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Black History Month Screening & Discussion: WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA
ONE-NIGHT-ONLY FREE ADMISSION SCREENING & DISCUSSION
Before it begins its run at the Athena, catch a preview screening of WHO WE ARE: A CHRONICLE OF RACISM IN AMERICA at 7PM on Thursday, February 24th. The event is presented FREE thanks to Ohio University sponsors: Black Student Cultural Programming Board, Center for Law, Justice & Culture, Central Region Humanities Center, Cutler Scholars Program, History Department, Honors Tutorial College, Multicultural Center, and Ohio Honors Program. Stick around after the screening for a post-show discussion!
About the film
Interweaving lecture, personal anecdotes, interviews, and shocking revelations, in WHO WE ARE — A Chronicle of Racism in America, criminal defense/civil rights lawyer Jeffery Robinson draws a stark timeline of anti-Black racism in the United States, from slavery to the modern myth of a post-racial America.