Open Housing Marches

Father Groppi

and the 

Open Housing Marches

Poetry reading and talk 

with

Margaret Rozga

(James Groppi's wife)

North Shore Library

Tuesday, December 10th

7 p.m.

Freedom Riders

Created Equal: America’s Civil rights Struggle

Freedom Riders

North Shore Library

Film Screening Tuesday, December 3^rd 6 p.m.

Film Discussion Saturday December 7^th 1 p.m.

From May until December 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives many endured savage beatings and imprisonment for simply traveling together on buses as they journeyed through the Deep South. Determined to test and challenge segregated travel facilities, the Freedom Riders were greeted with mob violence and bitter racism, sorely testing their belief in non-violent activism. From award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson, Freedom Riders features testimony from a fascinating cast of central characters; the Riders themselves, state and federal government officials, and journalists who witnessed the rides firsthand. Based on Raymond Arsenault s acclaimed book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice.

All films and discussions are free and open to the public

This series is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance.

Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking

Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking

Indian Cooking Demonstration

North Shore Library

Wednesday, November 13th 7 P.M.

With Alamelu Vairavan

Local author and host of Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu Vairavan

Seen on Public Television

Among the first of its kind, Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking is spicing up the gluten-free lifestyle with one of the healthiest and surprisingly easy cuisines in the world.  Indian food lends itself naturally to gluten-free cooking because the vegetable and rice dishes are enhanced with spices and legumes without wheat, oat or barley.  That, along with requests from her students and viewers of her PBS program “Healthful Indian Flavors with Alamelu,” is precisely why veteran author and culinary instructor Alamelu Vairavan decided to write Indian Inspired Gluten-Free Cooking.

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance. 

The Loving Story

Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle

The Loving Story

North Shore Library

Film Screening Tuesday, November 19th 6 P.M.

Film Discussion Saturday, November 23rd 1 P.M. 

Discussion led by Dr. Fran Kaplan of America's Black Holocaust Museum

On June 2, 1958, a white man named Richard Loving and his part-black, part-Cherokee fiancée Mildred Jeter traveled from Caroline County, VA, to Washington, D.C., to be married.  At the time, interracial marriage was illegal in 21 states, including Virginia.  Back home two weeks later, the newlyweds were arrested, tried and convicted of the felony crime of “miscegenation.”  Two young ACLU lawyers took on the Loving’s case, fully aware of the challenges posed.  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the Lovings on June 12, 1967.  This precedent-setting decision resulted in 16 states being ordered to overturn their bans on interracial marriage. 

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance. 

Paranormal Investigators

Believe in ghosts or spirits?
Skeptical about the paranormal?

People of all viewpoints are welcome to come to an informational session about hauntings by the
Paranormal Investigators
of Milwaukee (PIM)

Founded in 2007, the group has investigated several locations, including the Milwaukee Public Museum,
Riverside Theater and several area residences.

The group will be on hand to discuss types of hauntings, the ways they as a team investigate claims of the paranormal along with information on how to be an investigator.

Evidence will also be showcased from prior
PIM investigations.

Come with questions. Leave with answers.

WHERE: North Shore Library
6800 N. Port Washington Rd, Glendale, WI 53217      
WHEN: Monday, October 21, 2013
@ 6:30 PM

Free and open to the public. A donation of a non perishable food item to help fight hunger would be appreciated.

Permission to use a library meeting room does not imply library endorsement of the aims, views, policies, or activities of any group or organization.  Upon reasonable notice, efforts will be made to accommodate the needs of individuals with disabilities. For more information or to request accommodations, contact us at noahl@paranormalmilwaukee.com.

Dr. James Cameron and the America's Black Holocaust Museum

Created Equal: America’s Civil rights Struggle

Dr. James Cameron and

America’s Black Holocaust Museum

Reggie Jackson from America’s Black Holocaust Museum returns to talk about civil rights activist and Milwaukee icon Dr. James Cameron, who survived a lynching as a young man, and founded Milwaukee’s America’s Black Holocaust Museum. 

James Cameron became a brilliant, well-read, self-taught historian and lecturer. He gave many interviews on national television, including on Larry King Live, the Oprah Winfrey Show, and the 700 Club. The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), a Dutch film company, and several public television stations featured him in documentary movies made about the lynching.^.
Dr. Cameron’s lifework focused on raising Americans’ consciousness and conscience about the atrocity of lynching. He did this by publicly and tirelessly retelling his personal experience. To educate the public about the injustices suffered by people of African descent in America, Cameron founded and ran the America’s Black Holocaust Museum from the mid-eighties until his death.

All films and discussions are free and open to the public

This series is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance.

 

Slavery by Another Name

Created Equal: America’s Civil rights Struggle

Slavery by Another Name

North Shore Library

Film Screening Tuesday, October 22^nd 6 p.m.

Film Discussion Saturday October 26^th 1 p.m.

For African Americans after the Civil War, the abolition of slavery in 1865 was a

landmark in human history. But blacks came to recognize that while slavery had been abolished, their newly secured freedom was at risk despite the Reconstruction-era constitutional amendments. New forms of coerced labor proliferated in the post-Civil War South, as trumped-up criminal charges were used as a pretext for the virtual re-enslavement of thousands of able-bodied southern black men and women. The film screening is Tuesday October, 22^nd at 6 p.m. Then come back for an interesting and lively discussion of the film led by Robert S. Smith, Associate Professor of History UW-Milwaukee Saturday October 26^th at 1 pm.

All films and discussions are free and open to the public

This series is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance.

Barking Water

Tuesday Movie Fest

At the North Shore Library

September, 10th 6 p.m.

Frankie (Richard Ray Whitman) is dying. Irene (Casey Camp-Horinek) hasn't forgiven him for his past. Racing against time to find their way home, Frankie needs help and Irene is the one he turns to. Frankie, being an American Indian, dying in Indian country makes his homeward journey inherently symbolic: Just as the elderly couple drives their old Volvo wagon to a certain funeral, the old ways are dying, too. He must go home one last time. And, like so many times before, Irene is extending herself beyond her common sense. The two set out on a journey that becomes more than getting home; confronting the past, love, understanding, and self discovery. Barking Water is a tale of great love that looks at what brings us all together. It's a tale of home...and what it takes to get there.

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance.

The Abolitionists

Created Equal: America's Civil Rights Struggle

The Abolitionists

North Shore Library

Film Screening Tuesday, September 24th 5 p.m.

Film Discussion Saturday, September 28th 1 p.m.

American Experience: The Abolitionists. Radicals. Agitators. Troublematkers. Liberators. This film brings to life the intertwined stories of Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelina Grimk, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and John Brown, The Abolitionists takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history. It reveals how the movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for others. In the face of personal risks-beatings, imprisonment, even death-abolitionists held fast to their cause, laying the civil rights groundwork for the future and raising weighty consitutional and moral questions that are still with us today.

The Abolitionists is the first in a series of Civil Rights films and discussions that will be held at the North Shore Library. Join us for the full screening of The Abolitionists Tuesday, Septemeber 24th at 5 p.m. Then come back for an interesting and lively discussion of the film led by Reggie Jackson of America's Black Holocaust Museum Saturday, September 28th at 1 p.m.

All films and discussions are free to the public.

This series is made possible by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Please call the library at (414) 351-3461

or stop by the Reference Desk to register.

If you require special accommodations, notify the

Library Director Richard Nelson at least 72 hours in advance.