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Bayard Rustin	"Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin" May 15, 5 pm Lecture Hall #1, Evergreen Olympia campus Campus Map | Driving Directions to Campus Bayard Rustin was a key figure in the civil rights movement for over 40 years. He brought non-violent resistance to a new level in the American Civil Rights movement. The film captures Rustin's commitment to justice and human rights, his brilliant intellect and charismatic personality, as well as the public scorn he faced from both black and white because of his openness about his sexual orientation. Presents a fascinating look at the role race, politics, and orientation play in American radicalism.
Fundi	"Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker" May 13, 7:30 pm Lecture Hall #3, Evergreen Olympia campus Campus Map | Driving Directions to Campus Shows the work of Ella Baker, a little-known organizer in the civil rights movement of the past fifty years. She served in the NAACP, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, often when women were not always given equal status within these organizations. Documents the struggle of Black people for justice and equality.
4 Little Girls	"Four Little Girls:" May 15, 6 p.m. to 9 pm (presented along with two other films) Tacoma Campus Driving Directions to Campus The Birmingham Campaign was launched in 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. and other activists were soon jailed, but it was the participation of the children that advanced the momentum of the Birmingham movement. They marched alongside the adults and were taken to jail with them as well. Because the 16th St. Baptist Church was close to the downtown area, it was an ideal location to hold rallies and meetings. On Sunday morning, Sept. 15, 1963, dynamite planted by the Ku Klux Klan, exploded in the building. Under the fallen debris, the bodies of four girls were found. Denise McNair, Addie Mae Collins, Carole Robertson and Cynthia Wesley died because of the color of their skin. Features archival film footage, home photographs, comments by surviving family members, and interviews with local and national figures of the time.
Intolerable Burden	"Intolerable Burden:" May 14, 7:30 pm Seminar II, E-1105, Evergreen Olympia campus Campus Map | Driving Directions to Campus Documentary film of how Mae Bertha Carter and her family enrolled the youngest eight of their thirteen children in the public schools of Drew, Mississippi in 1965.
Nothing But a Man	"Nothing But A Man:" May 18, 7:30 pm Lecture Hall #1, Evergreen Olympia campus Campus Map | Driving Directions to Campus Duff, a railroad section hand is forced to confront prejudice and self-denial when he falls in love with Josie, an educated preacher's daughter. Starring: Ivan Dixon, Abbey Lincoln, Julius Harris, Gloria Foster.
The Road to Brown	"The Road to Brown" May 11, 7:30 pm Lecture Hall #1,, Evergreen Olympia campus Campus Map | Driving Directions to Campus Facilitator: Liza Rognas Librarian and Member of the Faculty May 15, 3 p.m. to 5 pm, 6 p.m. to 9 pm (6 pm showing will also include two other films) Tacoma Campus Driving Directions to Campus Presents the role of Charles Hamilton Houston in the cases which let to the landmark Supreme Court case of Brown v. Board of Education. Gives background history of segregation, Jim Crow laws, NAACP and bio-data on persons influential in the desegregation movement.
W.E.B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois	"W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four Voices" May 15, 7:30 pm Lecture Hall #1, Evergreen Olympia campus Campus Map | Driving Directions to Campus This is the first film biography of a man who towered over African American history for nearly a century. Each narrator presents a period of Du Bois' life and describes his impact on their work.

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