"If you would all be so kind as to purchase a copy of my book of plays at http://ning.it/18PYkQv"
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John O'Neal
- Male
- Mound City, IL
- United States
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"I believe that our contributions to SNCC were very much appreciated and valued highly within the organization. Every small amount of help furthers our group goal in SNCC."
"I also co-founded the Free Southern Theater in 1963 as the cultural and educational arm of the southern Civil Rights Movement."
"I'm an Actor,director,performer,writer,community and civil rights activist,and pioneer of African American theater."
"FST played a pivotal role for African Americans and oppressed people in the south by using theater as a tool of social justice."
"I earned a BA degree in English and Philosophy from Southern Illinois University in 1962"
"I got my profile picture from http://www.thepeoplesayproject.org/john-oneal-and-free-southern-theater/"
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- Greatest Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement
- After extensive contributions to SNCC, the CORE and other civil rights organizations, and as a result of my work as a socially active student, I helped establish the Free Southern Theater.
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"Our fundamental objective is to stimulate creative and reflective thought among Negros in Mississippi and other Southern states by the establishment of a legitimate theater, thereby providing the opportunity in the theater and the associated art forms. We theorize that within the Southern situation a theatrical form and style can be developed that is as unique to the Negro people as the origin of blues and jazz. A combination of art and social awareness can evolve into plays written for Negro audience, which relate to the problems within the Negro himself, and within the Negro community."
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- At 10:32am on June 12, 2013,
Tricia London said…
Mr. O'Neal, I understand you founded the Free Southern Theater. What was the purpose of the Theater? (Hint: Google Free Southern Theater in quotation marks and another important keyword)
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