{"id":1029,"date":"2015-11-03T10:35:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/?p=1029"},"modified":"2015-11-03T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T15:35:21","slug":"ray-of-hope-to-be-performed-november-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1029","title":{"rendered":"Ray of Hope to be performed November 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 <em>Ray of Hope: The Music &amp; Stories Of 19th Century African Americans and Abolitionists<\/em>, starring Alika Hope and Ray Morant, will be performed on Wednesday, November 11, 7:30 p.m. at\u00a0 Alumni Hall, Room 307. The performance is free and open to the public.<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?attachment_id=1030\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?fit=1202%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1202,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ray of Hope 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?fit=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1030 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mansfieldu.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1-684x1024.jpg?resize=684%2C1024\" alt=\"Ray of Hope 1\" width=\"684\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?resize=684%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 684w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?resize=301%2C450&amp;ssl=1 301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/munews.mansfield.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ray-of-Hope-1.jpg?w=1202&amp;ssl=1 1202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In this interactive concert, Hope and Morant use live music and primary source readings to entertain and educate their audience about slavery in 19th century America.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stories and songs about people like Prudence Crandall, William Lloyd Garrison, John Brown, George Lewis Ruffin and Mary Eliza Mahoney are told. Connections to contemporary discourse on rights and responsibilities are made.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Blacks and whites in 19th century New England often worked together to achieve the goals of freedom and equality. From Boston to Albany, Hartford to Manchester, the stories and songs will be celebrated in this diversity program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ray of Hope<\/em> is sponsored by the Social Equity and Multicultural Affairs Office and the Student Activities Office. It is supported by student activity fees.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANSFIELD, PA\u2014 Ray of Hope: The Music &amp; Stories Of 19th Century African Americans and Abolitionists, starring Alika Hope and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=1029\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-button\">Continue reading &gt;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ray of Hope to be performed November 11<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6V0yH-gB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2696,"url":"https:\/\/munews.mansfield.edu\/?p=2696","url_meta":{"origin":1029,"position":0},"title":"MU Concert Choir and Chamber Singers to Perform April 28","author":"Terry Day","date":"April 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"MANSFIELD, PA\u2014The Mansfield University Concert Choir and the Chamber Singers, under the direction of Peggy Dettwiler, will present their final campus appearances of the academic year in Steadman Theatre on Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public. 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