"Children Of The Movement" told by Thomas Saxon, Storyteller.
On Sunday,
September 15th, 1963 an explosion occurred at the 16th Street Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama. This racially charged bombing killed four little girls:
Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.
This marked a turning point in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and
contributed to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
On Sunday,
September 15th, 1963 an explosion occurred at the 16th Street Baptist Church in
Birmingham, Alabama. This racially charged bombing killed four little girls:
Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.
This marked a turning point in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and
contributed to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
"Remembering Viola" told by Thomas Saxon, Storyteller.
In March 1965 the Voting Rights March from Selma, Alabama to the state Capital of Montgomery was one of the high points for Civil Rights in the United States. By the time the march was completed three civil rights volunteers were murdered; Reverend James Reeb, Jimmy Lee Jackson, and Viola Liuzzo. Their murders made voting rights a matter of national urgency. Three months later Congress passed the Voting Rights Bill. Viola's involvement is remembered.
"The Ghost and the Watermelon" told by Thomas Southern, Storyteller
Storytelling played a major role in the learning and coping abilities of the enslaved.
They gathered together at night sharing stories of wisdom, hope, beliefs and humor.
The point of this ghost story is to make fun of the character and not to be scared
of the story which is said to come from the Georgia-South Carolina Sea Islands.
They gathered together at night sharing stories of wisdom, hope, beliefs and humor.
The point of this ghost story is to make fun of the character and not to be scared
of the story which is said to come from the Georgia-South Carolina Sea Islands.
"Brother Blue Confesses" told by Thomas Southern, Storyteller
Brother Blue, a.k.a. Dr. Hugh Morgan HIll, Ph.D., street performer, spiritual teacher, ordained minister confesses his love for his "sweet lady" Ruth Edmond Hill, whom he married in 1950.
They presented a picture of an extra-ordinary marriage, a bond of love that radiates out to embrace us all. Bro. Blue died Nov. 3, 2009 at their home in Cambridge. He was 88. The death was confirmed by his beloved wife Ruth.
They presented a picture of an extra-ordinary marriage, a bond of love that radiates out to embrace us all. Bro. Blue died Nov. 3, 2009 at their home in Cambridge. He was 88. The death was confirmed by his beloved wife Ruth.