It spans oceans and centuries. and for the first time I’m blessed to do a Black History Program! There’ll be singin’ Freedom land. I once was lost, but now am found Ruth.

However, I will make sure your sight gets the credit for the part I used. Thank you for sharing this program. I discovered THE BOOK OF MORMON while doing research on Muslims at my high school. Martin Luther King, Jr. We recommend that upper grades (or preferably the whole school) learn “Lift Every Voice and Sing” for the conclusion.

Every February, Americans across the country celebrate Black History Month. Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone

I’d love to use it.

It is a wonderful assortment of heroes.

Frederick Douglass: My mother’s visits to me were few, brief, and mostly made in the night. The same ideas that I want to do. During February, Black History Month, many churches produce programs for the congregation and community. I visualized pictures of theprogram as if I was there in person. Some found it, and some found only sorrow and trouble. My kids at church are really going to enjoy and learn from this presentation. Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child

Black History Month display: The 1950’s black history program ideas. So glad I did. I’ll be buried in my grave Great Program!!!

Comin’ for to carry me home We needed a vision of what we could be, not just the memory of what we’d been. Our history travels the length of a whip and the vastness of a dream. Booker T. Washington It consisted of many safe houses where runaway slaves could stay on their way to freedom. One of the great ones was Mr. Booker T. Washington. Just to read and understand a little more about the struggle was insightful. There is a lot of important information which I would love to share with our kids. The next minute she had the raw hide down. Amazing Grace, How sweet the sound She herself had run away to where freedom was, but returned time and again to the slave world to rescue other slaves. Sure has opened mines. Hi, Thanks again.



I plan to make it relevant to my area which will require a few changes. It is simple and requires few props. We call ourselves African Americans because we cherish our heritage–in its completeness.

Good people are still working and building to ensure that opportunities for education will be equal for white and black alike, and that all races will have equal say in the government.

One morning, I stood by the table waiting till I was to take it.

Alone with some of today leader i will call it The past meets the present what do you thinl. There were many who built schools to educate the freed slaves and their children. Narrator 1: Nat Turner and many other slaves were executed after this rebellion, but many people, white and black, were listening anew to the message of slaves and former slaves. Most of all it gave me a better insight on each character portrayed. Hope this can be of help to you and your community. Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone This text follows the life and struggle of Dr. Charles Drew, black surgeon and blood plasma pioneer, who successfully fought the American Red Cross in their decision to segregate white blood from black. While it’s wonderful to recognize the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, there are many other connections we can make to the African American community.
He laid a foundation others would build on. Many businesses and organizations around the U.S. view February as a chance to celebrate diversity Before the first cannons fired in the Revolutionary War, we were here. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere…I have a dream that some day my four little children will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. She gave me a large ginger cake. I really like this black history skit I hope that my kids of my church will be very successful of doing this skit.

Thank you for this inspiration. A long ways from home (Narrator turns to Green Flake) “Mr. Thank you so much for sharing this. 1.
I found this skit while surfing for something to use for our Black History recognition day. I read the play and was amazed at how simple it was, but yet wonderful. And before I’ll be a slave, There, a little girl asked him a question. Narrator 2: I have a dream today, too.

Comin’ for to carry me home 1. Thanks a million.

Set requirements: One roving microphone (though two would be better) and either chairs or blocks for all actors. "Since I joined the Church, I desire to be more and more obedient to God. Black History Month in the workplace ideas There’s always an opportunity to learn something insightful when you listen to a new perspective. Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone Thank you for making this available to us. But : years later, I did have someplace to go.

I was raised a slave and had a master to tell me what to do. That a “field hand” should learn to read, in any slave state, is remarkable.

I had a vision, and I saw white spirits and black spirits engaged in battle.

A band of angels comin’ after me Sojourner Truth

I’m planning to get the adults and members of our youth group to be the actors in this play.

Narrator 2: Mister Frederick Douglass sometimes took off his shirt during his speeches and showed the deep whip marks on his back. I hope each of you has a dream. Frederick Douglass (Continued): Still, the dark night of slavery fell upon me.

But my triumph was short. It is the very length that I am looking for.

Narrator 1: Another great woman of color did not make many speeches, but she did make many journeys. Narrator 2: We knew we needed education. We know the slave ships were overcrowded and our people were abused. Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen It cost this nation the Civil War to free its slaves. Green Flake

Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen But many of us colored folk wanted a better life, if we could find one. I plan on using it. and has been a great help to me ! This is an awesome resource that has served as a great starting point for our school’s first Black History Program this year. Perfect for our medium size church. Song: Nobody Knows the Troubles I’ve Seen This is awesome! Most everyone don’t want to be a slave and be in bondage to another, because you can’t have even your own thoughts and dreams. Is this play something that is free and available to use?

So dream high. Harriet Tubman: I was only seven years old when I was sent away to take care of a [white] baby. –Gladys Knight, "At the age of 15, I considered myself a seeker of truth and a spiritual person. A long ways from home. As I do so, many people say to me, 'I see a light in you more than ever before. I run and I run and I run, and when I was clear tuckered out, I come to a big pig pen. Can’t wait to introduce it to be performed, hopefully at my church. Glory hallelujah. I do not remember to have seen her after this. No more weepin’, no more weepin’ Charlene, I think this is a wonderful skit . Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Bruises I did get, but this spirit made me a free man. Although your website says it’s for schools in Utah, I am in Georgia and would love to have permission to use portions of it.

We have come a long way, but there is still a way to go. Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Oh yes, Lord. You can’t plan for the future when all decisions gets made by someone else. But full freedom was still a long ways off for us.

Rosa Parks But the achievement of my mother, considering the place, was extraordinary. I dropped off to sleep, and waked in the morning only to find my mother gone. Narrator 2: You see, that need for freedom is deep in all of us.

Some of us were slaves and some of us were free, but we were here. Our youth as well as some adults need to know the rich heritage that we come from. Standing before large audiences like this one, he would tell about his childhood, and about the evil of slavery. Many of our race fought in that war, too. The Underground Railroad was not a real railroad with tracks and trains. Thank You, .. Mabel I typed in Black History Month Program and it lead me to this website. !…Black History Month is Every Month…Many Thanks.. That night I learned that I was not only a child, but somebody’s child. He founded Tuskeegee Institute. My Church will be performing this for Black History Month. I appreciate my music being played during Black History Month. Glad it is a help.

I am a retired elementary teacher of 36 years. I never had nothing good, and that sugar did look so nice, and my Missus’s back was turned to me so I just put my fingers in the sugar bowl to take one lump, and she turned and saw me. Most received new names once arrived at their destination. I think that this was good but the wording can be a little tricky this play shows how it is like to be a slave. Booker T. Washington: I do not believe that any state should make a law that permits an ignorant and poverty-stricken white man to vote, and prevents a black man in the same condition from voting. We are going to use this format and borrow some pieces for our program. Celebrate Black History Month with these twenty-eight ideas, one for each day of February, that recognize the heritage, accomplishments, and culture of African Americans in the United States. I stayed from Friday till the next Tuesday, fighting with those little pigs for the potato peelings and other scraps. Thank You!