Black History Film Series debuts Friday in La Villita
Free outdoor events will have Q&A with guests after each film
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SAN ANTONIO – The first in the Black History Film Series will debut at dusk Friday evening outside the Cos House in La Villita near the Arneson River Theater.
The free events over the next few months also will feature guest panelists, audience interaction via text, and food trucks.
Deborah Omewalde Jarmon, SAACAM executive director, said, “It will give people an opportunity to explore, understand and interact with history that has made an impact on south central Texas.”
San Antonio suffragist, member of the progressive Maverick family, used her social standing for advocacy
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From left are San Antonio Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia; Cynthia Teniente-Matson, president of Texas A&M University-San Antonio; San Antonio’s first lady Erika Nirenberg; Councilwoman Rebecca Viagran; Councilwoman Jada Andrews-Sullivan; and Councilwoman Ana Sandoval. The group was in Brackenridge Park on Aug. 16, 2020, honoring Eleanor Brackenridge, a San Antonio suffragist who lived 100 years ago, and marking the centennial of the Women’s Suffrage Movement that culminated in the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote.Matthew Busch /For The San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less