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Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story
Composer:Mary D. Watkins
Librettist:Mary D. Watkins
Synopsis
Mary D. Watkins is working on an opera about Fannie Lou Hamer, who was one of the first African Americans to register to vote in Mississippi. The opera uses a fusion of classical, spiritual, gospel and protest music to bring to life the story of this heroic woman who became a leader in the civil rights movement and endured death threats, beatings and imprisonment in order to obtain voting rights for her people. Watkins will work with a dramaturg to polish the score and then workshop it.

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Opera Grants for Women Composers: Discovery Grants2020
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