{"id":500850,"date":"2020-08-06T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=500850"},"modified":"2020-08-06T15:54:01","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T15:54:01","slug":"black-first-american-second-reveals-the-life-and-legend-of-civil-rights-attorney-floyd-bixler-mckissick-sr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/black-first-american-second-reveals-the-life-and-legend-of-civil-rights-attorney-floyd-bixler-mckissick-sr_500850.html","title":{"rendered":"Black First – American Second Reveals the Life and Legend of Civil Rights Attorney Floyd Bixler McKissick, Sr."},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cBlack, first. American, second. That\u2019s the order in which you discover who you are. And that\u2019s the order in which it stays the rest of your life: Black, first. American, second.\u201d
– Floyd McKissick, Sr.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Now seeking community support via Kickstarter, a limited docu-series investigates the surprising life of Floyd McKissick, Sr., founder of Soul City, North Carolina.<\/div>\n

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Black First – American Second, a new limited docu-series<\/a>, is coming to audiences worldwide later next year. The four-part series will give viewers unprecedented access into the story of this monumental civil rights icon. Giving viewers a new look at McKissick’s life, Black First – American Second will include stories told through McKissick’s uncovered writings, television appearances, and interviews with those who knew him best.<\/p>\n

Coming November 2021, episode one, Three-Fifths of a Man, willillustrate that McKissick’s words about racism, justice, and equality in 1960s America ring truer than ever in 2020. A man of conviction committed to destroying institutional racism, McKissick fought his lifelong battle in the court of law, through the written word, through non-violent protests, and by founding a city devoted to the principles of Black Power. <\/p>\n

A well-documented man, much of McKissick’s monumental life as a civil rights activist remains untold and unfamiliar to people around the world. Shining a powerful lens on his life and legacy, Black First – American Second revives McKissick’s story for a twenty-first-century audience. <\/p>\n

For a limited time, support Black First – American Second on Kickstarter here: https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/bfas\/black-first-american-second<\/a><\/p>\n

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Media Contact<\/span>
Company Name:<\/strong> Three Fifths Productions, L.L.C<\/a>
Contact Person:<\/strong> Elliot Blumberg
Email:<\/strong> Send Email<\/a>
State:<\/strong> North Carolina
Country:<\/strong> United States
Website:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/bfas\/black-first-american-second<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cBlack, first. American, second. That\u2019s the order in which you discover who you are. And that\u2019s the order in which it stays the rest of your life: Black, first. American, second.\u201d – Floyd McKissick, Sr. Now seeking community support via … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[433,401,417,446,404],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Arts-Entertainment","category-Business","category-Marketing-Sales","category-Society-Culture","category-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500850\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}