New Opera Honors the Black Women of the Civil Rights Movement

New opera honors the Black women of the Civil Rights Movement

In Montgomery, Alabama, a statue of Rosa Parks stands just blocks from the state Capitol. At her feet, granite markers memorialize four other women, but the monument offers little else about them.These women have largely been forgotten, until now. The lesser-known figures who powered the Civil Rights Movement are the subject of a brand-new opera, set to make its world premiere next week in Chicago.The show, "She Who Dared," is the first full-len…

In "She Who Dared," Jasmine Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton Center the Overlooked Women of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dalanie Harris previews "She Who Dared," by Jasmine Arielle Barnes and Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton, premiering Jun 3 in Chicago.