HISTORY SHOWS BLACK EXPERIENCE TAKES SCHOOL STAGE.Byline: John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
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It was a chance to reflect. It was a chance to remember. It was a chance to educate. And it was a chance to have fun. ``I thought it was an opportunity for Littlerock (students) to express themselves through drama, dancing and music,'' said Larry, who is a senior at the school. ``I don't like to look at this as just black history. I think it's just all one history.'' Larry and other members of Littlerock's Black Student Union performed skits, sang, read poems, showed videos and danced in the group's annual show celebrating Black History Month. ``I think it turned out pretty good. It took a lot of hard work, but we got it done,'' Black Student Union President Ronald Chatters said. ``This is important because we're a minority and in history it really doesn't talk about us too much, it only talks about the great white presidents. Because this is a minority school it's important that we all get to learn about each other.'' According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Chatters, the students practiced at least three times a week, including Saturdays, since November. The show took the onlookers through different time periods in African- American history from the great migration to the Harlem renaissance Harlem Renaissance, term used to describe a flowering of African-American literature and art in the 1920s, mainly in the Harlem district of New York City. During the mass migration of African Americans from the rural agricultural South to the urban industrial North and civil rights movement. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Students perform a hip-hop dance during the performance Tuesday on African-American culture at Littlerock High. (2 -- 3 -- color) LeVance Larry, left, plays the role of a preacher during a church scene while above, the Littlerock High choir choir [O.Fr.] 1 A group of singers; traditionally the chorus organized to sing in a church. Usually, Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran choirs are composed of men and boys, but occasionally in these churches and customarily in other Protestant sings ``Oh Happy Day'' as part of the Black History Month show. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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