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Black August 2017 Film Night

  • Chokwe Lumumba Center 939 West Capitol Street Jackson, MS, 39203 United States (map)
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Join Cooperation Jackson on Thursday, August 31st for Black August 2017 Film Night and Pot Luck/BBQ. This year we are going to showing the following films:

1. George Jackson: Releasing the Dragon
2. The Murder of Fred Hampton

Black August is a commemoration of the resistance of our ancestors. The practice of Black August calls for us to remember our political prisoners, prisoners of war, and political exiles. It also calls for us to fortify our mind, body, and spirits with via fasting, collective study and reflection, and physical exercise throughout the month of August.

Admission is free and open to the public.
 

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