In conjunction with the Community Alliance for Upper Fourteenth Street (CAUFS), Chowan Discovery is showing four documentaries  October 2, 5, 9 and 12.  All times are at 6:30 pm  at at Andromeda Transcultural Health at 14th and Decatur Streets in Washington, DC.

From 1921 to 1955, Mrs. Mary Gibson Hundley was an exacting teacher of French and Latin at the famous Dunbar High School in Washingon, D.C.  The film’s title reflects Mrs. Hundley’s educational advancement against racism at her college; her drive to encourage students to excel in all ways, the students who were inspired by her; her legal battle against a racially-restricted covenant that evicted her from her home;  and finally, Mrs. Hundley’s campaign to save the historic Dunbar High School building in the 1970’s.

Mrs. Hundley’s unyielding loyalty to her school and high educational standards led her to write a book, The Dunbar Story in 1965.  She encouraged and directed many Dunbar students to attend the best possible colleges in the United States during the Jim Crow era.  The Chowan Discovery Group presents a new film about this extraordinary personality in education.  THE CAMPAIGNS OF MOLLY HUNDLEY tells of her efforts to move students to excellent levels of education and mission, to broaden their choices of colleges during the Jim Crow era, and her own battles against mediocrity and racism.

This is the second Dunbar High film produced by the Chowan Discovery Group.  Both films are funded by the Humanities D.C. and the Chowan Discovery Group.

The Washingtoniana Collection at the George Washington University Museum is hosting the showing of THE CAMPAIGNS OF MOLLY HUNDLEY,  one of the films produced by Chowan Discovery.

From 1921 to 1955, Mrs. Mary Gibson Hundley was an exacting teacher of French and Latin at the famous Dunbar High School in Washingon, D.C.  The film’s title reflects Mrs. Hundley’s educational advancement against racism at her college; her drive to encourage students to excel in all ways, the students who were inspired by her; her legal battle against a racially-restricted covenant that evicted her from her home;  and finally, Mrs. Hundley’s campaign to save the historic Dunbar High School building in the 1970’s.

Mrs. Hundley’s unyielding loyalty to her school and high educational standards led her to write a book, The Dunbar Story in 1965.  She encouraged and directed many Dunbar students to attend the best possible colleges in the United States during the Jim Crow era.  The Chowan Discovery Group presents a film about this extraordinary personality in education.  THE CAMPAIGNS OF MOLLY HUNDLEY tells of her efforts to move students to excellent levels of education and mission, to broaden their choices of colleges during the Jim Crow era, and her own battles against mediocrity and racism.  Producer Marvin T. Jones will introduce and discuss the film.

This is the second Dunbar High film produced by Chowan Discovery.  Both films are funded by the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. and the Chowan Discovery Group. The screening is part of the D.C. Mondays at the Museum program series, a lunchtime event that is inspired by the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection at the George Washington University Museum.