Description: The Auburn Avenue Research Library, in collaboration with the Baton Foundation Inc., will host a screening of the documentary Selma: The Real Story. Just eight months after President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Selma Alabama would become the site of violent attacks against Black citizens attempting to exercise their right to vote. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate against a person based on her/his race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. It also outlawed racial segregation in schools, public accommodations, and employment. And, the Act prohibited unfair voter registration requirements. In contrast to the 2014 Hollywood film, Selma, Selma: The Real Story tells the story of the city’s struggle for Black suffrage from the perspective of those familiar with those efforts. From 1963 to 1965, protests were held in Selma to being attention to the suppression of voting rights for Black citizens in the country’s Black Belt Region. This film is about the people of Selma, particularly the city’s youth. Their collective consciousness would not allow them (or their families) to remain second-class citizens any longer. These brave young people played a critical role in the Modern Civil Rights Movement–succeeding in ways their parents could not–effectively changing the image of the Jim Crow South."

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