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January 19, 2011
Education and Equality Through the Peabody Lens: “Something the Lord Made”
- Type: Films
- Sponsored By: UGA Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- When: January 19, 2011 5:00 pm
- Where: Ciné, 243 W. Hancock Street, downtown Athens
- For more information: Kristen Smith, (706) 542-8484
Peabody Award-winning, HBO film tells the story of Vivien Thomas, who became a legend in cardiac surgery during the Depression era in Nashville. Post-film discussion by Katie McCabe, who wrote a profile of Thomas in the Washingtonian that led to the making of the film.
February 02, 2011
Education and Equality Through the Peabody Lens: “Hoxie: The First Stand”
- Type: Films
- Sponsored By: UGA Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- When: February 02, 2011 5:00 pm
- Where: Ciné, 243 W. Hancock Street, downtown Athens
- For more information: Kristen Smith, (706) 542-8484
Peabody Award-winning film about Hoxie, Arkansas whose school board chose to voluntarily integrate its classrooms in the summer of 1955 after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision. The schools opened without protest, and teachers and parents reminisce about the ease with which black and white students mixed.
February 16, 2011
Education and Equality Through the Peabody Lens: “The Search for Quality Education: Busing”
- Type: Films
- Sponsored By: UGA Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
- When: February 16, 2011 5:00 pm
- Where: Ciné, 243 W. Hancock Street, downtown Athens
- For more information: Kristen Smith, (706) 542-8484
A 1972 Peabody Award-winning film looks at busing for school integration in the South with Athens as one of the communities featured. The film includes comments by UGA’s Dean William Tate, Clarke County Board of Education attorney Eugene Epting, and Clarke County School Superintendent Charles McDaniel. A segment focusing on Oglethorpe Avenue School includes an interview with Principal Estelle Farmer, footage of Bridget Withers’ 4th grade class, and scenes from an Oglethorpe PTA meeting. After the film, former Athens Mayor Doc Eldridge and former state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond will recount what it was like to attend a newly desegregated Athens high school.
February 22, 2011
UGA Premiere Screening
- Type: Films
- Sponsored By: University of Georgia
- When: February 22, 2011 7:00 pm
- Where: Masters Hall, Georgia Center for Continuing Education
- For more information: , (706) 542-5197
RESCHEDULED FROM JANUARY – Donald Hollowell: Foot Soldier for Equal Justice documentary produced by UGA faculty Maurice Daniels and Derrick Alridge.
