In the News ... “Actress continues to find new meaning in Ain’t I a Woman"

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• Live stage performance, Thursday night at MC

By Rich Lopez, Reporter
• Midland Reporter-Telegram

MIDLAND, TEXAS - With both Black History Month and Women’s History Month on the horizon -- February and March, respectively -- Midland College tackles both this week. Mixing chamber music with theater, the Midland College Foundation and the Division of Fine Arts and Communications presents “Ain’t I a Woman.” The event, planned for Thursda, celebrates four African-American women performed by one actor. Shinnerrie Jackson will breathe life into Sojourner Truth, Zora Neale Hurston, Clementine Hunter and Fannie Lou Hamer. Through her years of performing the show, Jackson said she has learned something new each time ...

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Ain’t I a Woman with Shinnerrie Jackson
7:30 p.m. Thursday
Midland College, 3600 Garfield Street
Free Admission