Sonny Kelly a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force dedicates his performace to the Black freedom fighters and veterans. He presented his production before students at CD Owen High School on March 7. In the tradition of bringing our students opportunities to expand their learning, history teacher, Mr. Warnick, hosted the event and invited other history classes to join for the presentation. The engaging performance based upon research provided by the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources divisions of Archives and History and the State Library, was well received by students.
Student Reviews:
I thought that his performance was very moving. I also thought that he was a good actor as well, his ability to switch from character to character was very impressive. - Myles Scala
I thought that Dr. Sonny Kelly produced the play very well, informing us with a lot of important information about slaves and important characters that are key to our history. - Diego Galvez
I really liked the play. He's a really good actor. He knows how to play the role and how to teach us at the same time. It was very informative about the black people from North Carolina and how they helped America and slaves. -Skylar Taylor
I think it was very good and very informational. I really enjoyed it, the way that he transitioned from different characters and how he talked like they would. I really did enjoy it. - Alex Masters
