Face-to-Face: Created Equal: New Jersey
Film Screening and Discussion of The Freedom Riders at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6 at SBPL
The South Brunswick Public Library and the Aging in Place Partnership have been selected to serve as one of the community partners for this year’s Face-to-Face program initiative – “Created Equal: New Jersey.” Chris Fisher, Associate Professor of History at The College of New Jersey, will facilitate a screening and discussion of the Freedom Riders film today.The film is about the Freedom Rides of 1961 which were a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights struggle that redefined America. Based on Raymond Arsenault’s recent book, this documentary film offers an inside look at the brave band of activists who challenged segregation in the Deep South. Produced and directed by Stanley Nelson. Mark Samels, executive producer for American Experience, WGBH.
This program is part of a series made possible by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities and is a "Created Equal" project. This project is part of the Bridging Cultures initiative of the NEH, produced in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, to encourage conversations about the changing meanings of freedom and equality in the United States.
Free Admission. All welcome.
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