Change Comes Knocking Trailer

Change Comes Knocking is an award winning documentary that tells the tumultuous story of a bi-racial anti-poverty organization, called the North Carolina Fund (NCF) that boldly confronted the explosive issues of race, class and politics during the turbulent 1960s. In 1963, progressive Democratic governor, Terry Sanford took an audacious step to attack the entrenched poverty he found throughout his state. The Fund directly empowered poor people, including African Americans, so they could challenge the entrenched power structure who were all too comfortable with the racial divisions that were the foundations of the economic status quo. Add to that a charismatic Fund employee named Howard Fuller, who spoke of Black Power and urged a more confrontational approach, and the backlash came swiftly. For more information or to purchase the film please visit www.ncfundfilm.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• North Carolinan Fund
• Howard Fuller
• Terry Sanford
• War on Poverty
• poverty
• Ann Atwater
• Sixties
• Billy Barnes
• Durham
• Ford Foundation
• Lyndon Johnson
• Rebecca Cerese
• Video Dialog
• Change Comes Knocking

[afalda]

Rebecca, This is amazing. Thank you for creating this records of what we did and letting us know that what we did was important and made a difference.

Julie Taylor (Draves)

Former N.C. Volunteer

[GruesomeTruth]

Rebec..uh, FilmChic14 ; ) You are stupendously talented! You really have a gift (incl. lots of dedicated hard work) for making/presenting compelling stories..documentaries.. that are life-changing for anyone who sees them. It takes a big heart & a big brain :) to accomplish what you do.

Thanks for being & being so sweet!