Here’s eight free showings “The Exchange: In White America” in northeast Wisconsin | Green Bay Press Gazette

For one week in February, several area theaters will host free screenings of a documentary about how students from two Wisconsin high schools crossed racial and cultural divides during the civil rights era.

In 1966, high-schoolers from Kaukauna High School and Rufus King High School in Milwaukee participated in a student exchange — not overseas, but inside Wisconsin.

Thirteen Black and white students traded places for a month, going to each others’ schools, living in each others’ homes, and staging Martin Duberman’s play “In White America” at both campuses.

A group of current and former Rufus King students performed “In White America” in 2018, returning to Kaukauna High School over 50 years after the original production.

Now, the story of the 1966 exchange has been told in the documentary “The Exchange: In White America,” produced and directed by former Milwaukee television reporter Joanne Williams.

From Feb. 6 to 11, the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Kaukauna High School, and area colleges and universities will host eight free screenings of the film as part of Black History Month.

The showings are sponsored by area community foundations and businesses.

“We have so much work to do as a community,” said Greater Green Bay Community Foundation president Dennis Buehler. To him, the documentary represents “a momentous opportunity to learn and understand each other.”

Here’s where free screenings of ‘The Exchange: In White America’ will be held

6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 6, Kaukauna High School Auditorium. 1701 Outagamie County CE, Kaukauna. Q&A to follow with Joanne Williams.

5 to 8 p.m. Feb. 7, Lawrence University, Warch Campus Center Cinema, 711 E. Boldt Way, Appleton. Q&A to follow with Joanne Williams.

5 to 6 p.m. Feb. 7, 3 to 4 p.m. Feb. 8, 11 a.m. to noon Feb. 9, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay University Union Christie Theater, 2430 Campus Court, Green Bay. The Feb. 9 screening will be followed by a Lunch and Learn with Joanne Williams from noon to 2:30 p.m. in the Phoenix B Room (registration required). Features traveling exhibit “A Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities” by African Heritage Inc. and History Museum at the Castle.

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Fox Valley Performing Arts Center Kimberly-Clark Hall , 400 W. College Ave., Appleton. Panel discussion to follow with Joanne Williams; Paula Vandehey, business development specialist at Ayres; and Amy Xiong, teacher at Kaukauna High School. Features traveling exhibit “A Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities” by African Heritage Inc. and History Museum at the Castle.

6:30 to 8 p.m. Feb. 9, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Sage Hall 1210, 835 High Ave., Oshkosh. Q&A to follow with Joanne Williams. Features traveling exhibit “A Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities” by African Heritage Inc. and History Museum at the Castle.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 11, Fox Valley Technical College, 1825 N. Bluemound Drive, Appleton. Q&A to follow with Joanne Williams, plus free soul food lunch. Features traveling exhibit “A Stone of Hope: Black Experiences in the Fox Cities” by African Heritage Inc. and History Museum at the Castle.

You can RSVP to save a seat, but it’s not required. Find out more or sign up at theexchange50.com.

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