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The New Bedford Historical Society and the New Bedford Whaling Museum will be kicking off Black History Month with a free showing of the family-friendly film, The Watsons Go to Birmingham. The film is about a Northern family that travels to Birmingham, Alabama and experiences racism, up close and personal, during the summer of 1963. During the film, the family comes closer together and overcomes fear and develops courage to stand up for what is right. The film is focused on the events leading up to the 1964 Civil Rights Act that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women and ended racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. The film is a great way for our youngsters to view some of the changes that have come about in the past 50 years due to the advocacy of many civil rights activists.
Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunting will always glorify the hunter.
– African Proverb
