After opening the conversation Français Club, the American Corner opened his second club this Thursday, February 10, 2011 at 2 pm: The Film Club. This club will give readers the Monique Calixte Library (BMC) as to others discover weekly films and documentaries on specific topics and discussion after the screening.
Four films will be screened as part of this month of February in the United States designated the Black History Month and dedicated to the history of Afro-American (*): Boycott, Malcolm X, Amistad and When We Were Kings.
Boycott
This Thursday, the film club will be inaugurated by the projection of Boycott, a film dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr.
African-American Baptist pastor born in Atlanta (Georgia) January 15, 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated April 4, 1968 in Memphis (Tennessee). Nonviolent activist for black civil rights in the United States, for peace and against poverty, organizes and directs actions such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott to defend the right to vote, desegregation, and minority employment . He delivered a famous speech August 28, 1963 before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington during the march for jobs and freedom: "I have a dream" (I have a dream). It is supported by John F. Kennedy in the fight against racial discrimination, most rights it claims will be promoted by the Civil Rights Act "and" Voting Rights Act "under President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Luther King became the youngest winner of the Nobel peace in 1964 for his nonviolent struggle against racial segregation and for peace. He began a campaign against the Vietnam War and poverty, which ends with his assassination in 1968 was officially attributed to James Earl Ray, whose guilt and involvement in a conspiracy are still debated.
He was awarded posthumously the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1977, the price of human rights Nations United in 1978, the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004 and is considered one of the greatest American speakers [1]. Since 1986, the Martin Luther King Day is a holiday in the United States.
(*) The Black History Month
month of February was called the Black History Month in the United States each year to celebrate the achievements of African Americans and recognize the role Central they played in the history of the United States. This idea comes from the initiative of "History Week negro," an original idea historian Carter G. Woodson and other prominent African Americans. Since 1976, every president of the United States has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries in the world, including Canada and the UK also spend one month at a celebration of the history of black citizens.
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