The Department of History and Anthropology is hosting the second event of our NEH Created Equal Film Series on Saturday, February 22 from 2 to 4 pm at the Black Archives of Mid-America (1722 E. 17th Terrace, Kansas City, MO, 64108). Please RSVP by email to info@blackarchives.org or by calling 816-221-1600.
The event will include a screening of portions of the PBS American Experience film Freedom Riders followed by a panel discussion with speakers: Sharon Sanders Brooks, former Kansas City Councilwoman and Missouri State Representative; Dr. Bonita Butner, Associate Professor and Division Chair, Educational Leadership, Policy & Foundations, University of Missouri- Kansas City; Michael Patton, retired educator with the Kansas City, Missouri, School District; Dr. Gregory Streich, Professor of Political Science at the University of Central Missouri and author of Justice Beyond "Just Us": Dilemmas of Time, Place, and Difference in American Politics and Urban Social Capital: Civil Society and City Life.
The "Created Equal" film series is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of its "Bridging Cultures" initiative and in partnership with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
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