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Clennon King to screen ‘Fair Game’

Clennon King to screen ‘Fair Game’
Boston-based filmmaker Clennon L. King will screen his latest documentary about a Black New Jersey mother who, five years after Emmett Till, mounted a 26-month fight to rescue her son from a Georgia town notorious for lynching. Sponsored by the Friends of the Needham Public Library, the screening is set for Sunday, November 18, at...
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Documentary, discussion to recall St. Augustine

Documentary, discussion to recall St. Augustine
By Amelia Tarallo Hometown Weekly Special Correspondent For many of us in Massachusetts, St. Augustine is just another pin on the map - another tourist destination in sunny Florida. Just a few decades ago, though, St. Augustine was the site of the bloodiest civil rights campaign. The campaign is the subject of the documentary “Passage at St. Augustine:...
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