Said the open letter from the Loudoun County School Board: “The additional effort required and resources provided by the Black community to obtain an equal education created hardships to which other community members were not subjected.”

From newly declassified files to interviews with former MLK confidantes, the film confirms how and why the FBI surveilled and plotted to destroy King.

The lawsuit reads: “Defendants exacerbated the damage and suffering of the Greenwood residents.”

Remembering this August 1965 action is part of the Black August series, highlighting historical events that remind us of the legacy of Black radical resistance.