You are invited to bring your families to this event as the NAACP guest.

  

Frank Hawkins, President

NAACP Las Vegas Branch 1111

 

PLEASE JOIN US

The NAACP is proud to host the private screening of this film which is intended to capture the heart and spirit of the community and embrace life struggles and triumphs of Barbara Smith Conrad. Barbara entered the University in 1956 as part of its first racially integrated undergraduate class. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree in 1959. Her accomplishments and determination as a student remain an important chapter in the University of Texas history. The film, “When I Rise” depicts the life of Barbara Smith Conrad. A gifted black music student who thrust herself into the civil rights storm which changed her life forever when she was cast in an opera to co-star with a white male classmate.  Fueling a racist backlash from members of the Texas legislature Conrad goes on to become an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano and headlines on stages around the world.

 

RSVP with Artis ArtisB@cdpcn.com 873-8882 ex113 or Jennifer Thomas NAACPLV@gmail.com 638-1300

 

Please join the NAACP Branch 1111 as we preview in private the screening of “When I Rise” to kick off Black History Month.