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    Freedom Summer: A Stage Play about the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project: Civil Rights Arts Project, #2
    The Birmingham Children's March: A Play About the 1963 Children's Crusade for Civil Rights: Civil Rights Arts Project, #1
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    Civil Rights Arts Project Series

    By Alan Marshall

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    About this series

    In 1964, Wendy Whittaker, a white sophomore from Oberlin College, and Cynthia Moore, an African American junior at Swarthmore College join nearly 1,000 college students joined the Mississippi Summer Project to help African Americans secure their voting rights.

    During the orientation session in Ohio, Wendy and Cynthia find themselves immediately having to defend their motives for joining Freedom Summer to the seasoned, and somewhat cynical, battle hardened veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

    Once in Mississippi, Cynthia and Wendy struggle to find their place in the freedom movement as theywalk a tight rope between white hatred and black indifference. Their inability to reach those they have risked their lives to help causes them to lose confidence in themselves and in many of their fellow citizens.

    Alan Marshall's Freedom Summer explores the tensions within the project and the challenges faced by the staff and volunteers as they adjusted to life in Mississippi during the long, hot summer of 1964.

    Other Characters in this play include legendary civil rights activists Fanny Lou Hamer, Dorie Ladner, Hollis Watkins, James Forman, as well  composite fictional characters who are recurring figures withing the Civil Rights Arts Project series of dramatic works,

    This interactive mass meeting performance features freedom songs, speeches, testimonies, and character-driven drama, all happening around the audience.

    LanguageEnglish
    Publisher3MB Publishing
    Release dateAug 21, 2019
    Freedom Summer: A Stage Play about the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project: Civil Rights Arts Project, #2
    The Birmingham Children's March: A Play About the 1963 Children's Crusade for Civil Rights: Civil Rights Arts Project, #1

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      The Birmingham Children's March: A Play About the 1963 Children's Crusade for Civil Rights: Civil Rights Arts Project, #1
      The Birmingham Children's March: A Play About the 1963 Children's Crusade for Civil Rights: Civil Rights Arts Project, #1

      The Birmingham Children's March: A Play About the 1963 Children's Crusade for Civil Rights: Civil Rights Arts Project, #1

      Alan Marshall
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      Thirteen-year-old Freida McCarter woke up wanting nothing to do with the freedom marches and civil rights demonstrations being planned in her Birmingham neighborhood, especially after learning that she would have to remain nonviolent if attacked. "Well, you don't have to worry about me. Ain't nobody gonna put their hands on me and there is no way I'm sittin' in jail for the freedom I should have had when I was born." Despite her intention to stay away from the marches, unforeseen circumstances lead Freida to make a fateful decision that places her in harm's way. While peacefully marching into downtown Birmingham, Freida and the other young demonstrators will be attacked by cops accompanied by bloodthirsty police dogs, and firemen armed with high-pressure water hoses before being arrested and carted off to jail. If Freida is going to overcome this crisis, she must summon the will to control her temper, the courage to overcome her fear and the resilience to face the consequences of her actions. Alan Marshall's Birmingham Children's March is a dramatization of the events in Birmingham, Alabama during the spring of 1963 when the peaceful marches led by school children rescued Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s faltering civil rights campaign and moved a reluctant President Kennedy to introduce a landmark civil rights bill to Congress. This interactive, mass meeting production featuring freedom songs, speeches, testimonies, and character-driven drama, all happening around the audience.

      Thirteen-year-old Freida McCarter woke up wanting nothing to do with the freedom marches and civil rights demonstrations being planned in her Birmingham neighborhood, especially after learning that she would have to remain nonviolent if attacked. "Well, you don't have to worry about me. Ain't nobody gonna put their hands on me and there is no way I'm sittin' in jail for the freedom I should have had when I was born." Despite her intention to stay away from the marches, unforeseen circumstances lead Freida to make a fateful decision that places her in harm's way. While peacefully marching into downtown Birmingham, Freida and the other young demonstrators will be attacked by cops accompanied by bloodthirsty police dogs, and firemen armed with high-pressure water hoses before being arrested and carted off to jail. If Freida is going to overcome this crisis, she must summon the will to control her temper, the courage to overcome her fear and the resilience to face the consequences of her actions. Alan Marshall's Birmingham Children's March is a dramatization of the events in Birmingham, Alabama during the spring of 1963 when the peaceful marches led by school children rescued Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s faltering civil rights campaign and moved a reluctant President Kennedy to introduce a landmark civil rights bill to Congress. This interactive, mass meeting production featuring freedom songs, speeches, testimonies, and character-driven drama, all happening around the audience.

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      Freedom Summer: A Stage Play about the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project: Civil Rights Arts Project, #2
      Freedom Summer: A Stage Play about the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project: Civil Rights Arts Project, #2

      Freedom Summer: A Stage Play about the 1964 Mississippi Summer Project: Civil Rights Arts Project, #2

      Alan Marshall
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      In 1964, Wendy Whittaker, a white sophomore from Oberlin College, and Cynthia Moore, an African American junior at Swarthmore College join nearly 1,000 college students joined the Mississippi Summer Project to help African Americans secure their voting rights. During the orientation session in Ohio, Wendy and Cynthia find themselves immediately having to defend their motives for joining Freedom Summer to the seasoned, and somewhat cynical, battle hardened veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Once in Mississippi, Cynthia and Wendy struggle to find their place in the freedom movement as theywalk a tight rope between white hatred and black indifference. Their inability to reach those they have risked their lives to help causes them to lose confidence in themselves and in many of their fellow citizens. Alan Marshall's Freedom Summer explores the tensions within the project and the challenges faced by the staff and volunteers as they adjusted to life in Mississippi during the long, hot summer of 1964. Other Characters in this play include legendary civil rights activists Fanny Lou Hamer, Dorie Ladner, Hollis Watkins, James Forman, as well  composite fictional characters who are recurring figures withing the Civil Rights Arts Project series of dramatic works, This interactive mass meeting performance features freedom songs, speeches, testimonies, and character-driven drama, all happening around the audience.

      In 1964, Wendy Whittaker, a white sophomore from Oberlin College, and Cynthia Moore, an African American junior at Swarthmore College join nearly 1,000 college students joined the Mississippi Summer Project to help African Americans secure their voting rights. During the orientation session in Ohio, Wendy and Cynthia find themselves immediately having to defend their motives for joining Freedom Summer to the seasoned, and somewhat cynical, battle hardened veterans of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Once in Mississippi, Cynthia and Wendy struggle to find their place in the freedom movement as theywalk a tight rope between white hatred and black indifference. Their inability to reach those they have risked their lives to help causes them to lose confidence in themselves and in many of their fellow citizens. Alan Marshall's Freedom Summer explores the tensions within the project and the challenges faced by the staff and volunteers as they adjusted to life in Mississippi during the long, hot summer of 1964. Other Characters in this play include legendary civil rights activists Fanny Lou Hamer, Dorie Ladner, Hollis Watkins, James Forman, as well  composite fictional characters who are recurring figures withing the Civil Rights Arts Project series of dramatic works, This interactive mass meeting performance features freedom songs, speeches, testimonies, and character-driven drama, all happening around the audience.

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