All Events in

Sponsored links

@ UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, REFRECTORY HALL

3041 Broadway at 121st St.

Two Who Made a Difference

The Brecht Forum invites you to a Special Reception Celebrating Vinie Burrows & Esther Jackson.



VINIE BURROWS...

...was a mere teenager when she appeared on

Broadway in The Wisteria Trees, with Helen Hayes.

She went on to achieve a career high at seven

Broadway shows. But facing few opportunities as an

actor of color, she crafted a collection of solo

dramatic productions still hailed on four continents,

while continuing to serve with the United Nations'

Womens's International Democratic Federation.

ESTHER COOPER JACKSON...



...is a human rights trailblazer who co-founded

the 1930s Southern Negro Yourth Congress, parent

of the movement that eventually uprooted legal

segregation in U.S. public life. A lifelong peace-with-

justice advocate, she edited Freedomways Magazine

throughout its existence for a quarter of a century

as a foremost chronicler of the civil rights movement.





FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012

6-9 pm

Union Theological Seminary, Refectory Hall

3041 Broadway at 121st Street, New York, NY