This weekend! Join us for TWO performances of the critically acclaimed play "Henry Box Brown - A Musical Journey," completely FREE and open to the public.

The first free performance will take place this Saturday at the Yamacraw Center for Performing Arts, 649 W. Jones st.

On Sunday, we will be at the Fine Arts Auditorium of the Georgia Southern Armstrong Campus, 11935 Abercorn st.

If you have any questions, contact us at 912-507-8566.
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One of the lesser known stories told in American black history, "Henry Box Brown: A Musical Journey" recounts true story of the life of Henry Brown, an enslaved black man living in Virginia in the 1850s.

After toiling for years in a Richmond tobacco factory, Brown's life changed dramatically when his wife and three children were suddenly sold to a slave owner in North Carolina. Brown vowed then to escape his enslavement and find his family.

With the help of a free black man, a white preacher, and a white slave owner, Brown eventually escaped his confines by shipping himself across the country inside a 2-by-3-foot dry goods box.

Brown went on to become a well-respected speaker for the Anti-Slavery Society and sold thousands of copies of his story, which later was adapted into a stage show which toured Europe to rave reviews.