Actor and scholar Becky Stone will portray Rosa Parks as part of Colorado Humanities’ Black History Live tour. In partnership with Poudre River Library District and Front Range Community College, this living history portrayal will give insight into how and why Rosa Parks prepared for her pivotal act of resistance. This program is free and open to the public and will be held at Front Range Community College, Long’s Peak Student Center, 4616 S Shields Street, Fort Collins, 80526 on February 27, 2020 at 11:00 a.m.
“There had always been an uneasy truce between black and white folks in the South. Emancipation granted citizenship to black Americans, but white Americans ended all progress by returning to slave-master protocol that was enforced by Jim Crow law. These laws went beyond segregation. They were designed to make black people feel inferior and whites, superior. By 1955, black Southerners had been oppressed as much as they could allow. They needed the right person to say ‘no more.’ That person was Rosa Parks,” said Becky Stone.
Stone holds a B.A. in Drama from Vassar College and a M.A. from Villanova University in Elementary Educational Counseling. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, Stone became a storyteller upon moving South. Her acting credits include Lime Kiln Arts Theater, VA; Warehouse Theatre, Greenville SC; Haywood Arts Regional Theatre, Southern Appalachian Repertory Theater, Asheville Community Theatre, Highland Repertory Theatre, Asheville Contemporary Dance Theater in Asheville and Merida, Mexico, and Asheville on Broadway. Ms. Stone has also presented at North Carolina and Colorado Humanities Chautauqua festivals and Black History Live tours as Maya Angelou, Harriet Tubman, and Rosa Parks.
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