Franklin, Lobby One
BSFO Ancestry Presentation
Franklin, Lobby OneBSFO members Dena Bullard and Annette Holmes will share their family stories. Annette Holmes shares her family’s connection to “The Weeping Time” — the largest slave auction (436 women, men and children) held in 1859 at a racetrack in Savannah, Georgia. Dena Bullard tells the…
BSFO Community Partnership: All Tied Up
Franklin, Lobby OneArmand Carr, founder of All Tied Up, will share how his nonprofit organization empowers local young men of color, ages 13 to 21. Through the basic skills of tying a tie, All Tied Up teaches young men about leadership, self-respect and empathy. During the month…
BSFO Film Series: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin
Franklin, Lobby OneBSFO Film Series: Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin Bayard Rustin, a master strategist and the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, was instrumental in molding Martin Luther King Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence. But, he was also silenced…