Poole College of Management to host Black History Month Event

Student Network Group credit will be given for this event.  We hope you'll join us!

On February 21 at 4:30 pm in Nelson Hall 3400, The Poole College of Management will be hosting a screening and panel discussion of the documentary Change Comes Knocking.  Change Comes Knocking is the tumultuous story of a bi-racial anti-poverty organization called the North Carolina Fund (NCF) that boldly confronted the explosive issues of race, class and politics during the turbulent 1960s. The tensions that built in North Carolina around issues of economic inequality were mirrored across the country, as riots broke out in Watts, Newark and Detroit. The story of the North Carolina Fund unfolds in this context, and presents a case study of what happened in one southern state and the impact that continues to be felt there today. As the cycle of poverty continues to be a grim reality of American rural and urban life, exploring the victories and the defeats of the North Carolina Fund’s 1960s war on poverty can help to create a new battlefront to attack the entrenched poverty and racial divisions.  Special guests include Producer and Director Rebecca Cerese and NC Fund activists Rubye Gattis, Ann Atwater, and Joyce Nichols.