You’re invited to a screening and discussion of the AMERICAN EXPERIENCE film Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP. The event features an extended clip from the film and a panel discussion with the filmmakers and special guests.
This event is presented by Harvard Film Archive, the Black Film Project at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University, American Experience and GBH. Admission is free, and seating is limited.
Panelists:
Michelle Smawley – Director
Rob Rapley – Writer/Producer
Kenneth Mack – Film Participant
Ellis Monk – Film Participant
Moderator – Cameo George, American Experience Executive Producer
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP traces the life of this neglected civil rights hero and seeks to explain his disappearance from history. Some of the NAACP leaders are familiar, including W.E.B. Du Bois and Thurgood Marshall, but Walter White, head of the NAACP from 1929 to 1955, has been all but forgotten. American Experience is produced by GBH with funding provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. #ForgottenHeroPBS
