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Location | Pomeroy Public Library |
Ohio Humanities will screen The Lincoln School Story at the Pomeroy Library and be on-hand for a Q&A session.
Here's more about the documentary, as found on the Ohio Humanities site, https://www.ohiohumanities.org/lincolnschoolstory/:
"The Lincoln School Story is a new documentary film that tells the inspiring story of a group of courageous African American mothers who fought for school integration in 1954 in the town of Hillsboro, Ohio. After the Brown v. Board of Education decision, these mothers marched with their children to the white elementary school, demanding admission—only to be turned away. Their lawsuit against the school board was one of the first test cases of the Brown decision. Despite segregationist redistricting, cross burnings, job losses, and legal threats, they marched for two years in one of the longest sustained civil rights marches in American history.
Produced by Ohio Humanities and award-winning filmmaker Andrea Torrice, The Lincoln School Story is the first documentary to feature these women and highlight their role in the early civil rights movement."