HYDE PARK — The 50th anniversary of the civil rights marches from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., are being celebrated at the First Unitarian Church with a weekend full of events.
The church at 5650 S. Woodlawn Ave. will host a panel discussion, free film screening and other events to celebrate the three marches in Alabama in 1965 that led to the Voting Rights Act.
“Slavery by Another Name,” a documentary about the end of slavery and the brutal labor market that followed, will be screened at 3:30 p.m. Saturday followed by a discussion of the film.
On Sunday morning, Bronzeville historian Timuel Black will lead the 10 a.m. service with a talk titled “50 Years Later, We March On.”
Black will join a panel discussion at noon with current civil rights activists Marlon Chamberlain of the Community Renewal Society and Brent Taylor of the University of Windsor, Chief Eugene Williams of the Chicago Police Department and Karlene Burrell-McRae, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at the University of Chicago.
All events are free and open to the public.
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