Freedman's Town to Botham Jean: Stories For Racial Healing

"Freeman's Town to Botham Jean: Stories For Racial Healing" is a live storytelling show featuring 7 Dallasites performing their true, personal stories about racial tension in Dallas. Directed by master storyteller Dr. Njoki McElroy and produced by Oral Fixation (An Obsession With True Life Tale)’s Nicole Stewart, this magical storytelling experience will entertain and inform the audience. 

The first story, told by Dr. Njoki McElroy, will introduce the idea of Freedman's Town and paint a picture of a time when there was a vibrant black community in Dallas. Subsequent stories will reveal how displacement and cultural appropriation broke down the black family unit resulting in the widely held belief that black men are dangerous. The stories will take us through time to the 2016 police shooting and ending with a story from a loved one of Botham Jean. The show will provide historical context to racial tension in Dallas while offering a very personal lens through which to understand what our wounds are so we may acknowledge and heal them.  

Directed by Dr. Njoki McElroy

Produced by Nicole Stewart of Oral Fixation

Free performances at Dallas Public Library branches Saturdays 2pm

1. May 25th- Lochwood

2. June 1st- Bachman Lake

3. June 8th- Pleasant Grove

4. June 15th- Hampton-Illinois

5. June 22nd- Fretz Park

This event is sponsored by: Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, and The Embrey Family Foundation.