WEDU PBS Presents The Trials of Muhammad Ali a Free Community Film Screening and Discussion

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TAMPA, Fla. - Jan. 27, 2014 - PRLog -- Prior to becoming the most recognizable face on earth, Muhammad Ali found himself in conflicts concerning civil rights, religion, and wartime dissent.

WEDU PBS, in partnership with C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library, presents a FREE Community Cinema screening event. The Trials of Muhammad Ali, a story of the famed boxer’s toughest bout of all: his battle to overturn the prison sentence he received for refusing U.S. military service.

The film explores Ali’s exile years when he was banned from boxing and found himself in the crosshairs of conflicts concerning race, religion, and wartime dissent.

Following the film presentation, join in a community discussion with Dr. Abraham Khan of USF’s Africana Studies, local attorney Delano Stewart and Ali Muhammad, student minister of the Muhammad Mosque.

WHAT: FREE screening of The Trials of Muhammad Ali, followed by a community discussion.

PRESENTED BY:  WEDU PBS and C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library

WHEN: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 beginning at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: C. Blythe Andrews, Jr. Public Library, 2607 E. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.

RSVP:www.wedu.org/cinema This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and a reservation is requested.

ABOUT WEDU PBS

WEDU is West Central Florida’s leading PBS station and public media company reaching 16 counties through media platforms including on-air programming and online experiences that broaden horizons, transport and transform and open gateways to new ideas and new worlds. Financially supported by the community, the organization offers a wealth of award-winning inspirational, educational and enlightening content over a variety of media platforms including: television programming, station’s website, wedu.org (http://www.wedu.org/) and various social media platforms, monthly member magazine Premiere, educational outreach activities and a myriad of special events.  WEDU’s focus on the local community has resulted in the station being regarded as a beacon of trust for men, women and children of every walk of life no matter their age, ethnicity or socio-economic status. WEDU is a treasured community resource; a window to the world for the homebound and a vital educational source for the youngest members of society.  WEDU prides itself on its position in the Tampa Bay community as a leader, partner, informed citizen and a member of PBS, the most trusted institution in America (Harris Interactive Trust QuickQuery, January 2013). For more information, program schedules or to support WEDU visit wedu.org; WEDU Public Media on Facebook and Twitter or call 813.254.9338.

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