Dinner & Movie: "At the River I Stand"
Saturday Jan 20, 6 pm
In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday
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3334 W. Lawrence #202
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Dinner and a Movie to celebrate the birth and contributions to both the struggle against racism and for labor rights of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dinner will be served at 6 pm with the movie beginning at 6:30 PM.

There is a suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Stick around after the film for discussion and to find out how to get involved in building March activities against war and racism.

The events chronicled in "At the River I Stand" take place the last two months of Dr. King's life.  It is the story of a 1968 strike in Memphis, TN by grossly underpaid sanitation workers that rallied the cities' black community. At the time of the strike, Dr. King was seeking to broaden and deepen the Civil Rights Movement and was building a nationwide Poor People's Campaign to challenge the economic power structure of the South. Dr. King came to lend his support to the strike in Memphis because he felt it so clearly illustrated the integral connection between the struggle for civil and economic rights. The strike and the demonstrations in support of the Black sanitation workers culminated in the tragic death of Dr. Martin Luther King. The film clearly shows how the African-American and labor movements both win by struggling together.

Check out a more in-depth review of the film by ANSWER Chicago activist Bill Massey at  http://socialismandliberation.org/mag/index.php?aid=180