6/13/13 - A documentary about the history of girlsâ varsity sports nationally with a focus on Pinckney High School will be screened this month at the new library building. Legislation known as Title IX was signed into law on June 23rd, 1972, requiring all educational programs to be offered to both sexes. It caused schools nationwide, including Pinckney High, to form girlsâ varsity sports teams when before none existed. âAn Unexpected Win: Title IX and the Pinckney Piratesâ is a new documentary about the law and its impact on local girls, who formed a girlsâ varsity basketball team the same year the law was enacted. It will include footage from the 40-year reunion of the Pinckney team as well as interviews with the players, female Olympians, and pro athletes like Billie Jean King. It will be shown at the Pinckney Library at 10:30am on Saturday, June 22nd and at 6:30pm on Tuesday, June 25th. A 15-minute documentary produced by two Pinckney New Tech High School students will play before both showings. Entitled âThe Heart of Pinckney,â it details the history of the building that now houses the Pinckney Library. For more information, follow the link below. (TD)
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