Shared Legacies: The African-American Jewish Civil Rights Alliance

FILM SCREENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
TUESDAY, MARCH 9 AT 7:00 PM

Shared Legacies explores the often forgotten story of the coalition and friendship between the Jewish and African-American communities from the founding of the NAACP through the Civil Rights Era to the present. Directed by Shari Rogers, Shared Legacies features an impressive array of storytellers and archival footage as it explores the normalized bigotry of the Jim Crow South, the North’s rampant bias in the areas of housing, education and employment, and the civil rights era initiatives that brought Black and Jewish leaders together to support Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for a more just and equitable world.

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Panelists:

Rev. Dr. Janette C. Wilson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Chris Riehlmann, Open Communities

Sherry Frank, NCJW Atlanta

Rudy Garrett, Chicago Votes

Featuring:

Dr. Shari Rogers, Director and Writer of Shared Legacies

Moderated by:

Nancy Burrows, NCJW South Cook

This event is sponsored by: NCJW Chicago North Shore, Open Communities, JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival, NCJW South Cook, Rainbow PUSH Coalition,  Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, Congregation Sukkat Shalom, Chicago Women Take Action, The Decalogue Society of Lawyers, League of Women Voters of Chicago, KAM Isaiah Israel, and Congregation Or Shalom