NAME DROPPING - Dinner / Theatre

Welcome Brothers & Sisters!

As you enter the Texas African American Musuem,

take a moment and observe our history.

You will be Greeted at the ticket booth and escorted by an Usher inside the

Verette and Jesse E. Rider Fine & Performing Arts Centre,

where your party will be seated at one of the historically named tables, such as

the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Table, the Angela Davis Table, the Marcus Garvey

Table, and more.

2pm: Doors Open

2 :15pm: Host / National Negro Anthem / Prayer

Tina Ashton: Artist

Poet:

Community Dinner

3:15 pm: NAME DROPPING

Stageplay by: Corey Shields

Directed by: E'tian LaRue

Imagine...

If Martin Luther King, Jr. had the opportunity to speak with

Huey P. Newton, and he had the chance to talk with Kunta Kinte,

and if he could have spoken to W.E.B. Dubois, and

he conversed with Stacey Abrams.

Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but words will never...

Wait a minute! What do the words have to do with it?

The words, NEGRO, COLORED, BLACK, AFRICAN AMERICAN, and yes,

the Notorious "N" word,

discuss their troubled pasts and take on their complicated futures to

determine whose NAME Drops next, all while playing a game of Spades.

You play a role in this intriguing play, Name Dropping, as they debate who the

community wants to represent the People in today's World.

The performance is followed by a Q&A with the cast!

Come Listen to the Conversation!

Cast:

Ni@@er: Emmett Shankle

Negro: Paco

Colored: Rodney Watson

Black: Ekko Taylor

African-American: Denise Luckerson

Directed by: E'tian LaRue

Written by: Corey Shields

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