January 14, 2015
Directed by Ava DuVernay, Selma depicts the suffrage movement led by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), and the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in 1965 that led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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Jackson Action Coalition Screens Dr. King Film “Selma”
The Jackson Action Coalition (JAC) in collaboration with other community organizations recently held a private screening of the major motion picture “Selma”, at the ShowPlace ICON movie theater, 1011 South Delano Ct., in Chicago.