Freedom Stories

Artist: TAHIRA

Type: Performances / Assembly, Art Festivals

Program Availability: In-Person, Virtual

  • Freedom Stories by TAHIRA | Young Audiences New Jersey
  • Freedom Stories by TAHIRA | Young Audiences New Jersey
  • Freedom Stories by TAHIRA | Young Audiences New Jersey
  • Freedom Stories by TAHIRA | Young Audiences New Jersey
  • Freedom Stories by TAHIRA | Young Audiences New Jersey

Description

Gifted storyteller TAHIRA shares tales of freedom fighters in this dramatic performance. A compelling look at the people who took extraordinary risks for freedom, the program can be tailored to highlight such topics as the Civil Rights Movement, Black women in history, or the Underground Railroad. The program includes freedom songs such as “John the Rabbit,” which contained coded messages used by enslaved Africans to devise a plan of escape. This program emphasizes the importance of having courage in the face of inequality and injustice.

TAHIRA can tailor the subject matter of Freedom Stories to such topics as:

Civil Rights Movement, which includes biographical narratives about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Harry and Harriette Moore, educators and NACCP members whose assassinations sparked the movement.

Black Women in History, such as human rights activist, Ella Baker, as well as Ruby Bridges, the first African-American child to desegregate an all-white elementary school in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in 1960.

The Underground Railroad, includes freedom songs, such as “John the Rabbit,” which contained coded messages used by enslaved Africans to devise a plan of escape. Also, includes the story of Henry “Box” Brown who escaped enslavement by mailing himself in a box from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved Africans in the United States. TAHIRA shares stories centering the resilience, perseverance, and strength of Africans in America leading up to Emancipation, as well as songs and stories of the continued courage and determination they still demonstrated in their quest for racial equity.

Program options:

In-person • Virtual (Live Streaming)

Please fill out this inquiry form or call 866-500-9265 for more information. (Virtual programs are not charged a travel fee.)

Price & Info

Price

Assembly Price: $940

Assembly Two-in-a-Row Price: $1275

Additional Fees: In-Person Program Travel Fee - $95 per day; Virtual Program Technology Fee - $45; (On-Demand programs are not charged travel or tech fees)

Information

Audience Limit: 250

Program Length: 45 min.

Appropriate For Grade(s): Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th

Theme

Theme

American History Month

Black History Month

Universal Human Rights Month

Curriculum Connections

Curriculum Connections

English Language Arts

Social Studies

Tech

Technical Requirements

2 mics with sound on an adjustable height stands or one lavalier microphone. 2 chairs