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My Grandmother Told Me: A Tribute to African-American Women

a CCPL Celebrates Black History Month Program

2023-02-09 18:00:00 2023-02-09 19:00:00 America/New_York My Grandmother Told Me: A Tribute to African-American Women Waldorf West Branch -

Thursday, February 09
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-09 18:00:00 2023-02-09 19:00:00 America/New_York My Grandmother Told Me: A Tribute to African-American Women Join CCPL as we celebrate Black History Month, with special programming throughout the month! Waldorf West Branch -

Join CCPL as we celebrate Black History Month, with special programming throughout the month!

In My Grandmother Told Me: A Tribute to African-American Women, actress Debra Mims transforms into Grandmother Sally Kathryn Mims, who is searching through an old trunk in her attic. Each item she pulls out sparks a memory of days past and of courageous Black women and their struggles to be free, to vote, and to get an education. Using monologues, poetry, and songs, Debra leads the audience in this highly interactive walk through an important part of America’s history.

Maryland State Curriculum Connectors
Fine Arts Content Standards in THEATRE
2.0 Historical, Cultural, and Social Context: Students will demonstrate an understanding of the history, traditions, and conventions of theatre, dramatic texts, and other literature of the theatre.
1. Express a broad range of human responses to a variety of stimuli
a. Identify ways in which theatre communicates feelings and ideas and reflects a human experience by comparing dramatic texts from a variety of cultures
b. Identify how oral storytelling traditions reflect the beliefs and values of a given culture

My Grandmother Told Me Supplemental Curriculum Information


About Debra Mims

Debra Mims is an actress with over twenty-five years of experience on stage, film, radio, and television. She was an award-winning arts producer for PBS for thirteen years. Debra was trained as an actress and dancer, earning a BFA in Theatre Performance from Marygrove College in Detroit, Michigan. She has performed with Young Audiences of D.C. since 1996 and the Children’s Theatre in Madison, Wisconsin. Now working as a writer and performer, she has combined her love of history, literature, writing, and the arts to create original theatrical presentations that are highly interactive and vividly portray the African-American experience. Debra was awarded an Individual Artist Award for her solo performance from the Maryland State Arts Council in 2003.

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