“Experimenting with a New Technique”: Performance and Rehearsal in the Long Civil Rights Movement

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In the 1940s, organizers in struggle for Black freedom, eager to distinguish themselves from pacifist movement, began introduce “experiments” desegregation into their activities. Inspired by Gandhi and his interpreters, these actionists (as they called themselves) discovered implemented principles practices of direct action that would later be used on a broad scale. At time, civil disobedience were considered dangerously “militant” activities; all involved agreed training was required. To meet this need, introduced new technique interracial workshops: sociodrama. These rehearsals allowed participants discover tactics “psychological violence” habituate violent opposition. Drawing experimental ethos age, sociodramatic invited trial, error, innovation. This essay explores signal moment American history, illuminating theatrical informed development consequential form protest.

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Theatre Journal

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['0192-2882', '1086-332X']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tj.2021.0002