming [30 min.]
Mon., March 25	Grassroots Mobilization and the Black Freedom Movement	February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four [1 hr.]
Mon., April 1	SNCC, Freedom Summer, and the Movement for Voting Equality	Freedom Summer [2 hrs.]
Mon., April 3	Women in the Civil Rights Movement: The Women of SNCC	Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker [50 min.] Fannie Lou Hamer [1 hr.]
Mon., April 15	Dreams Deferred: Martin Luther King Jr. after the March on Washington	King in the Wilderness [2 hrs.]
Mon., April 22	Black Power	The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution [2 hrs.]
Mon., April 29	The Black Campus Movement: Student Power, Racial Self-Determination and State Repression	Scarred Justice: The Orangeburg Massacre, 1968 [55 min.]

 

 

Sponsored by the Institute for African American Research, the Center for the Civil Rights History and Research, and the African American Studies Program