FUNDI: THE ELLA BAKER STORY Kenworthy PAC Premiere march 26, 2023

From the Terry Buffington Papers 1952-2014 https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/70107/#d1e49, held in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The Terry Buffington Foundation Presents, Fundi: The Ella Baker Story, film premiere at the Kenworthy Performing Arts Centre in Moscow Idaho!  

FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, played a pivotal role in shaping the American civil rights movement. The dynamic activist was affectionately known as the Fundi, a Swahili word for a person who passes skills and knowledge from generation to another. By looking at the 1960s from the perspective of Ella Baker, the “Godmother of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)”, FUNDI adds an essential understanding of the U.S. civil rights movement.
https://www.kenworthy.org/events-calendar/the-story-of-ella-baker/Date:
Sunday March 26, 2023
Time:
2:00pm
Tickets:
$10.00 (all proceeds donated to the terrybuffingtonfoundation.org)The film will be followed with a talkback & lobby reception with Terry Buffington.

We have a lot of events planned throughout the year and are constantly working to build and nurture relationships in the community and we are committed to bringing quality, meaningful, and inspirational programs. We hope to see you at Kenworthy PAC!

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Terry Buffington Foundation is a 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization. 
All contributions are tax deductible as allowed by law.

Born Under Jim Crow The Eddie Brooks Tapes Stage Reading!

Thank you to the city of Pullman Washington & Moscow Idaho for coming out and showing your support this weekend! It was a beautiful learning experience for everyone involved.
To bring Born Under Jim Crow: The Eddie Brooks Tapes Stage Reading to your venue send me a message & we will arrange a performance in your town!
We wish to bring more community events to the region & your support can make that happen! Consider donating to the Terry Buffington Foundation a 501c3 with the sole purpose to bring forth mindful, cultural and diverse events that enrich our community.
https://terrybuffingtonfoundation.org/donate

Terry Buffington Productions Presents: The Ella Baker Film Premier & Dinner Photos

Thank you to the people of Pullman Washington and the surrounding area for showing your support and turning out for my first ever community event in the PNW! I was a major success and I want to thank the Gladish and Washington State University Murrow School of Communication for their outstanding support!

Wine bar provided by Noshies Beer, Wine & Cheese
My introduction of FUNDI: The Ella Baker Story

Listen To The Eddie Brooks Tapes Here

Cultural Anthropologist Terry Buffington interviewed Mr. Brooks on November 18, 2010 in Tupelo Mississippi about his involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1960’s as a teenager.
In 1964 Eddie Brooks was a young black male, age 17 who was born in the Mississippi Delta town of Marks and grew up on the southside of Chicago. That same year Brooks was a  high school student member of the Friend of, the Student Non-violence Coordinating Committee (SNCC), based at the University of Chicago, and was enrolled in the city of Chicago Public school system.  During the 1964 Freedom Summer Campaign he was a Freedom Summer SNCC field organizer, a Freedom Summer teacher who worked and lived in West Point, Mississippi. Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 mostly white volunteers joined the blacks in Mississippi to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls.

Join us February 17-19, 2023 at the Gladish Centre for the Arts, for the stage reading of a fascinating journey into the revelations of Eddie Brooks civil rights contributions as told through his words in the 21st century!


Friday, February 17 – 7:30PM
Saturday, February 18 – 2:00PM & 7:30PM
Sunday, February 19 – 2:00PM
Tickets on sale at the Gladish Centre for the Arts115 NW State St
Pullman, WA 99163
https://gladishcommunity.org/tickets/born-under-jim-crow-the-eddie-brooks-tapes-stage-reading

Audiocassette 1: Eddie Brooks tape 1: Side 1 https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/07ddd/id/86/rec/1

Audiocassette 2: Eddie Brooks tape 2, 18 November 2010: Side 1

https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/07ddd/id/73/rec/1

Audiocassette 2: Eddie Brooks tape 2, 18 November 2010: Side 2 https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/07ddd/id/74/rec/2

Audiocassette 3: Eddie Brooks tape 3: Side 1 https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/07ddd/id/85/rec/1

https://terrybuffingtonproductionsllc.com/
https://terrybuffingtonfoundation.org/

Terry Buffington Oxford Afro Culture Center 1981

Her first year at the University of Mississippi, Terry Buffington created the Oxford Afro Culture Center, a non-profit community organization which continued until she graduated. Professor Buffington has over 35 years of experience in the sector.

FUNDI: The Ella Baker Story Film Premier & Dinner February 3, 2023

From the Terry Buffington Papers 1952-2014 https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/70107/#d1e49, held in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Terry Buffington Productions Presents, Fundi: The Ella Baker Story, film premier & Southern dinner.

