The Center for Puppetry Arts’ latest show portrays the story of a little girl who experiences racism for the first time in the segregated South. The show “Ruth and the Green Book” is adapted from Charles Alexander’s children’s book. It depicts the story of eight-year-old Ruth, who travels with her parents in their new green […]
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Civil rights photographer releases second book of images from Jim Crow South
“A Civil Rights Journey,” by Dr. Doris Derby shows photographs of defining moments in American history and presents candid stills of Muhammad Ali, Alice Walker and Fannie Lou Hamer. By Allison Joyner Dr. Doris Derby’s latest book, “A Civil Rights Journey,” uses photographs from her time living in Mississippi from 1963 to 1972 to illustrate […]
