More Than A Month - Movie Screening & Discussion

Should We End Black History MONTH? Shukree Hassan Tilghman, a 29-year-old African-American filmmaker, sets out on a cross-country campaign to end Black History Month. He stops in various cities, wearing a sandwich board, to solicit signatures on his petition to end the observance. He explains that relegating Black History Month to the coldest, shortest month of the year is an insult, and that black history is not separate from American history. Through this thoughtful and humorous journey, he explores what the treatment of history tells us about race and equality in a “post-racial” America. Discussion will follow the screening. Light Snacks Provided SPONSORED BY REMEMBERTHE400 STL CHAPTER Contact: (314) 499-1031 ___rememberthe400.stl@gmail.com [http://gmail.com]___ Shadrock Porter is the creator of the rememberthe400 movement, which is an awareness campaign that was formed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans that were brought to the shores of Hampton, VA in August 1619.