February is an opportunity for all Americans to remember and learn about our ongoing legacy of struggles for equal rights and justice for all. Black History Month is also a chance to renew those values through action, whether through charitable volunteering or activism on behalf of expanding civil rights protections.

The American labor movement shares a unique history with the civil rights movement, one marked by shared goals and solidarity, as well as previous points of tension worth acknowledgment. Going forward, the causes of economic justice for workers and human rights for minorities are strongly bound together more than ever.

In that spirit and in honor of Black History Month, SEIU District 1199 will host a special screening of the award-winning documentary At the River I Stand on Friday, Feb. 26 in Cleveland. The film tells the powerful story of how, during two eventful months in 1968, what began as a local labor dispute between African American sanitation workers and the power structure of Memphis grew into the devastating tragedy of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a national struggle for racial and economic justice.

The free presentation will begin at 7 p.m. at the SEIU Union Hall in Cleveland at 1771 E.30th St. with parking available behind the building. Click here for a flyer.