Lillian Smith: Anti-Racist Ally panel discussion

Faculty, please share with your students:

This year, the Athens branch of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History has partnered with the UGA Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library to host a virtual panel discussion and screening of the documentary “Lillian Smith: Breaking the Silence.” Smith was an author and social critic whose writings challenged white southerners to end segregation, and she actively fought to dismantle Jim Crow with Dr. King and other Black activists.

Distinguished discussants include Patricia Bell-Scott, professor emerita and author of the award-winning book, “The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship-Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice,” and Matthew Teutsch, professor at Piedmont College and director of the Lillian E. Smith Center. The session will be moderated by Barbara McCaskill and Kim Waters of Athens ASALH.

Please note that the accompanying documentary, “Breaking the Silence,” (2020, Dir. Hal & Henry Jacobs) will be available for pre-screening to registered attendees until Monday, Feb. 22. The film will not be screened during the panel. For more information, please contact Patrice Green.

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