A black and white photograph of a gathering at the during the riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in the spring of 1968. Image courtesy of the Valentine Richmond History Center’s Collection Database.

Acknowledgments This production would not have been possible without this incredible support we received along the way:

Amy Howard, Sylvia Gale, Terry Dolson, Shelby Longland, John Moeser and Michael Rogers from the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement; Ray Bonis from VCU Cabell Library’s Special Collections; Meghan Glass Hughes from the Valentine Richmond History Center; Dudley Cocke and Zhivko Illeieff from Roadside Theater; Benjamin Thorp and Black Iris Gallery; Debbie Mullin, Dorothy Holland, Heather Hogg, and Johann Stegmeir from the Department of Theatre and Dance; Salvador Barajas, Barry Greene and Katharine Malanoski, who generously stepped in to perform in this play. 1968 Special thanks to our panelists: Chuck Wrenn, Ray Bonis, Harry Kollatz, Vivian Barnes, and our moderator, Julian Hayter from The University of Richmond Presents: the Jepson School of Leadership Studies. Kaleidoscope: Finally, the participants in Kaleidoscope: Richmond 1968 would like to thank Professors Laura Browder and Patricia Herrera for the opportunity to build a powerfully deep connection with Richmond 1968 Richmond’s past. Their patience and encouragement helped us create something that we are very, very proud of. Thank you. April 22nd, 2014 The University of Richmond Black Iris Gallery 28 Westhampton Way University of Richmond, Va. 23173 321 West Broad Street www.richmond.edu Richmond, Va. 23220

The Cast The Project

Vivian Barnes, ’16 – Veronica, Lawrence Vivian is a sophomore studying Theatre Arts and Latin American and Iberian Studies. She would like to thank her fellow classmates and The Kaleidoscope: Richmond 1968 performance is part of a Patricia and Laura for the wonderful, creative environment that they five-year project that began in Spring 2011. The first area of created together this semester. focus involved the history of massive resistance and busing in the City of Richmond in the 1960’s. In Spring 2013, the Karolina Castro, ’16 – Jeanette, Clarence focus shifted towards understanding the experiences of Karolina is a sophomore majoring in American Studies and minoring in Sociology and Women’s Studies. She enjoys general laziness and students who attended or are attending Wythe High School, can’t wait until her internship in Puerto Rico this summer. an elite all-white school in the 1960’s that became a predominantly black school after desegregation. Alan Corbett – James Alan is a retired Osher student auditing the most interesting courses For Kaleidoscope: Richmond 1968, students visited the he can find. He enjoys learning from great professors and students, Valentine Richmond History Center and VCU Library’s and he is most grateful for the opportunity to work with them. Special Collections to pore over archival materials, from posters to newspaper articles and photos, in order to Hayley Gray-Hoehn, ’17 – Edith, Angela Hayley is thrilled to be a part of this new production. She is a develop a “living history” for the City of Richmond in 1968. freshman at UR and plans on majoring in Rhetoric and They also read through transcripts of interviews with Communications Studies and Theater. She has been seen in New Richmonders who lived through the Civil Rights Era. This Faces and The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI and wants to thank her play is structured around real events that happened in wonderful production group! Monroe Park, , The Fan, and Jackson Ward and st Andrew Jones, ’14 – FBI Agent, Joe we hope that it can serve as a portal through which 21 Andrew is majoring in American Studies and History. He has a century observers can make connections between the past, passion for writing, film studies, and all things tech, and he hopes to present, and future of Richmond. become a journalist when the right opportunity comes his way.

Kelsey Mickelson, ’14 – Jacks, Emmett, Klansman A black and white photograph Kelsey is an American Studies Major whose desire to teach history of a speaker at an antiwar rally has resulted in her enrolling in this course every year since 2011. in Monroe Park in October What she has learned and done with this project is the main reason 1968. The majority of the why she became an American Studies major. protesters were from Virginia Commonwealth University. Katharine Malanoski, ’17 – Kelso Image courtesy of the Katherine Malanoski is a freshman at UR majoring in German and Valentine Richmond History minoring in Theater. She has performed in The Laramie Project and Center’s Collections Database. New Faces as well as an assistant stage manager for Arturo Ui.