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Join us for a screening of Alice's Ordinary People, a documentary about Alice Tregay, an unsung heroine of the Civil Rights Movement. Filmmaker Craig Dudnick leads the discussion after the viewing.
“Alice’s Ordinary People” is a documentary film that portrays the history of the Chicago Civil Rights activist, Alice Tregay. It describes how she changed the lives of people she influenced who in turn effected extraordinary change and advanced the equal rights movement here in America. The story takes us from the marches of Dr. Luther King Jr through the election of Barack Obama.
Alice Tregay dedicated her life to educating people about their civil rights by providing in-depth political education opportunities in an ongoing series of neighborhood civic classes for her neighbors and fellow citizens in Chicago. Her influence soon spread across the country. She believed that all individuals have the right and responsibility to participate in their government - including voter registration, campaigning for candidates, running for office, and informing themselves of how the political process works. She dedicated her life to educating her fellow citizens first in Illinois and then on a larger scale as the “Ordinary People” she taught moved out into broader communities.
She was contemporary with Martin Luther King who recognized her as one of the great Civil Rights Leaders. Her influence touched many important leaders and helped elect Harold Washington, Mayor of Chicago, and encouraged Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama to run for office.
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