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Two-part film on African American military history shown Feb. 22 and 24 at Valley Hi-North Laguna Library
by Don Burns, published on February 16, 2011 at 2:41 PM
Storyline: Sacramento Public Library
In celebration of Black History Month in February, there will be a free viewing of the documentary, For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots, at Valley Hi-North Laguna Library, 7400 Imagination Parkway, Sacramento (off Bruceville Road and south of Cosumnes River Boulevard).
The film will be shown in two parts: Part 1 at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 22; and Part 2 at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, February 24.
To illuminate the largely untold experiences of African Americans in the United States’ armed forces, the film serves up history from as far back as the American Revolutionary War to the conflict in Afghanistan. Ten years in the making, the two-part documentary examines why, despite enormous injustice, black men and women fought for freedoms they did not enjoy.
Introduced by former US Secretary of State Colin Powell and hosted by film actress Halle Berry, the film uses an assortment of letters, diaries, speeches, and military records to document and acknowledge the sacrifices and accomplishments of African American servicemen and women.
For more information, telephone the Sacramento Public Library at (916) 264-2920 or visit saclibrary.org.
Disclosure: Don Burns is a representative of the Sacramento Public Library’s Communications Office.
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GaryZaetz
March 4, 2011 | 6:13 PM
In commemoration of Black History Month, Americans of all races should honor the achievements of African-American servicemen and women, especially those who gave up their lives in service to their country. We can do this by making sure the Government begins to spend a sufficient amount of money to recover the remains of our missing in action, many of whom were African-Americans, such as the following 30 MIA Tuskegee Airmen of World War II (whose stories were documented not long ago in a series of articles in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch): Lt. Albert L. Young, F/O Carl J. Woods, Lt. William F. Williams Jr., Lt.Sherman H. White Jr., Lt. James R. Polkinghorne, F/O Leland H. Pennington, Lt. Andrew D. Marshall, Captain Andrew Maples Jr., Lt. Oscar D. Hutton Jr., Lt. Wellington G. Irving, Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., Lt. John H. Chavis, Capt. Alfonza W. Davis, Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson, Lt. Maurice V. Esters, Lt. Samuel J. Foreman, Lt. Frederick D. Funderburg Jr., Lt. Samuel Jefferson, Lt. Charles B. Johnson, 2nd Lt. James L. McCullin, Capt. Robert B. Tresville, 2nd Lt. Elton H. Nightingale, Lt. George T. McCrumby, 2nd Lt. Thomas C. Street, 1st Lt. Langdon E. Johnson, 2nd Lt. Ferrier H. White, 2nd Lt. Harry J. Daniels, 1st Lt. John H. Prowell, and Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant. The Defense Department has historically treated its MIA remains recovery program like a neglected stepchild, requesting a level of funding that is nowhere near the amount needed to recover the remains of the tens of thousands still missing. Please support substantially increased funding for location and recovery of the remains of our heroic missing Tuskegee Airmen, and all the other missing soldiers, sailors, and airmen of all ethnicities. Their sacrifice and their families deserve nothing less.
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