Dickinson State University (DSU), in honor of Black History Month, will be featuring four films starting with The Abolitionists at 7 p.m. on Feb. 19 at Beck Auditorium.
North Dakota Humanities Council has been selected to receive the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle programming stipend to offer scholarly resources and program guides to encourage reflection on the history of the American Civil Rights Movement.
To mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, DSU staff and humanities scholars will feature the civil rights focused films and discussion events throughout the month. The films, including Freedom Summer, Slavery by Another Name, and The Loving Story, span the periods of 1830s to the 1960s; each telling the stories of those who challenged the status quo, from slavery to segregation.
In partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)’s Bridging Cultures initiative uses documentary films to initiate public conversations about the change in meanings of freedom and equality. NEH encourages communities to revisit and reflect on the historic civil rights movement in America.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact Steven Doherty at Steven.Doherty@dickinsonstate.edu