[Photograph of Mzuri facing to the right of the stage]

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Photograph of Lorraine Pope aka Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye during her one-woman show depicting the life and times of Fannie Lou Hamer the civil rights activist. An event sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. Mzuri is leaning and facing forward to the right of the stage, squaring her shoulders and furrowing her brows.

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Creator: Unknown. January 24, 2003.

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Photograph of Lorraine Pope aka Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye during her one-woman show depicting the life and times of Fannie Lou Hamer the civil rights activist. An event sponsored by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters in Dallas, Texas. Mzuri is leaning and facing forward to the right of the stage, squaring her shoulders and furrowing her brows.

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The Black Academy of Arts and Letters presented the singer and actress Lorraine Pope, aka Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye, in her performance of her award-winning one woman show, “Fannie Lou Hamer,” at the Clarence Muse Café Theatre in the Dallas Convention Center Theatre Complex on January 24-25, 2003. Mzuri is accompanied by the pianist, Darrell Nickens. The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. 2002-2003 26th Season Programs were supported in part by the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs and the Texas Commission on the Arts.

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  • Preferred Citation: The Black Academy of Arts and Letters Records (AR0797), University of North Texas Special Collections

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[Photograph of Mzuri facing to the right of the stage], photograph, January 24, 2003; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1439570/: accessed June 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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