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  • Film Screening: ‘Till’ and Q&A with Writer/Executive Producer Keith Beauchamp

    Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center, New York City , NY, United States

    https://youtu.be/rkQi6GBwmSA   Based on the true story of Mamie Till-Mobley, Till depicts her pursuit of justice after the murder of her 14-year-old son Emmett in 1955. The film uses 27 years' worth of research by Keith Beauchamp, whose efforts led to the reopening of Till's case by the United States Department of Justice in 2004. […]

  • A Conversation with Norman Hill, Civil Rights Legend

    Robert Lagary Board Room Marvin Feldman Center, Ninth Floor, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City , NY, United States

    Norman Hill is a legend of the Civil Rights Movement and a neighbor of FIT. A protégé of A. Philip Randolph and Bayard Rustin, Hill desegregated beaches in Chicago and […]

  • Exhibition Reception: Social Responsibilities of Museums

    Gladys Marcus Library, Fourth Floor Goodman Resource Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join a reception on Monday, February 24, from 3:30 to 4:30 pm, for the exhibition Social Responsibilities of Museums in the Gladys Marcus Library. January 21–April 20, 2025 Gladys Marcus Library, Fourth Floor Exhibition Case Students in FIT’s Art History and Museum Professions program reflected on the social responsibilities of museums in recognition of Black […]