31/10/2023
This Thursday, catch a local screening of our film "Legacy of Courage."
Join the MBF and Primary Source for a special screening of "Legacy of Courage: Black Changemakers in Massachusetts Past, Present, Future" on November 2.
Created over two years by the Justice George Lewis Ruffin Society and produced by Northern Light Productions, "Legacy of Courage" chronicles how African American activists in Massachusetts have used the legal system to pursue freedom and civil rights for more than 400 years. The 20-minute film tells the stories of landmark court cases challenging slavery and education-based segregation utilizing archival sources, animation sequences, and interviews with scholars and youth activists. The lessons these stories deliver through successes, failures, and persistent activism are intended to inform and inspire audiences in schools and communities in Massachusetts and beyond.
Legacy of Courage was created to extend the reach of the "Long Road to Justice: The African American Experience in the Massachusetts Courts" exhibition, which traveled to courthouses statewide before it was revised and permanently installed in the Edward W. Brooke Courthouse in 2018.
The November 2 screening will be followed by a panel discussion on the importance of empowering students to take action through the study of Black activism.
Register for free using code MASSBAR23 at www.pshistorython.org.