My father #GilbertMoses and #JohnONeal co-founders of the #FreeSouthernTheater Art as a form of liberation, as freedom of expression, as a means to educate, as form of documenting life, that is what I am about. That is what my parents taught me. That is what Black American culture and heritage has taught me and continues to unveil many lessons to me as I take this time to do the work, listen, observe and learn. “Founded in 1963, the Free Southern Theater was designed as a cultural and educational extension of the civil rights movement in the South. It was closely aligned with the black arts movement of the 1960s and 1970s and, more specifically, the black theatre movement. The leaders of the movement, John O’Neal, Doris Derby, and Gilbert Moses, aimed to introduce theater to southern communities that had little familiarity with it. With both political and aesthetic objectives, the group aspired to validate positive aspects of African American culture while providing a voice for social protest. Though it was founded at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, the theater eventually put down roots in New Orleans.” - @64parishes #fathersday (at Art Revolution) https://www.instagram.com/p/CByTnzVp3VE/?igshid=ukp9ufyqp2g8
