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Article: EAST ST. LOUIS CENTER TO PRESENT JOURNEY OF THE AMISTAD ON FEB. 24
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- February 9, 2007
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Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville issued the following news release:
The Southern Illinois University Edwardsville East St. Louis Center for the Performing Arts and the SIUE East St. Louis Charter School will present The Journey of the Amistad at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, in the Historic Miner's Theatre, 204 W. Main St., Collinsville.
The play, based on actual events, recounts the 1839 sailing of the schooner Amistad, which was carrying a group of Mende-speaking West African slaves between ...