Debra Powell-Wright's FOR WOMEN COLLECTIVE Travels To Selma

Artist News
February 11, 2015

Debra Powell-Wright's (ACG '11, '06) international performance ensemble, FOR WOMEN COLLECTIVE, is traveling to Selma, Alabama for the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March from March 5-9. The Collective, which honors the legacy of Nina Simone, will participate in the Bridge Crossing Jubilee, including the post-rally march taking place at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge. 

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