Lowndes County and The Road to Black Power

The passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 represented not the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement, but the beginning of a new, crucial chapter. Nowhere was this next battle better epitomized than in Lowndes County, Alabama: a rural, impoverished town with a vicious history of racist terrorism. In a town that was 80% Black but had zero Black voters, laws were just paper without power. This is a story of hope and action. Through first-person accounts and searing archival footage, Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power tells the story of the local movement and young Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organizers who fought not just for voting rights, but for Black Power in Lowndes County.

Join director Sam Pollard for a post-screening Zoom Q&A on February 12.

Tickets: $15 (Members from $10)