American Slavery Project Presents BLACK WOMEN AND THE BALLOT

American Slavery Project Presents BLACK WOMEN AND THE BALLOT as part of its spring reading series: The ABC's - African-Americans from Bondage through Crow

Black Women & the Ballot An evening of Three Short Plays & Conversation Monday April 8th, 7pm National Black Theatre, 2031 Fifth Ave. at 125th St. New York, NY 10035

The plays: In The Parlour and Pulling the Lever by Judy Tate Don't/Dream by Saviana Stanescu Directed by Dianne Kirksey-Floyd and Judy Tate Featuring: Gabrielle C. Archer, Lynnette R. Freeman, Montana Lampert Hoover, Celestine Rae, Messeret Stroman Wheeler

In the Parlour 1913, on the eve of the historic Washington D.C. Women's March for Votes, a Black sorority member of the newly formed Delta Sigma Theta Sorority stitches walking skirts for her fellow sorors to wear, when she learns that the march's famous white organizer has other plans.

Don't/Dream 2016, on election day, an undocumented immigrant housekeeper, burdened with endless chores, fantasizes about voting and tries to make sense of her entitle employers' obsessions.

Pulling the Lever election day and three generations of African-American women reflect on what having the vote means to them.

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American Slavery Project is a theatrical response to revisionism in American conversation around the era of enslavement and its aftermath. We support African descended writers who write about the era with readings and productions, we create conversation in the community, make connections between that history and our present day experiences and offer workshops for students and adults.