“The Freedom Sisters of Our time” starring Cynthia Maddox
Much of our national memory of the Civil Rights Movement is embodied by male figureheads whose visibility in boycotts, legal proceedings, and mass demonstrations dominated newspaper and television coverage during the 1950s and ’60s. Missing from that picture is a group of extraordinary women who, while less prominent in the media, shaped much of the spirit and substance of Civil Rights in America, just as their mothers and grandmothers had done for decades. Join Cynthia Maddox and friends as they portray such women as Harriet Tubman, Mary McLeod Bethune, Septima Poinsette Clark, Fannie Lou Hamer, Dorothy Height, Coretta Scott King, and Rosa Parks. Programs are subject to change.
Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund and the Smithsonian Community Grant program, funded by MetLife Foundation.