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Brothers of the Blacklist at the Nyack Center

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On Sept 4 1992, an elderly woman in a small town in upstate New York reports an  attempted rape by a young black man. While looking for suspects, police contact officials at SUNY Oneonta, a nearby college, and a school administrator reacts by handing over a list of names and residences of 125 black male students. For the next several days, those students are tracked down and interrogated by various police departments under a presumption of guilty until proven innocent.

Brothers of the Blacklist will be screened at 7p on Wed Jan 28 at the Nyack Center. Following the film, stay for a discussion of the movie with Director Sean Gallagher, SUNY Oneonta Alumnus Kirk Allen, VCS Racial Justice Organizer Banessa Green, Community Member Dornzella Milligan. The discussion will be moderated by Phyllis B. Frank from VCS.The Nyack Center is located at 58 Depew Ave on South Broadway.

In “Brothers of the Blacklist,” Director Sean Gallagher tracks this story of racism that became the longest litigated civil rights case in American history. The now grown students and their school counselor recount the disturbing events that the college and police department tried sweeping under the rug for many years thereafter. An emotional story of social justice, this unsettling documentary is also a cautionary tale of equal rights gone wrong that is relevant today more than ever.

This free presentation is co-sponsored by VCS and Rivertown Films. Additional co-sponsors include the African American Historical Society of Rockland County, Center for Safety and Change, Green Meadow Waldorf School, Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center, Mental Health Association of Rockland, the Nyack Center, the Nyack NAACP and the Spring Valley NAACP.

 

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