Theatre Where It Mattered: Dr. Doris Derby Remembers Mississippi
A co-founder of Free Southern Theater reflects on forming the theatrical arm of the Civil Rights Movement.
All Stories About American Civil Rights Movement
John O’Neal’s Invitation to Make the World a Better Place
Civil Rights activism and theatre were integrally intertwined in the life’s work of the founder of Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions.
When the Klansman and the Civil Rights Activist Could Be Friends
With ‘Best of Enemies,’ New Stage Theatre in Jackson, Miss., confronted its audience with an unexpectedly timely tale of racial reconciliation.
George C. Wolfe: From ‘The Colored Museum’ to an Actual Museum
In a new exhibit for Atlanta’s Center for Civil and Human Rights, the New York director highlights the theatricality, and the drama, of the Civil Rights Movement.
