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  • Racist Roots Film Screening & Community Conversation

    Featured Racist Roots Screenings
    Murray Hall at UNC Murray Hall, Room G202, 121 South Road, Chapel Hill, NC

    You are warmly invited to join us for a screening of Racist Roots, a 25-minute film that uncovers the deep entanglement between white supremacy, racial terror lynching, and North Carolina's death penalty. Following the film, hear from Ed Chapman, who was exonerated in 2008 after spending nearly 14 years wrongfully convicted on North Carolina's death row. This conversation […]

  • Racist Roots Film Screening & Community Conversation

    Featured Racist Roots Screenings
    East Duke Building Room 204 B, 1304 Campus Drive, Durham, NC

    You are warmly invited to join NCCADP for a screening of Racist Roots, a 25-minute film that uncovers the deep entanglement between white supremacy, racial terror lynching, and North Carolina's death penalty. Following the film, you will hear from Ed Chapman, who was exonerated in 2008 after spending nearly 14 years wrongfully convicted on North […]

  • Racist Roots Film Screening & Panel Conversation

    Featured Racist Roots Screenings
    Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church 101 Chapel Lane, Swannanoa, NC, United States

    You are warmly invited to join NCCADP for a screening of Racist Roots, a 25-minute film that uncovers the deep entanglement between white supremacy, racial terror lynching, and North Carolina's death penalty. Following the film, you will hear from two people directly impacted by homicide and the death penalty: Niconda Garcia, founder of Change the Rubric Jean […]

  • Racist Roots Screening

    Elon University Turner Theatre Dwight C. Schar Hall, School of Communications, 123 N. Williamson Avenue, Elon, NC

    You’re warmly invited to join NCCADP for a screening of Racist Roots, a 25-minute film that uncovers the deep entanglement between white supremacy, racial terror lynching, and North Carolina’s death penalty. […]

  • Racist Roots Film Screening and Panel Discussion

    Crosspointe Church 6911 Carpenter Fire Station Road, Cary, NC

    You're warmly invited to join NCCADP for a screening of Racist Roots, a 25-minute film that uncovers the deep entanglement between white supremacy, racial terror lynching, and North Carolina's death […]

  • Racist Roots Film Screening and Panel Discussion at App State University

    Plemmons Student Union room 226- Linville Falls 263 Locust St, Boone, NC, United States

    Join us Sunday, April 14th from 4-5:30 pm at the Plemmons Student Union (Room 226- Linville Falls) on the campus of Appalachian State University for The Racist Roots of the NC's death penalty […]

  • Racist Roots Film Screening and Panel Discussion

    Eno House 903 Eno St., Hillsborough, NC, United States

    Join us to watch “Racist Roots,” a powerful 30-minute film that demonstrates the deep entanglement with white supremacy and racial terror lynching to today’s death penalty in North Carolina. After […]

  • ‘Racist Roots’ Screening & Panel Discussion

    Queens University, Greenhoot Recital Hall in the Gambrell Center 2319 Wellesley Ave., Charlotte, NC, United States

    This event is hosted by the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center. Panelists will include exoneree Alfred Rivera, death penalty attorney Henderson Hill, and historian Prof. Gregory Mixon. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Rodney Sadler, Jr. Dessert, coffee and tea will be served. The event is free and open to the […]

  • UNC-Wilmington Racist Roots Screening

    UNCW

    We're excited to be screening the film Racist Roots on the campus of UNC Wilmington on Wednesday, March 15th, 2-3:30 pm. Find more details in the flyer and please share with your contacts in the New Hanover County area. Thanks to the School of Social Work for hosting this event in honor of National Social […]

  • Racist Roots Screening at UNC Asheville

    Please join us for a screening of Racist Roots on the campus of UNC-Asheville in the Mullen & James Humanities Hall. This powerful short film traces the modern North Carolina death penalty's deep entanglement with slavery, lynching and racism. Based on an online project of The Center for Death Penalty, the film includes the stories […]

  • CDPL Presents: The Public Launch of Racist Roots (Durham, NC)

    Carolina Theatre 309 W. Morgan St., Durham, NC, United States

    The Center for Death Penalty Litigation will host the public launch of Racist Roots, a powerful short film that reveals the North Carolina death penalty’s deep entanglement with slavery, lynching and racism — and inspires people to join the movement to transform the criminal legal system. This 25-minute film traces the history of the death penalty […]

  • Racist Roots Screening and Panel Discussion at Good Shepherd United Church of Christ in Cary, NC

    Good Shepherd United Church of Christ 1050 NW Maynard Rd, Cary, NC, United States

    NCCADP will host a screening and conversation/ discussion with three Raleigh faith communities on Sunday, November 13th, at 4 pm with dinner to follow. Racist Roots is a film based on The Center for Death Penalty Litigation's online project, RacistRoots.org. This powerful 25-minute film explores the NC death penalty’s deep entanglement with slavery, lynching and racism […]

  • Racist Roots Screening and Panel Discussion at NC Central University

    NCCU Nursing Auditorium Room 1110 1402 S Alston St, Durham, NC, United States

    NCCADP will partner with the North Carolina Central University Social Work Department to present the newly released film Racist Roots, a project of The Center for Death Penalty Litigation. Racist Roots is a powerful short film that reveals the North Carolina death penalty's deep entanglement with slavery, lynching and racism - and  inspires people to join the […]

  • Racist Roots Screening (Winston Salem, NC)

    Community Mosque of Winston Salem 1419 Waughtown St, Winston Salem, NC, United States

    NCCADP will partner with local organizers in Winston Salem for a Racist Roots screening at The Community Mosque of Winston Salem (1419 Waughtown St). In addition to focusing on the systemic racism of the death penalty, this event will shine a light on the power of the Forsyth County district attorney, who is up for […]

  • Racist Roots Screening: Chelsea Theater, Chapel Hill

    Chelsea Theater 1129 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United States

    Join us on the anniversary of NC's last execution for a very special in-person screening of Racist Roots, a 25-minute film that exposes the modern death penalty's deep entanglement with slavery, lynching & white supremacy. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with James Williams, the former chief public defender for Orange & […]

  • Racist Roots Screening: University of North Carolina Asheville

    Reuter Center, UNC-Asheville 2500 University Heights, Asheville, NC, United States

      In August, North Carolina will mark sixteen years since its last execution, yet the death penalty remains on the books. To honor this anniversary, the NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty is presenting the Asheville premiere of RACIST ROOTS, a powerful 25-minute film that exposes the death penalty’s deep entanglement with slavery, […]

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