Join us as Melanie S. Morrison\, an author \, speaker\, and racial justice educator with 30 years of experience helpi ng communities navigate the deep work of transformation. She tells the sto ry of three young white women were brutally attacked on Birmingham&rsquo\; s Shades Mt. in 1931. \; The sole survivor\, Nell Williams\, said a Bl ack man had held the women captive for four hours before shooting them and disappearing into the woods. That same night\, a reign of terror was unle ashed on Birmingham's Black community: Black businesses were set ablaze\, posses of armed white men roamed the streets\, and dozens of Black men wer e arrested in the largest manhunt in Jefferson County history. This progra m will tell the story of the attack and its aftermath &mdash\; events that shook Birmingham to its core.
\nThe presentation will also shed lig ht on the individuals and organizations who sought to free Willie Peterson and struggled unceasingly for racial justice in Depression-era Birmingham . This presentation is supported by a grant award from the Alabama Humanit ies Alliance. \; Any views\, findings\, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the Alaba ma Humanities Alliance. \;
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