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Arts & CultureProgram Description
Event Details
Join documentary historian Gregory S. Cooke for an introduction to his film Invisible Warriors.
Invisible Warriors will be available to stream March 5-15, and you will receive a link to stream through YouTube after you register for the program.
About the film
Invisible Warriors shares the individual experiences of a small group of elegant ladies who represent the 600,000 Black women who fled their lives as domestics and sharecroppers to work in factories and U.S. government offices during World War II. These patriotic pioneers share their wartime memories, recounting their battles against racism at home, Nazism abroad, and sexism everywhere.
About the producer
Greg Cooke is the Founder and President of the Basil and Becky Educational Foundation (BBEEF), a 501c (3) organization dedicated to relocating African Americans from the margins to the main pages of American and global history.
This program is proudly presented in partnership with over 50 Illinois public libraries and the College of DuPage.