CANCELED - Evanston's Living History
Monday, May 37:00—8:15 PMVirtualMorrill Memorial Library33 Walpole St., Norwood, MA, 02062
The Morrill Memorial Library is offering a Zoom presentation by filmmaker Craig Dudnick on Monday, May 3 at 7:00pm. Based on Dudnick's documentary, "Evanston's Living History," the presentation focuses on the story of a community’s struggle for justice; with roots extending to the town of Abbeville, South Carolina and the horrific lynching of one of its prominent citizens, Anthony Crawford. Follow the lives of Crawford's descendants and their allies as the fight for the passage of United States Senate Resolution 39, which apologized for the failure of the Senate to enact anti-lynching legislation. Learn about Evanston’s greatest generation, and their courageous fight to free Evanston from the bondage of racial discrimination.
The program will not include a showing of the documentary, but you can watch it via Kanopy ahead of time. (Never used Kanopy before? All you need is your library card! Here's how to get started.)
Registration for this program is required. Please sign up using the form below, or call the Reference Desk at 781-769-0200 x2. Zoom access details will be sent out the day before and the day of the program.
This program is part of Norwood’s Civic Hub, a year-long series of LSTA grant programs brought to you with federal funds provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.