We're Screening The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.
Join our esteemed panelists, Woodie Rucker-Hughes, president of the Riverside chapter of the NAACP, and Aundrey M. Jones, president of B.L.A.A.C.K. (Brothers Leading African Americans through Consciousness and Knowledge), a student-led organization at UCR, for the screening of The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.
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Whitney Young, Jr., the civil rights champion who negotiated with top leaders of industry and government to create greater opportunities for minorities, is the subject of a new documentary, The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights.
During the 1960s, as the executive director of the National Urban League, Young was one of the few African Americans who had the ears of those who controlled the levers of power: Fortune 500 CEOs, governors, senators, and presidents. He used these relationships to gain better access to employment, education, housing, and healthcare for African Americans, other minorities, and those in need. His unique position and approach earned him praise, but also scorn from the Black Power movement for being too close to the white establishment. While he is less known today than other leaders of the era because of the behind-the-scenes nature of his work, Young's legacy and influence are still felt profoundly.
See the Film ... Join the Conversation
When: Sunday, Feb. 17 @ 2:00 p.m.
Where: The Riverside Public Library, 2nd Floor Auditorium
3581 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92501
Light refreshments will be served. To register and download your free movie ticket, click here...The Powerbroker .
Click here to see a trailer...The Powerbroker.
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