'Mighty Times: The Children's March' To Premiere in Birmingham in Celebration of the Historic Civil Rights March of 1963
'Mighty Times: The Children's March' To Premiere in Birmingham in Celebration of the Historic Civil Rights March of 1963
Presented by HBO Family, Bright House Networks, and the Southern Poverty Law
Center in Partnership with the Birmingham Pledge Foundation
WHO: -Richard Cohen, CEO, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)
-Filmmakers Bobby Houston and Robert Hudson
-Jim Rotch, Chairman, Birmingham Pledge Foundation
-Dr. Lawrence Pijeaux, Exec. Director, Birmingham Civil
Rights Institute
-Mrs. Ruth Barefield Pendleton, adult organizer of the march
-Rev. John T. Porter, 6th Avenue Baptist Church
-Shelley Stewart, WJLD-AM radio personality in '60s
WHAT: The SPLC's teacher version of MIGHTY TIMES: THE CHILDREN'S
MARCH based upon the Academy Award(R)-winning film will be
screened for an invitation-only audience. The documentary
tells the true story of the 1963 Children's March in
Birmingham, a "do-or-die" battleground for the Civil Rights
Movement. Heavy intimidation by Birmingham authorities left
the movement floundering. Using word-of-mouth under a veil of
secrecy, more than 4,000 black schoolchildren organized
themselves to desert classrooms at exactly 11:00 a.m. on
May 2, 1963 touching off a week of mass demonstrations and
rioting that shocked the nation and rocked the world. Yet,
the children prevailed, defying the police intimidation.
This seminal moment in Civil Rights History broke the back of
segregation in the Deep South. More than 100 eyewitnesses
contributed to the storytelling, with appearances by notable
participants Harry Belafonte, Dick Gregory and Andrew Young.
WHEN: Monday, May 23, 2005
6:00 p.m. Reception
7:15 p.m. Opening Remarks followed by the Film
8:30 p.m. Coffee/Dessert Reception
WHERE: Alys Stephens Center for the Performing Arts
Jemison Hall
1200 Tenth Avenue South
Birmingham, AL
CONTACT: -Pat Conner, HBO 404-239-6640
-Robert Smith, Bright House Networks 205-238-3080
-Lisa Harris, Birmingham Pledge Foundation 205-254-3022
-Penny Weaver, Southern Poverty Law Center 334-956-8314
Media Credentials Required
Ample free parking is available in the UAB Student parking Lot across the street from the Stephens Center at 10th Avenue South.
PRNewswire - May 20
Source: HBO
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