Selected Dramatizations

1. CREATION
James Weldon Johnson's reenactment of God creating the world. (Background music: Africa The Motherland, Quincy Jones)

2. THE DYING BONDSMAN
A Black Soldier who was wounded in battle begs his master to set him free before he meets his kinsfolk and has to tell them that he too died a slave. (Background music: "Yon Va Lou", Montego Joe)

3. THE JENNY PROCTOR STORY
A documentary from S.C.O.P.E. Magazine, an ex-slave, Jenny Proctor reminisces about what she had to endure during slavery. (Background music: The Color of Purple, Quincy Jones)

4. THE SAGA OF JULIENNE, Ron Daise
A house servant tells her version of what things were like when war broke out in the South. She speaks in southern dialect. (Background music: Patriotic)

5. MOTHER TO SON, Langston Hughs
A Mother tells her son that life wasn't always easy for her and that it won't be easy for him, still he must struggle and keep the faith until the end. (Background music: Come By Her Lord, from Roots, Quincy Jones)

6. SLEEPING SICKNESS, Jackie Torrence
An old woman tells a story of a tragic event that happened to her when she was 5 years old. (Background music: Thunder Storms)

7. ROSA PARKES, Marla Gibbs
Rosa tells what events led up to the boycotting of buses in Montgomery, Alabama. (Background music: Sounds of the Streets)

8. I'VE BEEN TO THE MOUNTAIN TOP
Dr. Martin Luther King's final speech before his death in 1968.

9. THE OLD APPLE TREE, Shirley Caesar
The story of a young man who would not respect the rules of his parents' home and is forced to leave. (Background music: I Want to Know What Love Is, New Jersey Mass Choir)

10. MARY'S STORY
A story of Mary, the mother of Jesus, as an old woman reliving her life during the Christmas season. (Background music: Halleluia Salt of the Earth)

11. KEEP ON PRESSING MY WAY, Florida Mass Choir
The story of a man who is down and out and had been forgotten by all, but keeps his faith in the Lord.

12. FADED ROSE, Shirley Caesar
A son that could not be located during his mother's death is now at his mother's grave with a faded rose. (Background music: Faded Rose, Shirley Caesar)

13. 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Mark Twain
A father is telling his account of what happened the night before Christmas, when Santa Claus arrived at his home. (Background music: Here Comes Santa Claus)

14. FORGIVE ME SANTA, Shirley Caesar
A little boy is unhappy because his friends, whose parents are deceased, didn't receive anything for Christmas. (Background music: Silent Night)

15. STOP GAMBLING, Edna Cook
Gamblers that were at the foot of the Cross after the Crucifixion talk about gambling for the garment that Jesus was wearing.

16. I BELIEVE
Things that make you know that there is truly a God.


References:

Mary Devoe
P.O. Box 782
Barnwell, SC 29812
(803) 259-0107
Samuel Carter
36 Fairfield Rd.
Beaufort, SC 29902
(843) 524-8756
Thernell Cave
1465 Collin Dr.
Martinez, GA 30907
(706) 863-6978


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