Feb 1st, 2022 - Feb 28th, 2022 ·
Join us for 28 Days of Black Life, History and Culture!
Daily:
28 Days of Mobile Black History Facts! Presented in collaboration with the ACCEL Academy (Featured on Facebook and Instagram @mobileparksandrec )
Weekly:
Connie Hudson Center (3201 Hillcrest Road, Mobile, AL 36695) Art Gallery will be open to display a showcase of drawings for our Seniors. Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm all month.
Every Wednesday:
Movie Series with Panel Discussions taking place every Wednesday from 6pm-9pm at James Seals Community Center (540 Texas Street, Mobile, AL 36603). Movies will be followed by a panel discussion curated by Dr. Raoul Richardson. Limited capacity.
February 02, 2022
Movie Title: FROM THE ROUGH
Rated PG - Dr. Catana Starks made history as the first woman and the first African American woman to coach a men's college golf team.
February 09, 2022
Movie Title: JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Rated R - Offered a plea deal by the FBI, William O'Neal infiltrates the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party to gather intelligence on Chairman Fred Hampton.
February 16, 2022
Movie Title: THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Rated TV-MA - An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
February 23, 2022
Movie Title: 42
Rated PG-13 - Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process.
Additional Events:
February 11th, 2022:
LODA ArtWalk Celebrating Black History in Downtown Mobile. Follow @LODAartwalk on Facebook for details. 6pm-9pm
February 12th, 2022:
Saturdays at the Coop will celebrate funk, soul and jazz with a free concert by The Boukou Groove Band at Cooper Riverside Park ( 1 Government Street, Mobile, AL 36602 ) 7pm-10-pm
February 23, 2022:
Special Market during our Final Movie Night at James Seals Community Center (540 Texas Street, Mobile, AL 36603). From 6pm-9pm enjoy food trucks, music, a black business owned market, and more!
Facebook Event link HERE
James Seals Community Center
