Join us for a special viewing of the documentary film, INVISIBLE WARRIORS: African American Women in World War II.

This film illuminates the wartime challenges and triumphs of 600,000 Black “Rosie the Riveters,” pioneers, who courageously triumphed over racism and sexism to create job opportunities in industry and government for themselves and future generations of black women. After the viewing, we will be joined in-person and in conversation with two of the Black Rosie the Riverters featured in the film for reflections on their remarkable journey.

We will also be joined by the director of the film, Gregory Cooke. His initiatives helped secure participation of Black “Rosies” at the 2024 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in Washington D.C. Mr. Cooke is a winner of the 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, and of the 2023/2024 Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) grant. He is also on the National World War II Museum advisory board: “Fighting For The Right To Fight.” He is an inaugural recipient of the Better Angels/Lavine/Ken Burns Fellowship (2020), and received the Congressional Black Caucus, Veterans Braintrust Award (2019). Gregory also received documentary sponsorship from the Kingdom of the Netherlands (2020).

For preview of the film, please copy and paste this trailer link into your browser: www.invisiblewarriorsfilm.com

This event is supported by the Interpretation and Education Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, an endowed fund made possible by a challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and co-sponsored/co-hosted with members of the Prince George’s County Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Truth Chapter, Prince George’s County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (PGCAC DST) , and the Prince George’s County Alpha Kappa Alpha Local Chapter.