The Division of Diversity, Access and Equity presents:

A special sneak preview of:“A CLASS APART, A NIGHT TOGETHER”

Learn how a group of Mexican American attorneys from Texas changed history.

February 18, 2009 – 6:00 p.m.

University of Missouri–Kansas City

Administrative Center

5115 Oak Street
2nd Floor – Plaza Room
Kansas City, Missouri

Discussion following film presentation moderated by:
Drs. Christina Case Vasquez and Juan Carlos González

For more information please call 235-6704.

Premiering on PBS’s AMERICAN EXPERIENCE on Monday, February 23 (8 p.m. on KCPT), this new documentary by celebrated filmmakers Carlos Sandoval and Peter Miller is the first major film to bring to life the heroic post-World War II struggle of Mexican Americans against the Jim Crow-style discrimination targeted against them. Raising questions about inclusion, American identity, and equality before the law that are as important today as ever, A Class Apart dramatically interweaves the story of its central characters - activists and lawyers, returning veterans and ordinary citizens, murderer and victim- within the broader history of Latinos in America during a time of extraordinary change.“

A CLASS APART, A NIGHT TOGETHER”

IS PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:

The American Constitution Society (www.acslaw.org)The American G.I. Forum (www.americangiforum.org)The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (www.hacu.net)The Hispanic National Bar Association (www.hnba.com)Latino Public Broadcasting (www.lpbp.org)The League of United Latin American Citizens (www.lulac.org)The Mexican-American Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.maldef.org)