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CATEGORIES:Black History Museum,Museums,Old & Historic Alexandria,Parker Gr
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DESCRIPTION:To make sure the time\, location\, and other aspects have not c
 hanged\, or to share this event with your friends\, please see https://app
 s.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/Detail.aspx?si=11416\n\nThe Alexandria Black H
 istory Museum (ABHM) is offering documentary screenings of four films Sept
 ember 22nd - September 25th. The screenings are free and open to the publi
 c. This program part of National Endowments for the Humanities and the Gil
 der Lehrman Institute's Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle Gra
 nt. The grant is part of the Bridging Cultures initiative. This important 
 initiative encourages public conversations about the changing meanings of 
 freedom and equality in U.S. history and civic life. The screenings are be
 ing offered in conjunction with the ABHM and 1882 Foundation's programming
  on Civil Rights and Immigration.\n\nFreedom Riders (2011\, 120 minutes) \
 nA Film by Stanley Nelson. A Firelight Media production for American Exper
 ience. Written\, produced\, and directed by Stanley Nelson. Produced by La
 urens Grant. Edi?tors Lewis Erskine and Al Jernon Tunsh. Original Concept 
 Developed by Paul Taylor. Director of Photography Robert Shepard. Composer
  Tom Phillips. Based in part on the book Freedom Riders by Raymond Arsenau
 lt. American Experience is a production of WGBH Boston. \n\nAttracting a d
 iverse group of volunteers-black and white\, young and old\, male and fema
 le\, secular and religious\, northern and southern-the Freedom Rides of 19
 61 took the civil rights struggle out of the courtroom and onto the street
 s of the Jim Crow South. Freedom Riders tells the terrifying\, moving\, an
 d suspenseful story of a time when white and black volunteers riding a bus
  into the Deep South risked being jailed\, beaten\, or killed\, as white l
 ocal and state authorities ignored or encouraged violent attacks. The film
  includes previously unseen amateur 8-mm footage of the burning bus on whi
 ch some Freedom Riders were temporarily trapped\, taken by a local twelve-
 year-old and held as evidence since 1961 by the FBI.\n\n\n\nLocation: Blac
 k History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.\nContact Phone: 703.746.4356 \nAudience: 
 Anyone may attend\nTags: Black History Museum\, Museums\, Old & Historic A
 lexandria\, Parker Gray\n\nImport this event into your calendar: http://ap
 ps.alexandriava.gov/Calendar/iCal.aspx?id=1&si=11416
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LOCATION:Black History Museum\, 902 Wythe St.
SEQUENCE:4
STATUS:CONFIRMED
SUMMARY:Free Documentary Screenings
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