This Saturday, December 4, from 1pm-3pm ET the #breathewithme Revolution and the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project present the World Premiere of Hidden in Full View, a short film that documents the lynching of 23-year old Matthew Williams in Salisbury, Maryland 90 years ago. The release is part of a national campaign that includes the upcoming publication of a book about the Williams lynching, “The Silent Shore: The Lynching of Matthew Williams and the Politics of Racism in the Free State” by Charles Chavis, Ph.D., Vice Chair of the Maryland Lynching Truth & Reconciliation Commission and a member of the MLMP board of directors.
After the screening, there will be a community conversation on social justice and the role of the truth to fuel restorative justice moderated by Prophet, co-founder of #breathewithme Revolution and the Black Music Action Coalition, joined by panelists:
- Dr. Charles Chavis, Director of African and African American Studies, George Mason University
- Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter, Scott Waugh Endowed Chair in the Division of the Social Sciences, Professor of Sociology, and the Inaugural Chair of the Department of African American Studies at UCLA
- Dr. David Fakunle, Chair, Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission,
- Katrina Binutu, Filmmaker, Crue Films,
- Samson Binutu, Filmmaker, Crue Films,
- Shannie Shields, Salisbury Activist,
- Jeannie Jones, descendant of Matthew Williams,
- Amber Green, Salisbury Activist and Director of Fenix Youth Project
Dan Rodricks 