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Screen/Society--Rights! Camera! Action!--"From Swastika to Jim Crow"

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016
7:00 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion to follow with Dr. Leonard Rogoff, research historian of the Jewish Heritage Foundation of North Carolina and author of Down Home: Jewish Life in North Carolina!
Rights! Camera! Action!

Film Screening: "From Swastika to Jim Crow" (Lori Cheatle, Martin D. Toub, 2000, 60 min, USA, in English, B&W, DVD) / "From Swastika to Jim Crow" is a fascinating and moving one-hour documentary that tells the previously untold story of the many German Jewish professors who, expelled from their homeland by the Nazis, found new lives and careers at all-Black colleges and universities in the South. Through in-depth interviews with many of the surviving professors as well as their former students, "From Swastika to Jim Crow" uncovers a remarkable moment in American history and offers a fresh perspective on the complex history of race relations in America. /-- "'From Swastika to Jim Crow' uncovers a remarkable moment in American history and offers a fresh perspective on the complex history of race relations in America." -- Jewish Herald Voice /-- "The film finds nobility, honor and truth in the connections that were forged between students hungry for knowledge and teachers driven to impart their expertise and wisdom." -- Daily News Online / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4DecqDTB3Y

Contact: Hank Okazaki