Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle A Program of the National Endowment for the Humanities Presented by the Carnegie History Center, Bryan, Texas

The Loving Story: How an Interracial Couple Changed a Nation

Mildred & Richard Loving

Less than one-half century ago, a white husband and black wife were arrested in the bedroom of their Virginia home for being a married couple.

Film Screening, Discussion Panel & Public Forum Clara B. Mounce Public Library 201 E. 26th St., Bryan, Texas, Free to the Public Saturday, February 8, 2014, at 2:00 p.m.

Moderator - Sunny Nash Guest Panelists - Cyd Cassone & Bill Watkins

Cyd Cassone

Sunny Nash

Bill Watkins

Sunny Nash will speak on the history of miscegenation laws and initiate public conversation about the changing meaning of U.S. freedom and equality, using the award winning National Endowment for the Humanities-funded HBO film, The Loving Story, by Nancy Buirski. Nash will connect the motion picture, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, and the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Loving v Virginia. Cassone will address modern challenges of interracial relationships. Watkins will discuss how a changing racial makeup of media affects U.S. race relations. Nash, Cassone and Watkins will take audience questions and comments.

Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle marked the anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. The purpose is to help bridge racial and cultural divides in American life and to encourage communities across the nation to review and reflect on U.S. civil rights history and the ideals of freedom and equality. 150th

For information, contact Anne Preston (Carnegie History Oral History Coordinator): Carnegie History Center, 111 S Main St, Bryan, Texas, (979) 209-5630