AL: MY BROTHER
A documentary about the extraordinary life and activism of veteran civil rights attorney Alan McSurely, currently a close advisor to Bishop Dr. William Barber, president of the NC NAACP. For over 50 years, McSurely, 81, has fought an unrelenting battle against racism and poverty, and for equal rights for African-Americans and other citizens of color. He has always believed that blacks and whites could, and should work together for a better America. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. even invited Al to take part in the planning retreat for the 1968 Poor People’s campaign. It can honestly be said that Al has lived virtually three lifetimes – first as a young white proponent of Black Power and member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee during the late 1960s, who, along with his then wife Margaret Herring, was targeted by the state and federal governments, had his belongings illegally confiscated; and was thrown in jail falsely charged with sedition against the state ...