STATELESS: A RACE AGAINST TIME. A TIME AGAINST RACE.

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The ruling that rendered more than 200,000 people stateless, without nationality, identity or a homeland, a young attorney named Rosa Iris mounts a grassroots campaign, challenging electoral corruption and advocating for social justice.

John Blassingame Luncheon

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BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER

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BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER is an intimate and inspiring portrait of Representative Barbara Lee, a champion of civil rights and a steadfast voice for human rights, peace, and economic and racial justice in the U.S. Congress.

Key Session: The Craft of Writing Black Women’s Biography

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This Key Session features panelists Daina Ramey Berry, Tanisha Ford, Ashley Farmer, KT Ewing, and Anastasia Curwood.

Plenary Session: The History of Black Women and Health

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This Plenary Session features panelists Ameenah Shakir, Michelle Browder, Stephanie Y. Evans, Kimberly Jeffries Leonard, and Deirdre Cooper Owens.

AMERICA’S WAR ON ABORTION

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In this BAFTA award-winning film, America's War on Abortion, two-time Emmy and Peabody award-winning filmmaker Deeyah Khan examines the erosion of reproductive rights in the United States, foregrounding the stories of those often forgotten in this ‘war’ who nonetheless find themselves on its frontline: impoverished women and women of color.

ASALH Film Festival: Fruit: It Takes a Village

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FRUIT tells the story of how the power of mentoring can shift the narrative of the young black male.