Screenings

2010

ATLANTA, GA
Venue: Emory University
Glenn Memorial Auditorium, 1700 North Decatur Road
Date: February 1, 2010
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Presenters: Atlanta University Center Consortium, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, National Council of Negro Women, Metro Atlanta YMCA

Venue: Atlanta Civic Center
Date: February 1, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women
Hosts: Atlanta Public Schools and the Atlanta University Center Consortium
Panel Topic: The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Moderator: Donna Lowry, WXIA TV
Panelists: Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Andrew Young, Rep. John Lewis, Beverly Daniel Tatum, President of Spelman College

NEW YORK, NY
A Celebration of African-American Life, Leadership, and Culture
Venue: The Apollo Theater
Date: Friday, February 12, 2010
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), the Apollo Theater Foundation
Media Sponsor: WNYC Radio
Participating Organizations: NYC Dept. of Education, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, YMCA of Greater New York, Harlem Community Board 10, League of Black Women, Harlem Children’s Zone, Harlem School of the Arts
Panel Topic: The Legacy and Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement
Moderator: David Brancaccio (host and senior editor of PBS’s NOW)

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Venue: Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Panel Topic: The Civil Rights Movement and Hip Hop

LOS ANGELES, CA
Venue: J. Paul Getty Museum
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Time: TBD
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW), the Apollo Theater Foundation
Panel Topic: Race and Art

2009

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Premiere
Venue: National Archives
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Presenter: Foundation for the National Archives
Panel Topic: The Legacy and Lessons of the Civil Rights Movement
Moderator: Ronald Walters, Ph.D., Professor in Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Panelists: Rev. Joseph E. Lowery, Beverly Daniel Tatum, President of Spelman College, and Richard Karz

Special Screening for the CBCF’s Annual Legislative Conference
Venue: Washington Convention Center
Date: Friday, September 25, 2009
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Host: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF)
Panel Topic: Barack Obama, Race, and Leadership
Moderator: Jeff Johnson, anchor of BET’s “The Truth with Jeff Johnson”
Panelists: Charles Ogletree, Professor, Harvard Law School; Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton; Al Sharpton, President, National Action Network

DENVER, CO
Special Screening for the Annual NAME Conference
Venue: Grand Hyatt Denver
Date: October 29, 2009
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Host: National Association for Multicultural Education

BOSTON, MA
Venue: Sever Hall, Harvard Yard, Harvard University
Date: November 2, 2009 (to commemorate the first anniversary of Barack Obama’s historic presidential victory)
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Hosts: Harvard Foundation, Harvard Black Students Association, Kennedy School of Government’s Center for Public Leadership
Panel Topic: Barack Obama and Leadership Today
Moderator: Callie Crossley (PBS)
Panelists: Orlando Patterson, Professor of Sociology; Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize winning historian; Amb. Swanee Hunt, Harvard Lecturer in Public Policy

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Special Screening for the Annual NCTE Conference
Venue: Philadelphia Convention Center
Date: November 21, 2009
Presenters: Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF), National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)
Host: National Council for Teachers of English