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Historical play offered in Eastern Panhandle

By Cecelia Mason

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October 18, 2012 · Eastern Panhandle audiences can learn more about West Virginia's founding through the lens of Civil Rights.

 

There will be two performances at Shepherd University of a play sponsored by The J.R. Clifford Project, an organization that educates the public about Clifford, West Virginia’s first African American lawyer.

 

Project co-founder Tom Rodd wrote the play, which will feature actors from the Eastern Panhandle in key roles, including several prominent public figures.

 

Two free performances of A New Home for Liberty are scheduled at Shepherd University’s Frank Arts Center. The first is Saturday at 8:15 p.m. and the second is Sunday at 3:15 p.m.

 

A panel discussion about West Virginia’s founding with three historians, John Alexander Williams, John Stealey and Harry Jones, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday prior to the performance. 

 

Click on the link to hear more with Tom Rodd talking about the play.

 

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