FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – Cumberland County Public Library is hosting the Ongoing Fight for Freedom: Stories of NC’s Black Veterans on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. at Headquarters Library, 300 Maiden Lane, Fayetteville, NC. The performance is free, open to the public, and is recommended for ages 16 and above.
The 70-minute performance is a one-man show elevating Black freedom fighters and veterans, with North Carolina connections, who have engaged in over 400 years of a struggle for freedom, liberty and equality. The show honors their sacrifices, resistance and resilience. Through listening to their stories, attendees can gain a deeper understanding of our nation’s founding ideals, and harness the hope to continue the work, together, of making those ideals a reality for all.
The show is written and performed by Fayetteville native, Dr. Sonny Kelly. The play’s development was commissioned and funded by the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources’ America 250 NC initiative, and produced by Carolina K-12 at Carolina Public Humanities, UNC-Chapel Hill.
This performance is part of the Cumberland County Public Library’s hosting of Voices & Votes: Democracy in America Smithsonian traveling exhibition. Voices and Votes is based on an exhibition currently on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History called American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith. Cumberland County Public Library wishes to thank North Carolina Humanities and the Friends of the Cumberland County Public Library, Inc. for their support that makes this performance possible.
Voices and Votes: Democracy in America is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. It is based on an exhibition by the National Museum of American History. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.
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