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Black in America: The Heritage Series—Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street
Hosted by Kan-Kan CinemaJoin Kan-Kan Cinema for a series of short documentaries on the history of Black Americans’ struggle against structural racism then attend a post-screening conversation with series curator Clayton Hamilton.
Event Details
Kan-Kan Cinema presents “Black in America: The Heritage Series,” featuring films about the Black community’s long struggle against structural racism, its pursuit of equality and the rich cultural life it has created despite barriers. In this installment of the series, the cinema will screen Dream Land: Little Rock’s West 9th Street, which tells the story of a once-thriving Black business and entertainment district in the Arkansas capital, and two short films, Why the US Government Murdered Fred Hampton and Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty: The History of Housing in Black America. After the screening, series curator Clayton Hamilton will facilitate a discussion with the audience.
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This program received support from an A More Perfect Union Grant awarded by Indiana Humanities in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities.