The Next Movement invites you to a
CELEBRATION OF THE
AFRO-AMERICAN PATROLMAN’S LEAGUE
as we present:
DISPATCHES FROM CLEVELAND | Director: Catherine Gund
STATE OF FEAR: MURDER AND MEMORY ON BLACK WALL STREET | Director: J. D. Thompson
South Shore Cultural Center
7059 S. South Shore Dr., Chicago
Join us as we celebrate the men and women officers of the Afro-American Patrolman’s League! This group of African American police officers was among the first in the nation to declare that community came first, and to stand up to the racism within the very organization within which they worked. Brave, steadfast, and persistent, they represent a model for our police officers of today. We will feature two films that look at the issue of police misconduct and the deleterious effect it has on communities. Dispatches from Cleveland considers ordinary Clevelanders, shaken by police misconduct, discrimination and poverty, and their work to bring about real change in one of American’s most racially divided cities. Meanwhile, State of Fear juxtaposes the Tulsa, OK destruction of Black Wall Street by the Ku Klux Klan with a modern corrupt Tulsa County Sheriff’s department, with officers eventually convicted (including Tulsa County Sheriff, Stanley Glanz) in citizen deaths, rape of an underage girl, civil rights abuses and other offenses. The screenings will be followed by an intergenerational conversation with retired and current police officers/sheriffs. Refreshments will be served.