(MEMPHIS,TN) All citizens and members of the faith community are invited to the premiere screening of From Cathedral to City Hall: A Documentary for Justice at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 3 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, 700 Poplar Avenue, Memphis. Produced by Voices For Justice in the Mid-South (VFJM), the film highlights the April 7, 2018 commemoration of the Memphis clergy march to Memphis City Hall in 1968 to confront Mayor Henry Loeb on the morning after the assassination of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion moderated by the Right Reverend Phoebe A. Roaf, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee. Panelists include Rabbi Harry Danziger, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Israel, who was part of the original march; Albert Moseley, Senior Vice President and Chief Mission Integration Officer for Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare; and Civil Rights Movement leader Reverend Dr. James M. Lawson.
In 1968, Lawson was serving as pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Memphis when he was called to lead community support for the striking sanitation workers. With them, he developed the iconic “I Am a Man” theme that became emblematic of the movement. Lawson’s words are a feature of the I Am a Man Plaza, now gracing the area just south of the workers’ rallying place, the historic Clayborn Temple.
Lawson, 93, now retired in Los Angeles, California, will be present for the premiere in Memphis.
“I look forward to sharing this documentary with people of all faith traditions,” said Bishop Phoebe. “The events in Memphis in 1968 marked a significant moment in the Civil Rights Movement and continue to impact our community.”
This event, sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of West Tennessee and VFJM, is free and open to the public. Following the screening and discussion in the Cathedral, attendees are invited to a reception in Martyr’s Hall at St. Mary’s Cathedral. Attendees are requested to wear face masks, per current CDC guidelines.
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