2009 Press Releases

U. S. Embassy African-American History Month Film Programs (18 Feb 09)

US Embassy
Freetown
Contact: PAO Danna Van Brandt
Tel: 515 000 ext 5350

As part of the Embassy’s recognition of African-American History Month, United States Ambassador June Carter Perry will present remarks on “African Influence in a Global Context” on Thursday, February 19 in conjunction with an initial, limited audience showing of “African-American Lives.”  The film was written and produced by renowned Harvard University professor, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Center at Harvard.  Ambassador’s speech will be distributed to the press and address the wide-ranging impact of individuals of African descent from Alexandre Dumas (“The Three Musketeers”) to Dr. Charles Drew of Howard University who developed blood plasma that has saved millions of lives as well as journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, the international advocate against lynching.  Information on the Embassy’s full program of African-American Month activities is available through the Public Affairs Officer.