Oral Histories from Black Power at Ole Miss
Twenty-seven Demands: A Staged Reading
Running time: 1 hr 49 min 36 sec
Photo of Peter Wood introducing the staged reading by Christian Johnson, Ole Miss Imaging Services
Description
27 Demands: A Staged Reading, written and directed by Peter Wood
After they were arrested following a peaceful protest at Fulton Chapel on February 25, 1970, members of the Black Student Union presented University Administration with a list of "27 demands" of things the University could do to be more inclusive of the African American community. In a dramatic reading of those 50-year-old demands, we see which ones were eventually met, and which ones are still needed.
Jaimee' Mitchell as Alva Ruth Peyton
A'mya Jones as Linnie Bell Liggins
Michela Moore as Henrieese Roberts
Sebastian Davis as Theron Evans, Jr.
Noah Greenwood as Paul Jackson
Adam Brown as John Donald
Don Cole as Himself
Kenneth Mayfield as Himself
John Brittain as Himself
Cliff Johnson as Chancellor Porter L. Fortune, Jr.