Youth Matinee: Selma the Bridge to the Ballot, Film Screening

Selma: The Bridge to the Ballot, The story of a courageous group of students and teachers who, along with other activists, fought a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way: a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to fully embrace equality. By organizing and marching bravely in the face of intimidation, violence, arrest, and even murder, these change-makers achieved one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era. * Follows a courageous group of Alabama students and teachers, who along with other activists, fight a nonviolent battle to win voting rights for African Americans in the South. Standing in their way - a century of Jim Crow, a resistant and segregationist state, and a federal government slow to fully embrace equality. They would face intimidation, violence, jail and even murder, to achieve one of the most significant victories of the civil rights era. The 40-minute film is recommended for students in grades 6 to 12. This film screening will be hosted followed by a discussion moderated by Senior Historic Preservationist, Charles Gentry.