20070107 Kelsey Volkmann previews Martin Luther King events at CAC

Kelsey Volkmann previews Martin Luther King events at CAC

January 7^th, 2007

Kelsey Volkmann, writing for the Baltimore Examiner, has penned two previews of Martin Luther King Legacy Day events at the Carroll Arts Center. The two articles were published in the January 4^th and 5^th, 2007 editions of the paper.

Westminster theater with segregated past to honor King

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Professor credits NAACP’s influence on war movies as aiding future gains

In “Westminster theater with segregated past to honor King” she describes the efforts of a local community leader, John Lewis – and the Baltimore Colts to desegregate the movie theatre in the mid-1960s.

For more information on the history of the Carroll Theatre, go here, or here.

Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner, Read more by Kelsey Volkmann

Jan 4, 2007 3:00 AM

kvolkmann@baltimoreexaminer.com

Westminster - An art-deco theater in Westminster with a segregated past has planned a day of events honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

“About eight to 10 of us held the first demonstration for integration outside the Carroll theater in the early 1960s,” said John Lewis, a civil rights activist and Carroll County native. “People were surprised that somebody had the audacity to demonstrate, but we didn’t disturb the peace. We simply picketed and went home.”

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Professor credits NAACP’s influence on war movies as aiding future gains

Kelsey Volkmann, The Examiner
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Jan 5, 2007 3:00 AM
kvolkmann@baltimoreexaminer.com

BALTIMORE - The NAACP’s influence on World War II movies laid the groundwork for the civil rights movement, a local historian said.

With the U.S. government repeating the words “unity,” “tolerance” and “brotherhood” to build support for the war, blacks encouraged Hollywood to include black heroes in movies of that time, said Thomas Cripps, a retired history professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore City.

Using film clips from “Sahara,” “Crash Drive” and “In This Our Life,” Cripps will give a lecture titled “Movies, Race and World War II” as part of the Carroll Arts Center’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

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