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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL EVENT—"The Six Triple Eight" Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Six Triple Eight: A Documentary Screening \nThe 6th Cavalry Museum presents a documentary film\, The Six Triple Eight\, by Lincoln Penny Films\, on February 11. The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion\, known as the Six Triple Eight\, was the only all-Black female battalion to serve in Europe during World War II. Confronted with racism and sexism from their own leadership and fellow troops\, they served with honor and distinction\, completing their mission in six months. \nThe history of this unit began with their training at Fort Oglethorpe. Their story continues at the 6th Cavalry Museum\, where an exhibition on the Six Triple Eight will open in late February. Virtual exhibit opening is February 25 at 7 pm; the public opening at the 6th Cavalry Museum is February 26. \nWatch Six Triple Eight on Comcast Channel 265\, Charter Channel 198\, Dalton Utilities Optilink Channels 129 and 133\, Roku\, or streaming live on UCTVlive.com. \nFor more information\, contact the 6th Cavalry Museum. \nThis event is supported in part by a grant from Georgia Humanities.
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/virtual-event-the-six-triple-eight-screening/
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SUMMARY:Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally Panel Discussion \nJoin the Athens branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH)\, in partnership with the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia\, for a virtual panel discussion of Lillian Smith and a screening of the documentary film Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence. \nThe documentary (2020\, Dir. Hal & Henry Jacobs) will be available to registered attendees for pre-screening from February 15 through February 22\, 2021: https://lilliansmithdoc.com/private-screening-ally \nOn February 21\, 2021 at 2:00PM\, join the virtual panel discussion\, “Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally.” Distinguished discussants include Patricia Bell-Scott\, professor emerita and author of the award-winning book The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship-Pauli Murray\, Eleanor Roosevelt\, and the Struggle for Social Justice and Matthew Teutsch\, professor at Piedmont College and director of the Lillian E. Smith Center. The session will be moderated by UGA professor Barbara McCaskill and Kim Waters of Athens ASALH. \nPlease register for the panel discussion here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pEttDmR-TIWxcT3v3ghjAA \nLillian Smith (1897–1966) gained national recognition as the author of Strange Fruit (1944) and Killers of the Dream (1949). Her writings challenged white southerners to end segregation\, and she actively fought to dismantle Jim Crow with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other Black activists. (Read more about Smith in the New Georgia Encyclopedia.)
URL:https://www.georgiahumanities.org/event/lillian-smith-breaking-the-silence-documentary-qa-session-2/
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