Roxbury History

A Participatory one-act drama commenting on the conditions that African American labored under in America between 1806-1850. Based upon actual testimony of leading figures of the time who lived and worked in and around Boston, Words of Resistance is the first of a trilogy of one-act plays focused on the development of Boston’s black community.

Hear: the voices of the people who helped shape our ideas of justice, civil rights, education and democracy.

Participate: in a meeting to decide how the community should respond to the Fugitive Slave Act.

Learn: about the impact the people of the African Meeting House have had on the history of Boston and the United States.