“It’s foolish to let your oppressor tell you that you should forget about the oppression that they inflicted on you,” a direct quote from the movie “500 Years Later.”
According to the film’s description, slavery may have ended in the United States, but there are still many countries in which Africans suffer through crimes, lack of education, poverty, self-hatred, prison systems, and broken homes. This documentary takes you on a journey through the voices, spirit, and music of Africans in over 20 countries.

These voices are of those people that are still fighting for freedom, an essential human right that has been taken from them. EvCC’s Black Student Union (BSU) club will be hosting a movie night that will feature this documentary and will have a follow up discussion in honor of Black Legacy Month on Feb. 19 at the Jackson Memorial Center from 3:00p.m.-7:30p.m.

Also in honor of Black Legacy Month, The Very Franchesska Berry: Living the Legacy event will be held in the Jackson Center on Feb. 18 from 11:30a.m.-12:30p.m. and 5:30p.m.-6:30p.m. Franchesska Berry has been invited to tell a story through her silhouette dance performance and lecture. Her lecture will be on the historical civil rights events of the past that have brought us to where we are today.

In later events, BSU teams up with Student LIFE to host an inspirational speaker. She is the author of “One White Face” and has been featured in a short segment on TedTalk called “Eat the Eyeball.”

Hilary Corna will ask us to rise up and challenge ourselves to step out of our comfort zones to reach for our dreams.