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Enjoy a private screening of "Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence". Lillian Smith was one of the first white southern authors to speak out against white supremacy and segregation. Available 9/20-9/27
A child of the South, she was seen as a traitor to the South for her stance on racial and gender equality. A friend of Eleanor Roosevelt and Martin Luther King, Jr., she used her fame after writing a bestselling novel ("Strange Fruit") to denounce the toxic social conditions that repressed the lives and imaginations of both blacks and whites. With her lifelong partner Paula Snelling, she educated privileged white girls at her summer camp in north Georgia and tried to open their minds to a world of compassion and creativity.
"Breaking the Silence" will explore how this child of the South became a formidable voice of the South -- a voice that has been muted in the decades after her death.
Just as important, we'll show her relevance today as we face a rising tide of intolerance and discrimination throughout the world.
Click the link to enter the private screening from September 20 thru September 27: https://lilliansmithdoc.com/private-screening-gwinnett
*Adult Programming
AGE GROUP: | Ages 19+ |
EVENT TYPE: | Learning Labs | Community | Book Talks |
Mon, Apr 22 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Tue, Apr 23 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Wed, Apr 24 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Thu, Apr 25 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Fri, Apr 26 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sat, Apr 27 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
Sun, Apr 28 | 9:00AM to 9:00PM |
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