FUNDI: THE STORY OF ELLA BAKER reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, played a pivotal role in shaping the American civil rights movement. The dynamic activist was affectionately known as the Fundi, a Swahili word for a person who passes skills and knowledge from generation to another. By looking at the 1960s from the perspective of Ella Baker, the “Godmother of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)”, FUNDI adds an essential understanding of the U.S. civil rights movement.

Date:
Friday February 3rd, 2023
Doors Open at 7:00 PM
Dinner at 7:30 PM
Film at 8:30 PM
The Film will be followed by a Q & A with Professor Terry Buffington.

Platters
Southern Fried Catfish
Southern Fried Chicken

Savory Sides
Collard Greens
Hoppin’ Johns
Buttermilk Cornbread

Dessert
Southern Pecan Pie

Dinks
Sweet/Unsweetened Tea & Coffee
Wine bar provided by Noshies
145 SE Kamiaken St, Pullman, WA 99163
(509)339-6738
https://noshiespullman.com/


Tickets may be purchased at The Gladish Centre for the Arts
115 NW State St
Pullman, WA 99163
(509) 332-8081
https://gladishcommunity.org/tickets/the-ella-baker-story-film-premier-dinner

Ticket Price:
$75.00 / Single

$155.00 / Couple*

$400.00 / Group Round Table For 6

*Bistro table Includes 1 bottle of wine & light hors D’oeuvers with meal.

Live Jazz music provided by the Washington Idaho Symphony!
Join us for an evening of inspiration, education and entertainment! Seating is limited and RSVP is suggested.

LINKS:
https://terrybuffingtonproductionsllc.com/
https://terrybuffingtonfoundation.org/

The Eddie Brooks Tapes Stage Reading Feb. 17-19, 2023

From the Terry Buffington Papers 1952-2014 held at the Wilson Special Collections Library, Southern Historical Collection, at the University of North Carolina, Chapel-Hill. Terry Buffington Productions Presents, Born Under Jim Crow: The Eddie Brooks Tapes.
Listen to the tapes here https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/07ddd/id/86/rec/1

Cultural Anthropologist Terry Buffington interviewed Mr. Brooks on November 18, 2010 in Tupelo Mississippi about his involvement in the civil rights movement of the 1960’s as a teenager.
In 1964 Eddie Brooks was a young black male, age 17 who was born in the Mississippi Delta town of Marks and grew up on the southside of Chicago. That same year Brooks was a  high school student member of the Friend of, the Student Non-violence Coordinating Committee (SNCC), based at the University of Chicago, and was enrolled in the city of Chicago Public school system.  During the 1964 Freedom Summer Campaign he was a Freedom Summer SNCC field organizer, a Freedom Summer teacher who worked and lived in West Point, Mississippi. Freedom Summer, or the Mississippi Summer Project, was a 1964 voter registration drive aimed at increasing the number of registered Black voters in Mississippi. Over 700 mostly white volunteers joined the blacks in Mississippi to fight against voter intimidation and discrimination at the polls.


Join us February 17-19, 2023 at the Gladish Centre for the Arts, for the stage reading of a fascinating journey into the revelations of Eddie Brooks civil rights contributions as told through his words in the 21st century!
Friday, February 17 – 7:30PM
Saturday, February 18 – 2:00PM & 7:30PM
Sunday, February 19 – 2:00PM
Tickets on sale at the Gladish Centre for the Arts
115 NW State St
Pullman, WA 99163
https://gladishcommunity.org/
Evening Performance
$20.00
Matinee
$18.00



Terry Buffington Papers and Oral Histories Available Online

The finding aid (collection guide) to Terry Buffington’s papers and recorded oral histories is now published and available through the University of North Carolina’s libraries. This collection includes tapes and transcripts of SNCC affiliates, materials documenting life and work in Clay County, Miss., 1950s-1970s, materials from Buffington’s late husband, John Buffington, and a scrapbook highlighting the Oxford-Afro Cultural Center, 1981-1983, with which Terry Buffington was heavily involved. Also included are photographs, printed materials, LPs, films, and a commemorative poster of a SNCC organizational chart. You can stream the audio oral histories today and visit the collection here.

Scrapbook: Oxford-Afro Cultural Center, 1981-1983: Scan 29
https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/70107/#folder_39#1

Zoom Webinar – Moscow Human Rights Comission

Please join us on September 16, 2021 at 7 PM PDT for “A conversation with Professor Buffington, MA Cultural Anthropologist Folklorist.” Professor Buffington will present a short history of voters’ rights in Mississippi, the 1964 Freedom Summer Campaign, and the participation of Jewish college students in Mississippi Civil Rights movement. Professor Buffington will then cover the current dismantling of the 1965 voters’ rights bill pushed by GOP senators while contextualizing these historical and cultural events with our contemporary political climate and discussing what these movements mean for our country and its citizens. The talk will conclude with some time for questions.

This event is hosted by the Moscow Human Rights Commission. Please click here to register for this virtual online event.

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