Black History Film Screening Wednesday at Library

A special free screening of the 30-minute film "Shirley Chisholm: The Leader" will be presented Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Alameda Free Library.

The screening is part of  Black History Month, which has as its theme this year, "Black Women in American Culture and History."

The event, which begins at 6 p.m., is sponsored by the Alameda Multicultural Community Center and will be moderated by Rick Moss, the director of the African American Museum and Library of Oakland.

Following the film a panel discussion will be held with panelists Dr. Jannett Jackson, president of the College of Alameda; Vickie Smith, producer of "Early African Americans in Alameda" and co-founder of the Encinal High School Black Student Union and Lester Dixon, founder of the Cougar Cadet Corps.

Shirley Chisholm was the first African American woman elected to Congress and the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States. The daughter of immigrants, she grew up in both Brooklyn, N.Y. and Barbados.   Chisholm said she ran for U.S. President "in spite of hopeless odds to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo." 

The library is wheelchair accessible.

For information, call 510-521-9405 or e-mail alamulticultural@gmail.com.