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Let Freedom Ring Dartmouth Honors the 50th Anniversary of the March on DC

A screening of No Easy Walk (1961-1963) from the PBS "Eyes On The Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement" series

Wednesday, August 28, 2013
1:30pm-2:30pm
Moore Theater, Hopkins Center for the Arts
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Films, Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

A screening of No Easy Walk (1961-1963) from the PBS "Eyes On The Prize: America's Civil Rights Movement" series

Discover the power of mass demonstations with the emergence of Martin Luther King, Jr. as the most visible leader of the civil rights movement. Recollections of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) members help chronicle the anti-segregation campaign in Albany, GA... the violent reaction to the Children's March in Birmingham, AL...the triumphant March on Washington, D.C. ...and President Kennedy's proposal of the Civil Rights Act.

For more information, contact:
Molly St Sauveur
molly.c.st.sauveur@dartmouth.edu
646-9196
Permanent URL to this event: https://news.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=25051

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