Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power

Wednesday, February 11 — 7 PM

NR | Documentary 1h 30m | 2022 | USA

In a town that was eighty percent Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This isn’t a story of hope but of action. Through first-person accounts and searing archival footage, LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County.

Directed by: Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard