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King’s Road: A First-Hand Account Of Bloody Tuesday
Members of the Tuscaloosa Civil Rights History Task Force hosted guests from Utah State University April 5 – 6, 2018. Under the direction of Dr. François Dengah students traveled to several locations significant to the civil rights movement in the United States, including Tuscaloosa where they experienced the history, locations, and people of the movement. Their visit and work produced a Utah…
Author BJ Hollars to talk at Hunter Chapel
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BBC Radio Scotland – Sunday Morning with …
BBC Radio Scotland Broadcasts Tuscaloosa – 1.The Early Civil Rights Years Tuscaloosa – 2. Bloody Tuesday Tuscaloosa – 3.Truth & Reconciliation
Two Free Concerts in Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Community at a Glance May 1, 2017 First African Baptist Church Sing Sistah Sing! May 2, 2017 First United Methodist Church An Evening of Song & Reconciliation
Join us for an unveiling…
…of a historical marker memorializing eight African American men lynched in Tuscaloosa County between 1884 and 1933. Meet at 2803 6th Street, Tuscaloosa, AL, near the old county courthouse. Following the unveiling there will be a program at First African Baptist Church, 2621 Stillman Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL.
An Evening with Billy Field
Tuesday, February 28 at 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CST
The University of Alabama
Ferguson Theater
751 Campus Dr, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
Billy Field is one of the few human beings left on the planet who saw a rocket shoot across the sky (on November 30, 1954), crash through a lady’s roof, bounce off her radio and hit her on her buttocks, making her the only human being in the history of the world to ever be hit by a falling star. He was five years old. He grew up and went to Hollywood where he made films and wrote screenplays. He sold the story of the lady who got hit by the falling star to Twentieth Century Fox. He has been with the Honors College for over ten years and teaches screenwriting, film production (LightsCameraAlabama.com) and a history course called Reacting to the Past. He holds an MFA in Theater from UA.
Billy is a founding member of the Tuscaloosa Civil RIghts Task Force. He has produced amazing works related to the Civil Rights story of Alabama, many of which will be featured during this event. Explore Billy’s fascinating work at: http://lightscameraalabama.com/.
Please join us for a very special evening that will undoubtedly have an impact on you as we explore the messages in these films, and hear directly from the source about their significance in his own life.
Old 16 mm film projector
Billy Field at film event
