To the editor:

Barrington DEI Committee invites you to the Barrington Public Library for our December film screening and discussion of the 2002 documentary film, “Two Towns of Jasper.”

In 1998 in Jasper, Texas, James Byrd, Jr., a black man, was chained to a pick-up truck and dragged to his death by three white men. The town was forever altered, and the nation woke up to the horror of a modern-day lynching. In “Two Towns Of Jasper,” two film crews, one black and one white, set out to document the aftermath of the murder by following the subsequent trials of the local men charged with the crime. The result is an explicit and troubling portrait of race in America, one that asks how and why a crime like this could have occurred. 

We are pleased to welcome Stephen Brigidi, internationally acclaimed photographer, videographer and civil rights activist, who will lead the discussions following the film. We hope you will make time in your schedule to attend one of the two sessions:

• Sunday, Dec. 1, from 1 p.m. to 3:30ish

• Wednesday, Dec. 4, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. 

Plan to register online or call the Library at 401-247-1920 x7

David Mehl

Barrington

David Mehl is a member of the Barrington DEI Committee.