Events 2010
The American Civil Rights Movement
Where: Moravian Library, Kounicova 65a, Brno
When: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 4:00 PM
InfoUSA at the Moravian Library Brno and U.S. Embassy in Prague cordially invites you to a program devoted the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the USA.
The program offers a speech by the Cultural Attaché of the United States Embassy in Prague, Mr. David Gainer, followed by a screening of a documentary movie about Cory Booker’s campaign for mayor of Newark.
Street Fight
Director: Marshall Curry / 2005 / 83 min.
Awards: Tribeca Film Festival, Silverdocs and Hotdoc
Nominations: Academy Award, Writers Guild of America Award
Street Fight chronicles the bare-knuckles race for Mayor of Newark between a young candidate and Sharpe James, the four-term incumbent and undisputed champion of New Jersey politics. In Newark, we discover, elections are won and lost in the streets.
Admission is free of charge.
The lecture and the movie will be in English language.
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