User:Angenetta/Black Solidarity Day

Black Solidarity Day was conceived by Professor Carlos Russell of Brooklyn in 1969. It was inspired by the Black Theatre Classic play, "A Day of Absence" by Douglass Turner Ward, a critically acclaimed play about the disorienting consequences of the sudden ‘absenting’ of Black people from a small southern town. Done in whiteface, the play satirically asserts that Black withdrawal from the economy can be a powerful tool for change.