Rasheeda’s Freedom Day Premiere

Event Details

Rasheeda’s Freedom Day is a new short film from the Harrison Center and Dija Henry of The Blue House. It  tells the true story of JoAnna LeNoir, a longtime resident of Indianapolis’s Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood and a community greatriarch (a member of the community who has helped write its story). In 1962 LeNoir found the courage to take herself, her mother Rasheeda and her siblings out of an abusive family situation, to move to Indianapolis and to find freedom and community in Martindale-Brightwood. Every year since then, they have invited their family, friends and neighbors on Columbia Street to celebrate “Rasheeda’s Freedom Day” on the anniversary of their escape. As the film shows, a healthy community gives us the courage to share our stories with our neighbors so we can be known and loved.

To purchase tickets, click on the RSVP link above.

For more information, email Moriah Miller at mmiller@harrisoncenter.org.

This program received support from an Indiana Humanities Action Grant.