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Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
Texas, June 19, 1865 was when the US government announced the end of slavery in the confederate south in a place called America.
"ALWAYS FREE" is a somber yet joyful celebration for ex-enslaved Africans.
In the 1930's, 100,000 former enslaved Africans were still alive and interviewed for the Federal Writers Project.(Later renamed WPA)
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Texas, June 19, 1865 was when the US government announced the end of slavery in the confederate south in a place called America.
"ALWAYS FREE" is a somber yet joyful celebration for ex-enslaved Africans.
In the 1930's, 100,000 former enslaved Africans were still alive and interviewed for the Federal Writers Project.(Later renamed WPA)
Always, Free is 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 Lasana as Mary Ella Grandberry is on a book tour telling of her painful and jubilant experiences before and after Juneteenth.
Paul Laurence Dunbar's conversational southern dialect prose is connected to the narratives of several enslaved African woman's true experiences before and after Juneteenth.
With Ruby Dee, Harlem, NY
Oni as Mary Ella Grandberry
With Ruby Dee, Harlem, NY
The iconic actress, and civil rights activist RUBY DEE was one of the actors who spoke the account of Katie Rowe in "UNCHAINED MEMORIES by HBO documentaries in association with the Library of Congress in 2003.
Always Free highlights the value of education and the power of a people who survived 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
