{"id":78720,"date":"2022-02-04T12:25:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=78720"},"modified":"2022-02-04T12:30:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T17:30:03","slug":"mzuri-moyo-aimbaye-kicks-off-2022-gotv-tour-featuring-award-winning-one-woman-play-the-fannie-lou-hamer-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/mzuri-moyo-aimbaye-kicks-off-2022-gotv-tour-featuring-award-winning-one-woman-play-the-fannie-lou-hamer-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye Kicks Off 2022 GOTV Tour Featuring Award-Winning One-Woman Play: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

ATLANTA, Ga., Feb. 4, 2022 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Healing Through The Sound of Music announces: Award-winning singer, actress, and playwright, Mzuri Moyo<\/strong> Aimbaye<\/strong> kicks off the 2022 tour of her one-woman stage play about voting rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer, with a live performance Feb. 17, 2022 at University of Maryland Eastern Shores in Princess Ann, Maryland. \u2018The Fannie Lou Hamer Story: Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired\u201d <\/strong>celebrates the unsung hero whose brave struggle for human dignity and freedom became a catalyst for the passage of the Voter\u2019s Rights Act of 1965, and also promotes voting in the 2022 midterm elections as part of their Voice of the Empowered (V.O.T.E.) 2022 edutainment tour.<\/p>\n

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PHOTO CAPTION: Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye as voting rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI am excited to kick off our 2022 tour during Black History month because Fannie Lou Hamer made huge sacrifices to defend American democracy. That\u2019s the reason we must fight to keep our history included in school curriculums,\u201d said Aimbaye<\/strong>. \u201cShe was a warrior in the fight for voting and civil rights. Given the surge in voting restrictions across the country as well as the attempts to limit access to Black History, it\u2019s critically important to learn about the sacrifice and success of Fannie Lou Hamer, the daughter of a sharecropper.\u201d<\/p>\n

The audience is in for a treat as Aimbaye couples her exceptional storytelling abilities with her mellifluous voice and commanding stage presence to take the audience on an incredible journey as Fannie Lou Hamer returns from heaven on a mission to invoke a sense of purpose and responsibility. Through intimate conversation and twelve emotionally moving songs Aimbaye gives a witty and personal account of Fannie Lou Hamer growing up as the youngest of 20 siblings in the 1920s on a Mississippi sharecropping plantation and the struggles she encountered fighting for the right to vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cBlack History is American History and we have a duty to make sure our children and grandchildren know our struggle,\u201d adds Djehuty Se Hotep, producer of \u201cThe Fannie Lou Hamer Story.\u201d He adds, \u201cMzuri created this play after being moved by footage of Hamer\u2019s truthful account of voter registration suppression and brutal jail-house beatings. Mzuri knew that she needed to find a way to give an oral rendition of Hamer\u2019s testimony that would create the same emotion, authority, and call to action to vote that Hamer did.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional February and March tour dates include February 22, Valdosta State University in Valdosta, GA; March 8, University of Maryland in College Park, MD; and Mar 18 and 19 at the Lyric Theatre & Cultural Arts Center in Lexington, Kentucky.<\/p>\n

For times and tickets go to https:\/\/www.thefannielouhamerstory.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Awarded \u201cBest Actress,\u201d \u201cBest Producer,\u201d and \u201cBest Play\u201d at the 2015 Atlanta Black Theater Festival, \u201cThe Fannie Lou Hamer Story\u201d <\/strong>is part of a national voter empowerment initiative coupling the musical extravaganza with panel discussions and town hall meetings for an innovative \u201cedutainment experience\u201d aimed at registering, educating and mobilizing voters. The play is Directed by Byron C. Saunders<\/strong> and produced by Healing Through the Sound of Music, a social impact music and theatre production company. Virtual and in-person tour dates are still available.<\/p>\n

For more information visit https:\/\/www.thefannielouhamerstory.com\/<\/a>, email mstee@thefannielouhamerstory.com, or call (347) 395-0259.<\/p>\n

For more information on Healing Through The Sound of Music, visit: https:\/\/www.healingthroughsoundmusic.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo caption: Mzuri Moyo Aimbaye as voting rights activist, Fannie Lou Hamer.<\/p>\n

MEDIA CONTACT:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jazzmyne PR<\/p>\n

818.613.9521<\/p>\n

edmedia@dogonvillage.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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