Racial Justice Task Force Film Series: “Birth of a Movement”
On ZoomBirth of a Movement brings to life Boston’s long history as a center of abolition and a force for racial equality. In 1915, William Monroe Trotter, a little remembered leader in the Black radical tradition, led the struggle to ban D. W. Griffith’s notoriously racist film, The Birth of a Nation. Trotter advocated mass action … Continue reading Racial Justice Task Force Film Series: “Birth of a Movement”