| Date: | July 26, 2016 |
| Time: | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Venue: | Blacksburg Library |
| Description: |
Blacksburg Library presents a Documentary Screening of "Alice's Ordinary People" on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. "Alice's Ordinary People" covers the selfless activists of the Chicago Freedom Movement. In 1966, Dr. King came to Chicago. Alice and her husband James Tregay, marched with him, often at great personal risk. It was at this time that Dr. King joined the Reverend Jesse Jackson, and the Reverend James Bevel to form Operation Breadbasket. Breadbasket fought racism on many fronts, but its main task was jobs for African Americans, particularly from those businesses drawing profits from the African American community. Alice Tregay’s story is about ordinary people who effected extraordinary change and advanced the endless struggle for human rights and dignity. This event is part of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library's series of documentaries in July as part of the Adult Summer Reading Program. The films and book focus on the lives and struggles of African Americans in Virginia and Illinois. For more information, visit: http://www.montgomery-floyd.lib.va.us/ or https://www.facebook.com/pages/Blacksburg-Library/152248358735 or call 540-552-8246. |