Post-screening talk w/Dr. Novotny Lawrence, KU alumnus; associate professor of Cinema and Media Studies and the Director of the Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University – Bloomington & writer/director Kevin Willmott at the Kevin Willmott Film Festival, 2/21/2025, Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS. source Related Posts R.H. films Presents Reggae artist Amrah video film with […]
Anna Neill, Interim Chair of KU Film & Media Studies introduces Dr. Novotny Lawrence, KU alumnus & associate professor of Cinema and Media Studies and the Director of the Black Film Center & Archive, Indiana University – Bloomington. Dr. Lawrence then gives a pre-talk on C.S.A. – THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, Kevin Willmott Film […]
Gregg raved about Adams’ legacy. “Her performance in getting the mail delivered in a very chaotic environment has made the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion a legend that gets bigger every day,” he said. Maj. Gen. Mark Simerly, commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command and senior commander of Fort Lee, said […]
Greatest Speech in American History (Abe Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address) On November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on the site of one of the bloodiest and most decisive battles of the Civil War. source Related Posts Why Not Everyone Supports Black History Month Black History Month originated in 1925 when the second […]
The impact of the long, violent, and consequential American Civil War looms large over the United States. But it wasn’t just America that was impacted. In this series, I tell the epic story of Canada’s role in the American Civil War. While still under British control, Canada sent 40,000 of it’s native children to fight […]
(BPRW) Anti-Confederate Statue Movement Gets “Gospel” Music Anthem — “Confederate Free” – A Song Decrying Nation’s Historic Racism Supports National Anti-Confederate Statue Removal Movement Outraged at the George Floyd Murder, tv writer/producer, music writer/producer Jeff Mustard created Equal Justice Studios (www.EqualJusticeStudios.com), a media company whose mission sheds light on the country’s explosive and divisive racial […]
The museum managed by the state’s Department of Finance says it hosts nearly 100,000 people a year, many of them school children on field trips to see such things as the “relic room” where Davis’ slippers and pocket watch are preserved. Near the gift shop, a framed article describes Davis as an American patriot who […]
Students at a Georgia High School were caught on video waiving a Confederate flag at Coosa High School in Rome in Floyd County. Fellow classmates, who were outraged about the flag planned a protest. However, the school’s administration announced that students wouldn’t be allowed to protest. Then students and their parents allege they were suspended […]
The Atlantic article also noted that the founders sought to perpetuate the divide between Black and white workers during the city’s labor strikes in the late 1800s. “Feeling the heat from industrial competitors to the North and labor unrest inside the city, the business elite of St. Louis decided in 1878 to double down on […]