TRIUMPH Tampa’s Untold Chapter in the Civil Rights Movement film screening

ABOUT THE FILM, TRIUMPH Tampa’s Untold Chapter in the Civil Rights Movement

Inspired by the play When the Righteous Triumph, the film tells the powerful, untold story of 1960s Tampa, where a courageous group of Black students from Middleton and Blake High Schools—led by Clarence Fort, president of the local NAACP Youth Council—organized peaceful sit-ins at the Woolworth lunch counter, sparking the integration of lunch counters, theaters, pools, and beaches across the region.

PANEL DISCUSSION

Join the filmmaker and local civil rights leaders who participated in the peaceful sit-ins at the Woolworth lunch counter and individuals connected to the Stageworks Theatre production of When the Righteous Triumph in a panel discussion following the film.

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