JULY 12, 2023 / 5:30 – 7:30PM / FREE AND OPEN TO ALL / AT CAPITOL PARK MUSEUM

Dialogue on Race Louisiana (DORLA), in partnership with the Capitol Park Museum, will screen the 2008 documentary produced by Louisiana Public Broadcasting, “Baton Rouge’s Troubled Waters.” The film details life in South Baton Rouge dating back to the 1940s, including “what happened when residents became weary after several young African Americans drowned in rivers, creeks and other water holes because segregation denied them access to City Park and its swimming pool.” The screening will be immediately followed by a conversation between Maxine Crump of Dialogue on Race Louisiana, Judge Trudy White (who served as script writer and researcher for the film), and Executive Director of the Old South Baton Rouge Economic Redevelopment Group, Brittany Zeno.