Special Guest: Tracy Heather Strain, Professor of the Practice, Media & Screen Studies

Join us for a lunchtime screening of The Bay State Banner: Unity, Progress and 50 Years of Advocating Change by Tracy Strain and Randall MacLowry (USA, 2015, 25 min.). The Bay State Banner is an independent newspaper that has served Boston’s African American community for more than 50 years. This film offers a glimpse of Boston through the eyes of the African American community. Produced and directed by award-winning filmmakers Tracy Strain and Randall MacLowry.

Neighborhood Matters is a series that celebrates the ways in which community groups have shaped the neighborhoods surrounding the Northeastern campus. This series is co-curated by the Northeastern Center for the Arts and the Archives and Special Collections at the Northeastern University Libraries. See More At: Neighborhood Matters