[Incarceration News\Music Documentary]
16 Bars is a feature-length music documentary that offers a rare glimpse at the human stories — and songs — that are locked away in our nation’s jails and prisons. The film follows a unique rehabilitation effort in a Virginia jail that invites inmates to write and record original music.
Photo: Linda Altman\16 Bars Flyer
Virginia
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’S “SPEECH” WILL SHOW HIS FILM “16 BARS” IN NYC ABOUT WORKING WITH VIRGINIA INMATES
PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL MUSEUM COMMISSION TO ANNOUNCE SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN COMMEMORATING 400 YEARS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY
[400 Years of African American History]
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission: “In August 1619, the first enslaved Africans were brought to the English colonies at Point Comfort, Virginia. To commemorate this 400-year legacy and recognize the contributions made by these enslaved and later free people, PHMC will share highlights from the hundreds of state historical markers dedicated to African Americans.
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