January 10, 2005

Boise State's Diverse Film Perspective Series Remembers The Greensboro Four

A screening of February One: The Story of the Greensboro Four will be presented at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 17, in the Boise State Student Union Jordan Ballroom as part of the Diverse Film Perspective Series. The film tells the story behind one of the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement, when four North Carolina A&T University freshmen launched a sit-in at the Whites-only lunch counter at a Greensboro, N.C., Woolworths. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Cultural Center at 426-5950. The 61-minute documentary provides first-hand accounts from the members of the Greensboro Four, Ezell Blair, Jr. (now Jibreel Khazan), David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil, who remember the time as the high point in their lives. “I had gained my manhood by that simple act,” recounts Frank McCain. The protest inspired Black students across the South and in a few days they were sitting in at lunch counters in 54 cities. Produced by Steven Channing and Rebecca Cerese, the film reminds us how ordinary people can make extraordinary differences in the world. The Diverse Film Perspective Series is presented by the Boise State Cultural Center, Student Activities, Independent Television Series (ITVS), International Programs Office and Idaho Public Television. -30- Contact: Ro Parker, Cultural Center, (208) 426-5950, roparker@boisestate.edu. Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, communications and marketing, 208 426-3275. Rachel Bonilla, communications and marketing, 208 426-3196.