----- Original Message ----- From: "Ami M" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:26 PM Subject: Hell No! We Won't Go! @ William Grant Still Arts Center
Media Contact: Joyce Maddox & Ami Motevalli William Grant Still Arts Center 323.734.1165 [email protected] The William Grant Still Arts Center Presents Hell No, We Won’t Go! 50 years of SNCC CONTACT: AMI MOTEVALLI OR JOYCE MADDOX (323) 734-1165 Hell No, I Won’t Go! 50 Years of SNCC at the William Grant Still Arts Center, is a visual survey of 50 years of struggle in the civil rights movement to run from October 1 - December 18, 2010. The exhibit will feature photographs, posters, magazines, memos and other archival material of the work of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (/’snik/). There will be a particular look at the activities of SNCC in Los Angeles, including a focus on Imam Jamil Al-Amin aka H. Rap Brown. and the work of the Student Non- Violent Coordinating Committee. SNCC , was a seminal civil rights organization, started in 1960. Initially lead by Ella Baker in student meetings at Shaw University, SNCC grew in to a large organization and movement who staged sit-ins, voter registration drives and “Freedom Rides”. One of the principal organizers for SNCC, Willie Ricks coined the term “Black Power” which was popularized in a speech by SNCC chairman Stokely Charmichael. Over the next decade, civil rights activism moved beyond lunch counter sit-ins. In this violently changing political climate, SNCC struggled to define its purpose as it fought white oppression. Out of SNCC came some of today's black leaders, such as former Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, Congressman John Lewis and NAACP chairman Julian Bond. Together with hundreds of other students, they left a lasting impact on American history. School tours and study guides available upon request. For additional information call (323) 734-1165 or email [email protected] . Opening reception October 1, 2010 6p-9p. Music by Marcus L. Miller The William Grant Still Arts Center is a facility of the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, located at 2520 S.Westview St. Los Angeles, exhibit hours Tuesday through Saturday 12n-5p. PROGRAM EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES Hell No, We Won’t Go! 50 years of SNCC Opening Reception, Friday 1, 2010 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Dates: October 1 – December 18, 2010 Times: Tuesday - Saturday, 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Events: Panel with SNCC members to be announced October 16, 2010 2-4 pm Film Screening Footage of H Rap Brown / Imam Jamil, James Forman, Willie "Mukasa" Ricks, Kwame Ture, and excerpts from Eyes on the Prize etc... November 10, 2010 6-8:30 pm November 17, 2010 6-8:30 (Imam Jamil Al-Amin Screenings) Location: William Grant Still Arts Center 2520 South West View Street Los Angeles, CA 90016 Cost: Free ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
