Invisible Warriors: African American Women in WWII
Film Screening & Discussion with Primary Source
Date: Monday, November 18, 2024
Time: 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location: Landmark Kendall Square Cinema, 355 Binney Street, Cambridge, MA 02139
PARKING: $3.00 validated four-hour parking is available in the Kendall Square Parking Garage. (NOTE: Parking Garage no longer accepts cash.)
The documentary film Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II illuminates the wartime challenges and triumphs of 600,000 Black “Rosie the Riveters” – pioneers who courageously battle racism and sexism to help win the war and created job opportunities in industry and government for all future generations of African American women. They are arguably the most significant group of Black women in the 20th century.
Watch the trailer here.
Registration is closed for this event. If you are interested in attending, contact Christine Gonzalez at christine@primarysource.org or (617) 925-7662.
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
LEADER
Meeks Charitable Foundation
Rosemary & William Pisano
Anne & John Watt
CATALYST
Hester Brooks
ALLY
Rosalie Kerr
Grant Rhode & Judith Katz
Gregory S. Cooke, Director, Invisible Warriors
Gregory Cooke is an award-winning filmmaker and director of Invisible Warriors: African American Women in World War II, a critically acclaimed documentary about 600,000 “Rosie the Riveters” who courageously triumphed over racism and sexism to create job opportunities in industry and government for themselves and future generations of Black women. His initiatives have helped secure the participation of Black “Rosies” at the 2024 Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony in Washington D.C.
Mr. Cooke is the recipient of the 2024 President’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2023/2024 Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant. He also serves on the National World War II Museum’s advisory board and has received numerous honors, including the Better Angels/Lavine/Ken Burns Fellowship (2020) and the Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust Award (2019).
Gregory is the Executive Producer and driving force behind the documentary Choc’late Soldiers from the USA, which tells the story of African American soldiers bonding with British civilians during WWII. His work has been featured on CBS Saturday Morning and Turner Classic Movies, and in The Washington Post. He has appeared at over seventy venues and as a guest on podcasts and media outlets, sharing his expertise on African Americans in World War II. Gregory earned a BA in English from American International College and an MA in Journalism from The Ohio State University.