B safe B Well B Love
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
TEXAS, JUNE 19TH 1865 - WAS WHEN THE US GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED THE END OF SLAVERY IN THE CONFEDERATE SOUTH.
"ALWAYS FREE" IS A SOMBER & JOYOUS CELEBRATION OF THE "SURRENDER."
IN THE 1930's, 100,000 FORMER ENSLAVED AFRICANS, WERE STILL ALIVE AND INTERVIEWED FOR THE FEDERAL WRITERS PROJECT. (Later renamed WPA)
A powerful intimate journey in American, African American and Civil War History.
American Living History
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
ONI CONNECTS PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR'S SOUTHERN DIALECT POETRY OF PLANTATION DAYS TO ORIGINAL Writers Project Agency NARRATIVES & FREEDOM SONGS FROM THE A CAPELLA GROUP, SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK.
Oni Lasana as Mary Ella Grandberry is on a book tour telling of her painful and jubilant experiences before and after Juneteenth.
With Ruby Dee, Harlem, NY
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
With Ruby Dee, Harlem, NY
MS. RUBY DEE IS ONE OF THE FEATURED ACTORS WHO DRAMATIZED THE ACCOUNT OF KATIE ROWE IN "UNCHAINED MEMORIES"...READINGS FROM THE SLAVE NARRATIVES. AS PRODUCED BY HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS IN 2003.
ALWAYS FREE!
HIGHLIGHTS THE VALUE OF EDUCATION AND THE POWER OF A PEOPLE TO SURVIVE THE HOLOCAUST OF AMERICAN SLAVERY.
Slavery....the backbone of America... 'lest we forget.
Slavery....the backbone of America... 'lest we forget.
Slavery....the backbone of America... 'lest we forget.
Heroes & Shero's of The Underground Railroad
Slavery....the backbone of America... 'lest we forget.
Slavery....the backbone of America... 'lest we forget.
Juneteenth Celebration, Reading, Pennsylvania
Slavery....the backbone of America... 'lest we forget.
Juneteenth Celebration, Reading, Pennsylvania
