News Release

Film Screening: A Passage at St. Augustine

Filmmaker Clennon L. King

Boston Athenaeum

News Release Date: February 25, 2020

Contact: Rebecca Karcher, [phone]

ATLANTA — On Thursday, February 27, 2020, the Martin Luther King, Jr.
National Historical Park will host a film screening of the documentary “A Passage at St. Augustine,” at 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm, in the Park’s Visitor Center theater, located at 450 Auburn Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30312.  The filming event is free and open to the public.
 

This 56-minute award-winning film titled, “Passage at St. Augustine: The 1964 Black Lives Matter Movement That Transformed America,” documents black student activists who challenged on-going racial injustices committed in the tourist town of St. Augustine, Florida.
 

Viewers will hear first-hand oral histories from individuals who fought the 15-month campaign such as civil rights field lieutenants, foot soldiers, law enforcement, segregationists,  journalists, clergy, Klansmen, White House insiders, business leaders, civilians and politicians.

The St. Augustine Campaign led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and has been considered the most violent campaign of the entire modern Civil Rights Movement.

After the screening, filmmaker Clennon L. King will segue into a larger conversation on race, with a spirited question and answer session.  Rev. Hosea L. Williams, a member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, spearheaded the St. Augustine movement, and his legacy will be the central component of this post film discussion.

Superintendent Judy Forte states “As we close out  Black History Month,  we are honored to host this award-winning documentary that shares rare footage of the riveting St. Augustine Campaign.”

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