In observance of Black History Month, the Beaumont Community Players (BCP) is opening up its theater for a free double screening of two films highlighting past race relations in Southeast Texas’ hub city on Sunday, Feb. 26.
“In order to know where we are going, we have to know where we are coming from,” the lure of attendance beckons. Guests will screen short film, “The Example,” a fictional imagining of the very real historic riots in 1943 in Beaumont, as well as “They Will Talk About Us – The Charlton Pollard Story,” billed as “a documentary love letter to the oldest African American educational institution in Beaumont and the people behind it.”
After the screening, filmmaker and producer Gordon Scott Williams will be on hand to answer questions about the films, history, and the process of documenting local Black history. This event is free to the public, and will be held at Beaumont Community Players from 4 – 6 p.m. BCP is located at 4155 Laurel Ave. in Beaumont. For more information, call (409) 833-4664 or visit beaumontcommunityplayers.com.
Friday, Feb. 24, Lamar State College Port Arthur will host its second annual Black History “For the Love” Community Resource Fair at its newly renovated Ruby Fuller Building beginning at 10 a.m. The celebration will offer free food, hearing testing, blood pressure checks, music and more.
LSCPA’s announcement of the event states a mission “to provide community members the opportunity to obtain information about the resources available in the Golden Triangle area.” Specific awareness endeavors stem from recognition of National Heart Month’s purpose to educate the community on heart disease facts and prevention.
Planned vendors include local groups and businesses representing health clinics, tax preparers, event planners and counseling, to name a few.
For more information, call (409) 984-6289 or email turciosrd@lamarpa.edu.