Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 6 – 8:30 p.m.
Join us for a free event previewing Henry Louis Gates Jr.’s “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” followed by a panel discussion.
This new documentary takes a broad view of the Reconstruction era and its aftermath, beginning with the hopeful moment of war’s end and emancipation in 1865 and carrying through to 1915, when the nation was fully entrenched in Jim Crow segregation.
Panel Participants:
Heather Bryson, Ph.D., History Department, Valencia College
Olabisi Olakulade, historian and educator at Shule Adetude
Michael Perkins, museum manager, Orange County Regional History Center
Kevin Washington, Ph.D., African-centered psychologist, author, and pastor
Moderated by:
Josie Onifade Lemon Allen, Bridge the Gap Coalition & The Truth and Justice Project of Orange County
Jae Fortune, The Pine Hills Partnership & WHPB-FM 98.5 The Wire
Free admission. Free child care and dinner is provided for children 4 years and up. Limited space available, please register to reserve a place for your child.
Corporate support for “Reconstruction: America After the Civil War” was provided by Johnson & Johnson. Major funding was also provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; the Ford Foundation; The Gilder Foundation; Lloyd Carney Foundation; Dr. Georgette Bennett and Dr. Leonard Polonsky CBE; and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and PBS.
