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A fourth showing of “ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s 15th Ward and Beyond,” a documentary capturing the memories of former residents of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s 15th Ward and other ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ neighborhoods, will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 6 p.m. at McKinley Brighton Elementary Magnet School, 141 W. Newell St. in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ. The screening is free and open to the public.

The documentary was premiered to a capacity audience on May 22 at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Stage’s Storch Theatre. Two additional screenings were held in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ after the premiere.

The documentary was born from a bus tour of old ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ last fall, sponsored by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s South Side Initiative Office and the local Black History Preservation team. The tour went through the former 15th Ward and visited other historical sites, including the Ebony Market, Croton Elementary, Old Dunbar, The Glass Bottom and Open Door lounges, Ben’s Kitchen, the Father Brady Center for Black Catholics and Washington Irving Elementary School.

Some 30 senior members of the community, who have lived in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ for at least 40 years, participated. The tour and the participants’ stories and recollections of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s past were captured by local filmmaker and SU alumna Courtney Rile.

The Black History Preservation Project is a direct response to the South Side community’s interest in more fully representing ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s rich history. The documentary is a project of SU’s South Side Initiative Office and Black History Preservation Team, the Onondaga Historical Association, the Onondaga County Public Library, the City of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Multicultural Affairs Office and community residents.

For more information, contact the South Side Initiative Office at 443-1916.