Liberation Film Series Against the Wind: The History of Blacks in the Law & Chokwe Lumumba Tribute Sat, Jan 10 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM CHWMAAH General Motors Theater - Detroit The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History presents a special installment of the Liberation Film Series (LFS) honoring the late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, Esq. with a free screening of Against the Wind – The History of Blacks in the Law followed by a community conversation and Q&A on Resisting Racial and Class Oppression in the US Injustice System” with Alice Jennings, Carl R. Edwards, Judge Adam Shakoor, Elliott Hall, Gerald Evelyn, and Jeffrey L. Edison. This event is free and open to the public. Opening Convocation - African Drumming: The King Sundiata Keita Foundation featuring: Omowale African Percussions Opening Remarks: Charles Ferrell, LFS Founder – Director Gerald Evelyn, Esq. U.S. Congressional Resolution Presentation: U.S. Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Click here to download House Resolution 780, as read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on December 11, 2014. Panel Introductions: Yolanda Jack, Wright Museum Education Specialist Introductory Statements: Carl R. Edwards, Esq. Honorable Adam Shakoor Alice Jennings, Esq. Elliott Hall, Esq. Jeffrey L. Edison, Esq. Documentary: Against the Wind – The History of Blacks in the Law, Produced by Ted Talbert, Narrated by Emery King. Runtime: 49 minutes Emery King, former WDIV news anchor narrates, [Against the Wind] “looks at some of the trials that made history and some of the lawyers that fought the battles, those lawyers who stood strong against the wind.” Video Presentation: Tribute to A Warrior: Produced by Harry A. Davis, Esq. and Frederick Smith, Esq., written by Shushanna Shakur. This is a powerful multi-phase video presentation of Chokwe Lumumba’s (1947 – 2014) exemplary and significant life. It highlights his family, history, legal battles, political life, and legacy. Runtime: 20 minutes Community Conversation with Panelists – Q&A Topic: “Resisting Racial and Class Oppression in the US Injustice System” SUGGESTED READINGS and LINKS thenation/article/178546/chokwe-lumumba-revolutionary-end america.aljazeera/articles/2013/9/19/in-mississippi-americaasmostrevolutionarymayor.html Reparations Yes!: The Legal and Political Reasons Why New Afrikaans, Black People in the United States, Should Be Paid Now for the Enslavement of Our theblackscholar.org/a-tribute-to-chokwe-lumumba/ blacdetroit/BLAC-Detroit/September-2013/Q-A-with-New-Jackson-Mississippi-Mayor/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chokwe_Lumumba america.aljazeera/articles/2014/2/26/chokwe-lumumba-radicalmayorofjacksonmsdiesat66.html https://aclu.org/racial-justice_prisoners-rights_drug-law-reform_immigrants-rights/fighting-police-abuse-community-ac#gather newafrikan77.wordpress/2013/11/23/interview-with-malcolm-x-gaidi-obadele-aka-milton-henry-two-fathers-of-new-afrika/ jpanafrican/docs/vol3no6/3.5ObitImari.pdf
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