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February 2013
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Black History Month Film Series: Dred Scott: Freedom on Trial
Time: 9:15am - 5:30pm
Location: Special Exhibits Gallery in the Museum of Westward Expansion (located below the Gateway Arch)
Price: FREEThe National Park Service will celebrate Black History Month & the 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial during the month of February. FREE programs will be offered at the Gateway Arch & Old Courthouse!
Join us for a series of films depicting the history of the Old Courthouse, the famous Dred Scott Trial, the Emancipation Proclamation and various African American inventors, leaders, and visionaries who fought for freedom and equality will be shown daily at the Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse. Films change weekly - see the entire schedule below.
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Old Courthouse Film Schedule: Showing Daily, 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
February 1-7 Frederick Douglass: An American Life February 8-14 Booker T. Washington: Looking to Learn February 15-21 Carver: Man of Vision February 22-28 Never Lose Sight of Freedom
Gateway Arch Film Schedule: Showing Daily, 9:15 am - 5:30 pm
(Films shown in Special Exhibits Gallery in the Museum of Westward Expansion located below the Gateway Arch)
February 1-7 The Martin Luther King National Historic Site
February 8-14 Underground Railroad February 15-21 Maggie Walker February 22-28 Dred Scott: Freedom on Trial