Black Cross: The Play
A tie-in with the SetaPhire Series The New Negro Movement. Back to Africa Movement. Harlem 1921. Home of the Black family. Black Cross tells the story of the becoming of Alice-Paul Black. Wife of Rufus Black, mother of Willie and Junior Black, daughter of Mamie Johnson. Born a dark-skinned Negro woman. Disallowed the right to dream. Black Cross tells the story of Alice-Paul Black's willingness to no longer accept who her husband allows her to be. Who her mother tells her she needs to be. Who the world says that she is. It took a long time for Alice-Paul Black to find her voice. She's going to tell you who she ain't.
