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Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till
April 4, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
| In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth traveled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand– a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman. The riveting plan chronicles the murder, trial, and unbelievable confession of the men accused of Till’s lynching. The one-actor, multiple-character original drama is performed by Mike Wiley, a North Carolina-based actor & playwright whose compelling works of documentary theatre yield rich and powerful journeys to milestones and turning points of a cultural history.
Tickets will be free but required; tickets will be available March 1, 2017. Performance made possible by a grant through the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. Presented in conjunction with the Winning the Race conference. |
