The CAST performing arts program at Julian Middle School will kick off its spring season on Feb. 20-21with 7:30 p.m. presentations of “Freedom Summer, Mississippi” in celebration of Black History Month. CAST will present, in song and text, the 1964 campaign in which hundreds of student volunteers from around the country joined organizers and local African-Americans in a historic campaign to attempt to register African-American voters in Mississippi, where blacks historically had been excluded from voting. Tickets are available in advance through the CAST website at www.op97.org/CAST or may be purchased at the door. Please contact Kathy Simon at 708 524 7848 or ksimon@op97.org for more information.
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