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1948-Shout Freedom! performance

1948: Shout Freedom!

Shout Freedom!, by Legette Blythe, used one of the largest outdoor sets in state history.  It ran for two weeks at the Southern States Fairground. Thousands of people attended each performance. The full text of the play [1] is available in the Historic Documents section [2]of this exhibit.

 

Click to see full program for Shout Freedom! [3]

Exhibit & Section: 
Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence [4]
Celebration Timeline [5]
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PDF icon shoutFreedom_Program01.pdf [3]
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Celebrating the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence: Celebration Timeline [6]
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Event Date Field: 
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
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Source URL:https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence-celebration-timeline/1948-shout-freedom-performance

Links
[1] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence-all-about-declaration/list-scenes [2] https://www.cmstory.org/content/historical-document-index [3] https://www.cmstory.org/sites/default/files/file_uploads/shoutFreedom_Program01_0.pdf [4] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/mecklenburg-declaration-independence [5] https://www.cmstory.org/exhibits/celebration-timeline [6] https://www.cmstory.org/tags/celebrating-mecklenburg-declaration-independence-celebration-timeline