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PORTRAITS OF COURAGE is an examination of overlooked African-Americans and their contributions to American history. Surprised at the absence of African-American figures in today’s history books, playwright Colin Cox created a theatrical piece to help bring recognition to a few of those who have helped shaped our country. In a 65 minute Two Person presentation you will meet:
Ida B. Wells: the activist who, at great personal cost, brought to mainstream America the horrors of the South. A powerful journalist, her writing made the country deplore the ‘justice’ of the lynching system.
Lewis Latimer: one of the original Edison Pioneers and the greatest electrical engineer in America. It was Lewis Latimer, draftsman for the invention of the telephone, who designed a lasting and cost-effective light filament that propelled the light bulb into widespread use.
Colonel Young: commander of the 9th Cavalry, the renowned Buffalo Soldiers. Colonel Young relates his experience as a graduate of West Point, and the commander of the 9th Cavalry in the Apache Wars, the Spanish-American War and the American-Philippines War.
CJ Walker: an American entrepeneur who started life in Mississippi as a laundress then rose through her business acumen with ‘hair growth’ products to become America’s first female millionaire.
Bass Reeves: the first black marshal west of the Mississippi who spent thirty-two years crossing the notorious ‘dead line’ into Indian Territory in pursuit of America’s worst outlaws. Three thousand were apprehended by this cowboy legend, including his own son.
Fannie Lou Hamer: the youngest of twenty from a sharecropping family in Mississippi, she picked three hundred pounds of cotton a day until she learned that as a black woman she had a right to vote. Fanny Lou Haner spent the rest of her life ensuring other African-Americans also understood they had that right.
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Running Time: 65 minutes
Appropriate for: Middle School age and above
Crew: 3 people - 2 Performers and 1 Production Manager
Cost: Call or email for quote
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