Community members are invited to participate in a facilitated discussion on immigration. Immigration is an issue that affects nearly every American in some way\, and public discussion is often divisive and unproductive. This event is an opportunity for community members to discuss how the issue affects them personally and determine...
Join the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts & Humanities for a screening of this powerful documentary from Ava DuVernay\, Director of <em>Selma. <a href=\'http://www.avaduvernay.com/#/13th/\' target=\'_blank\' rel=\'noopener\'>13th</a></em> takes a critical look at the connections between slavery\, the 13th Amendment\, and mass incarceration within our modern prison industrial complex.
Join Sarah Collins-Rudolph\, the survivor of the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham and sister of Addie Mae Collins\, one of the four little girls killed in the bombing\, for a reflective talk. “The Beloved Community” is a term the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.\, popularized when he addressed Civil...
The public is invited to a screening and discussion of <em>American Creed</em>\, a co-production of Citizen Film and WTTW Chicago. In the documentary film <em>American Creed</em>\, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy come together from different backgrounds and points of view to investigate the idea of...
In the documentary film <em>American Creed</em>\, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David M. Kennedy come together from different backgrounds and points of view to investigate the idea of a unifying American creed. How\, ask Rice and Kennedy\, have American ideals of freedom\, fairness\, equality\, and opportunity...
Jazz musician Glen David Andrews of New Orleans will perform a free public concert hosted by the East Alabama Food Bank and the Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts. The Music on the Hill event is free and open to the public\, but seating is limited and registration is...
