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Black History Month: Countway Cinema: John Lewis: Good Trouble In-Person
Celebrate Black History Month with Countway Library!
We will be watching the 2020 film John Lewis: Good Trouble
No registration required
An intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis' life and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism-from the bold teenager on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement to the legislative powerhouse he was throughout his career. After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a degragated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent 'the boy from Troy" a round trip bu ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became on of King's closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodies or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the "boy from Troy' and called on his dellow Americans to get into 'good trouble" until his passing on July 17, 2020.
Light snacks & refreshments will be provided