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Exploring Peaceful Activism
Influence of the Arts on the Civil Rights Movement
This article is 11 years old. It was published on December 4, 2014.
ST. LOUIS PUBLIC LIBRARY AND ALLIANCE OF BLACK GALLERIES PRESENT DRAMATIZATION, FILM SCREENING, AND PANEL DISCUSSION EXPLORING PEACEFUL ACTIVISM
The St. Louis Public Library and the Alliance of Black Galleries are proud to present The Arts and Its Influence on the Civil Rights Movement and Beyond: A Film Screening of Fruitvale Station. The event takes place at Central Library, 1301 Olive Street, on December 6 at 2 p.m. FREE and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.
The program begins with a performance by the group A Call to Conscience, who will dramatize a timeline of incidents of police brutality in readers' theater format.
The live performance will be followed by a screening of Fruitvale Station. The film follows the true story of twenty-two-year-old Oscar Grant, who was fatally shot at the Fruitvale Station by San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit officers. Oscar's life and tragic death shocked the Bay Area—and the nation.
Following the film, Roseann Weiss, Director of Community & Public Arts–Regional Arts Commission, moderates a panel discussion featuring Stephen Houldsworth, activist; Shirley LeFlore, activist, writer, and poet; and Robert Powell, Founder and Executive Director of Portfolio Gallery. The group will discuss and illustrate how the arts positively influenced the impact of peaceful activism in America and throughout the world.
For details, call 314.880.8759.
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St. Louis Public Library
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Libraries, Museums, and Cultural Venues
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