Education Library

In times like the one we’re in, the question sometimes asked is “Where are the leaders”. Of course, we think of the orators, the ones in front of the camera or microphones. We do need our community organizers to bring people together, to channel and give focus and direction to a purpose or cause. For a movement to function, stay concise and push forward, a group of dedicated people are paramount. People willing to be in the boat, rowing, singing cadence through the valleys and up the hills. Mrs. Willie P. Mackey, at the time, was one those members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Martin L. King Jr. You’ll be hearing from a person who knew the people in the boat, reflecting on some of the personalities that were rowing the boat of the movement, in the valleys and singing cadence or negro spirituals up the hills. Some of those who stared Jim Crow in the face with a target on their backs, fighting to mature this Country. It will be a 90–120-minutes, sit-down interview documentary, filmed in Atlanta, GA., Birmingham, Alabama and possibly Silver Springs, Maryland. We will insert walking location shots, archival still shoots, individual interviews and background music.