Dedication of Freedom Walkway & "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" Screening

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Dedication of Freedom Walkway & "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" Screening

By ETV Endowment of South Carolina

Date and time

Monday, November 14, 2016 · 4 - 7pm EST

Location

Palmetto Room At Historic Old Town

150 East White Street Rock Hill, SC 29730

Description

The City of Rock Hill and the
ETV Endowment of South Carolina
invite you to join us for the
Dedication of
Freedom Walkway
and an
Exclusive Preview of the
upcoming PBS series
Black America Since MLK:
And Still I Rise

Monday November 14, 2016
beginning at 4:00 pm
Palmetto Room at Historic Old Town
150 East White Street
Rock Hill, SC 29730

We are pleased to come together for an evening to honor those who have fought for freedom in our community in the past and those who continue to do so today.

SCHEDULE:
4:00 pm Freedom Walkway Dedication
4:45 pm Unveiling of Freedom Walkway Heroes
5:00 pm Reception
5:30 pm Preview of BLACK AMERICA SINCE MLK: AND STILL I RISE and Panel Discussion featuring Mr. David Williamson of the Friendship 9, as well as Winthrop University professors Dr. Adolphus Belk, Dr. Scott Huffmon and Dr. Jennifer Disney (moderator).

We welcome you to join us for as many of the evening’s activities as you wish. If you need to leave early or arrive late, the reception is a good time to do so.

For more information, please visit
www.etvendowment.org and
www.freedomwalkway.com
or call 803-329-7090
Freedom Walkway is supported in part by awards from the National Endowment
for the Arts and the Arts Council of York County, and by contributions from the
Barre Mitchell Community Initiatives Fund.

The ETV Endowment is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides funding for
programming on SCETV and SC Public Radio, South Carolina’s voice in education
and public media. This evening’s preview of Black America Since MLK is
supported in part by a contribution from
David and Kloo Vipperman.

Photo, top: "Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise" host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. walks across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where on March 7, 1965, civil rights marchers en route to the state capital in Montgomery confronted a wall of state troopers driving them back violently with clubs and tear gas. Forever after known as "Bloody Sunday," the march represented a key turning point in the struggle to achieve passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Photo: Courtesy of Ark Media.

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