UPDATE: Project directors of the Created Equal grant from the Gilder Lerhman Institute of History will be attending the program on Wednesday, November 20th.
The library is hosting two film discussions in November and December.
Be a part of City Tech Library’s “Created Equal” film screenings & discussions!
All City Tech community members and the public are invited to participate in our film and discussion series tracing the history of Civil Rights movement in the United States, supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
This Semester’s Events:
“The Abolitionists”
Screening: November 18, 4 p.m., NAMM 119
Discussion: November 20, 4 p.m., NAMM 119
Discussion leader: Prof. Prithi Kanakamedala, English Department (City Tech)
httpv://youtu.be/AMrWeKILvps
“Slavery by Another Name”
Screening: December 2, 4 p.m., NAMM 119
Discussion: December 5, 4-6 p.m., ATRIUM 632
Discussion leader: Prof. James Downs, Associate Professor of History, Connecticut College. Author of Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction (Oxford University Press, 2012)
httpv://youtu.be/KSOwAJAn6as
For more information please contact Prof. Junior Tidal at JTidal@citytech.cuny.edu, Prof. Ian Beilin at ibeilin@citytech.cuny.edu, or Prof. Tess Tobin at ttobin@citytech.cuny.edu
These events are part of City Tech Library’s ongoing series of screenings, lectures and discussions devoted to the diverse histories and experiences of the population of the United States. For more information about the film series, visit the official Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle website
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