"The People of Clarendon County"—A Play by Ossie Davis,
& the Answer to Racism!
This educational performance event, based on the book edited by journalist and Aesthetic Realism Associate Alice Bernstein (Third World Press), travels to schools, libraries, museums, churches, and universities around the country.
• North Carolina Museum of History, Raleigh
• Tulane University Law School, New Orleans
• Elmont Memorial Library, Elmont, NY
• Hamilton Fish Park Public Library, New York, NY
• Medgar Evers College (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY • Baruch College (CUNY), New York, NY
• South Carolina State University, Orangeburg
& the I.P. Stanback Museum & Planetarium
Washington, DC: House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn opens Clarendon event with Alice Bernstein at the Congressional Auditorium, US Capitol Visitor Center, October 21, 2009.
Photo credit: Robert Murphy
Click here to read more about the book from Third World Press!
The People of Clarendon County
—A Play by Ossie Davis
with Photographs & Historical Documents, & Essays
on the Education That Can End Racism
Edited by Alice Bernstein
Ruby Dee, Academy Award Nominee, says of Alice Bernstein and this book:
"In her commitment to telling the story of the civil rights struggles...Alice uncovered the play, "The People of Clarendon County."... It moved my husband to think that fifty years
later, school children might learn about
history by reading or acting in his play. In addition, Alice's book will also inform people about the success of the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method in enabling children to learn every subject, and ending prejudice in the classroom."
Below: Book launch February 28, 2007 at the Harlem School of the Arts, which included: 1) Alice Bernstein's account of conversations with Ossie Davis, research which led to his play and her book; 2) performance from the play by drama students, 3) interactive lesson based on the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method by educator Monique Michael, and
4) comments by legendary actress/activist and Academy Award Nominee, Ruby Dee, wife of Ossie Davis.
Seated (l-r), Ruby Dee and Alice Bernstein,
standing (l-r), drama students Bobbi Booth,
Dimitri Carter, Adrian Richburg, and teacher E. Mesiyah McGinnis.
Photo credit: Judy Rappaport
Below, at launch of the Ossie Davis Educational Endowment and revival of "The People of Clarendon County" by Ossie Davis, Local 1199 Bread and Roses, February 29, 2008:
Standing (l-r), Haki Madhubuti, Hilda Willis, Rev. James Forbes, Alice Bernstein, Ruby Dee,
Harry Belafonte, Louis Gossett, Alan Alda, Sonya White. Photo credit: David M. Bernstein.
Read about the Oral History Project and
Documentary of
Interviews with Unsung Heroes:
"The Force of Ethics in Civil Rights"
• The 40th Anniversary of the Edisto 13 in Charleston, SC. Part One, Part Two
• Interview with Rep. Tyrone Brooks of Georgia. Part One, Part Two, Part Three
For more about the Oral History Project go here.
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