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Celebrating Freedom

“Before Juneteenth: Emancipations in Florida" Film Screening

Join us for a screening of the documentary on the history of emancipation in Florida.

Join us for a screening of the documentary on the history of emancipation in Florida. Funded by the Florida Humanities, “Before Juneteenth: Emancipations in Florida” tracks the timeline of emancipations and their celebrations in Florida, which range from January 1, 1863, to May 20, 1865. In communities across the state, these holidays have been observed for nearly 160 years. The documentary is an outgrowth of “The 20th of May: The History and Heritage of Florida’s Emancipation Day” Digital History Project, funded by Florida Humanities and led by the South Florida People of Color.  

After the screening, there will be a talkback with Charlene Farrington, Executive Director of the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum; artist and scholar Dinizulu Gene Tinnie, and the film’s producer and director, Tameka Hobbs, Regional Manager for the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. 

This program will be broadcast on both YouTube and Broward County Library on Facebook. 

About the African American Research Library and Cultural Center 
The Broward County African American Research Library and Cultural Center (AARLCC) is located in the Sistrunk community, one of the oldest historically Black communities named for one of Fort Lauderdale’s first Black physicians. Opening to the public on October 26, 2002, AARLCC became the third public library of its kind in the United States dedicated to the study of Black history and culture. The 60,000 square-foot Center serves as a repository of materials related to the local, national, and international voices of the African diaspora with more than 85,000 books, manuscripts, artifacts, framed art, print, photography, audiovisual, and documents held in our Adult Services Section and Special Collections. The Youth Services Section features a special collection of Coretta Scott King Award books and the Ashley Bryan Art Collection from illustrators of African Descent. AARLCC also features a 5,000 sq. ft. museum, a 300-seat state-of-the-art theatre, and a Computer Training Center.

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