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X-WR-CALNAME:Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect | Film Screening
  and Q&A
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LOCATION:17701 Dartmouth Drive\nLewes DE 19958
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SUMMARY:Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect | Film Screening and 
 Q&A
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:The Lewes Public Library\, Southern Delaware Alliance for Racia
 l\nJustice\, ACLU of Delaware\, and Cinema Art Theater present a film\nscr
 eening of Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect followed by\na Q&A
  session with the film's director\, Alexis Aggrey. This landmark\ndocument
 ary explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall\, from\nhis trailbla
 zing legal battles to his historic role as the first Black\nSupreme Court 
 justice. Featuring rare archival materials and\ninterviews with leading HB
 CU (Historically Black Colleges and\nUniversities) voices\, the film revea
 ls how Marshall helped America\nconfront its deepest contradictions—and 
 how his vision for justice\ncontinues to shape the country today. Becoming
  Thurgood traces\nMarshall’s life and career from his birth in Baltimore
  in 1908\,\nthrough his years at Historically Black Colleges and Universit
 ies\nLincoln University and Howard University School of Law\, and on to hi
 s\ngroundbreaking career as a lawyer championing civil rights. After\nlaun
 ching his legal career in Baltimore in 1935\, Marshall went on to\nwin 29 
 of the 32 cases he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court\, most\nnotably th
 e landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case\, which\ninvalidated the 
 “separate but equal” doctrine and ended racial\nsegregation in public 
 schools. In 1967\, Marshall became the first\nBlack American appointed to 
 the U.S. Supreme Court\, where he served\nuntil his retirement in 1991. Ex
 ecutive produced by Emmy Award-winning\nand Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stan
 ley Nelson and MPT Senior Vice\nPresident and Chief Content Officer Travis
  Mitchell\, the film is\nproduced and directed by Alexis Aggrey\, with mus
 ic by two-time Grammy\nAward-winning composer Derrick Hodge. Becoming Thur
 good: America's\nSocial Architect is a production of Maryland Public Telev
 ision\, made\npossible with an appropriation from the State of Maryland fo
 r The\nCenter for Maryland History Films. Funding for the film is also\npr
 ovided by Morgan State University\, Theralogix\, Sage Policy Group\,\nand 
 Allan and Shelley Holt (through the Hillside Foundation). Venue:\nCinema A
 rt Theater.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Lewes Public Library\, Southern Delaware A
 lliance for Racial Justice\, ACLU of Delaware\, and Cinema Art Theater pre
 sent a film screening of Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect fol
 lowed by a Q&A session with the film's director\, Alexis Aggrey. This land
 mark documentary explores the life and legacy of Thurgood Marshall\, from 
 his trailblazing legal battles to his historic role as the first Black Sup
 reme Court justice. Featuring rare archival materials and interviews with 
 leading HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) voices\, the f
 ilm reveals how Marshall helped America confront its deepest contradiction
 s—and how his vision for justice continues to shape the country today. B
 ecoming Thurgood traces Marshall’s life and career from his birth in Bal
 timore in 1908\, through his years at Historically Black Colleges and Univ
 ersities Lincoln University and Howard University School of Law\, and on t
 o his groundbreaking career as a lawyer championing civil rights. After la
 unching his legal career in Baltimore in 1935\, Marshall went on to win 29
  of the 32 cases he argued before the U.S. Supreme Court\, most notably th
 e landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education case\, which invalidated the 
 “separate but equal” doctrine and ended racial segregation in public s
 chools. In 1967\, Marshall became the first Black American appointed to th
 e U.S. Supreme Court\, where he served until his retirement in 1991. Execu
 tive produced by Emmy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Stanley 
 Nelson and MPT Senior Vice President and Chief Content Officer Travis Mitc
 hell\, the film is produced and directed by Alexis Aggrey\, with music by 
 two-time Grammy Award-winning composer Derrick Hodge. Becoming Thurgood: A
 merica's Social Architect is a production of Maryland Public Television\, 
 made possible with an appropriation from the State of Maryland for The Cen
 ter for Maryland History Films. Funding for the film is also provided by M
 organ State University\, Theralogix\, Sage Policy Group\, and Allan and Sh
 elley Holt (through the Hillside Foundation). Venue: Cinema Art Theater.
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