Racism In America - New Film Reveals The Untold History Of Our Nation

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BOSTON, March 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The film 'An American Story: Race Amity and the Other Tradition' explores the moral counterweights to the tradition of racism in America and how we can move together towards our nation's motto - 'E Pluribus Unum'. 

This thought-provoking, inspiring and emotional film tells the story of cross-cultural friendships that tackled racism and inequality in the past. 

Frederick Douglass abolitionist, philosopher and statesman and Daniel O'Connell, abolitionist, Emancipator of Ireland and Universalist, held a powerful friendship that advanced access and equity in Ireland, Britain and America.
Frederick Douglass abolitionist, philosopher and statesman and Daniel O'Connell, abolitionist, Emancipator of Ireland and Universalist, held a powerful friendship that advanced access and equity in Ireland, Britain and America.
Delores Huerta, a middle-class Latino activist, Fred Ross, a lead organizer of Saul Alinsky's Community Service Organisation and Cesar Chavez, a gifted and charismatic advocate for Hispanic, Philipino and African-American field laborers, formed a close and loving friendship that gave birth to the United Farm Worker's Union, improving the lives of millions.
Delores Huerta, a middle-class Latino activist, Fred Ross, a lead organizer of Saul Alinsky's Community Service Organisation and Cesar Chavez, a gifted and charismatic advocate for Hispanic, Philipino and African-American field laborers, formed a close and loving friendship that gave birth to the United Farm Worker's Union, improving the lives of millions.
Frederick Douglass abolitionist, philosopher and statesman and Daniel O'Connell, abolitionist, Emancipator of Ireland and Universalist, held a powerful friendship that advanced access and equity in Ireland, Britain and America. Delores Huerta, a middle-class Latino activist, Fred Ross, a lead organizer of Saul Alinsky's Community Service Organisation and Cesar Chavez, a gifted and charismatic advocate for Hispanic, Philipino and African-American field laborers, formed a close and loving friendship that gave birth to the United Farm Worker's Union, improving the lives of millions.

This racial amity has come to be known as 'the other tradition' of America and today, paves the way for us all to engage in positive discourse and action, in the current climate of national disunity. 

Press screening: Thursday 15th March 2018, 5:30 pm at Museum of African American History, Joy Street, Boston

Trailer: raceamityfilm.org 

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WGBH Debut Broadcast: Thursday 12th April 2018, 9:00 pm EDT

 

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