In January, the National Archives and Records Administration presents five film screenings in celebration of African American History Month.
All programs are free and open to the public.
Free parking is available at the National Archives at College Park. The theater at the downtown National Archives Building is equipped with a system that allows the hearing-impaired to use a set of headphones, or neck loop and a small receiver, to enhance the volume of the public address system. Visitors may request these devices in the projection booth. Marching to Freedom , released in 1999. This ABC News program hosted by Peter Jennings traces the rise of the civil rights movement through a century of Jim Crow segregation, denial of voting rights, public lynching, KKK rallies, sit-ins and marches, police brutality, Black Panther militancy, and urban riots.