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Monday, April 23, 1984
Play will examine
voting rights fight
in American history
By Kelll Kello;
If historical research applied in a Lincoln drama
is ar.y indication, the Founding Fathers perhaps
should have written "all white men are created
equal" in the Declaration of Independence as
least as far a3 voting is concerned.
Struggleor the Vote: Ttie History of Voting Rights
for Blacks, Native Americans and Women, a three
act historical drama, is scheduled for its second
presentation today at 7:30 p.m. at the M alone
Community Center, 2032 U St. The play was written
and directed by Lincolnite Don Winslow. It was
based on evidence gathered by John Schneider, UNL
associate professor of history, and Michael Combs,
UNL associate professor of political science.
The play uses three actors in nine monologues to
dramatize the problems faced by women and minor
ities in their struggle to gain voting rights. Sue
Samson, project director, said that even in the
1930s, voting power still is not distributed equally.
"This year, getting minorities out to vote is a big
issue nationally," she said. TheyYe never been a
power as far as voting is concerned."
However, since the play is funded by a $2,000
grant from the Nebraska Committee for the Human
ities, Samson said, "We're not advocating anything."
That didn't matter to Corky Ford, one of the three
principal actors in the drama. The 25-year-old
actor, who has acted in episodes of 11 'A S'H and
Trapper John, M.D., said he was so inspired by the
play that he plans to vote this year for the first time.
"I'm not voting just because of the play, but it was
an inspiration," Ford said. "I know 111 feel better
putting in what I can."
In the play, Ford portrays and old man of the
1800s, a black minister of the 1960s and a black man
of today. Ford said he liked the part of the preacher
best.
"In the '60s the preachers, such as the Rev. Jesse
Jackson and Martin Luther King, Jr., were leaders
for us," he said.
Ford said he found the part of the old man "the
most challenging" of the three, and he said he was
most comfortable with the role of today's black man.
Felix White, a Winnebago tribal chairman, por
trays John Elk in the play. Elk was an American
Indian assimilated into the world of white men, but
denied citizenship by the Supreme Court in 1884.
White also plays a World War I veteran and an
Indian of today.
Barbara Svoboda, who will attend the New York
University graduate school of drama in the fall also
acts in the Lincoln drama. Svoboda portrays a
minister's wife in the 1800s, a suffragette and a
woman of today.
Actors researched their parts thoroughly, Ford
said.
"Each has a message and touches a different
category of people," he said. "I didnt know the
struggle to vote took so much time."
The play is co-sponsored by seven groups, includ
ing the Lincoln Public Schools and the Lincoln-
Lancaster Commission on the Status of Women.
Struggle for the Vote can be seen again May 4 at 7:30
p.m. at the Indian Center, 1100 Military Road.
Admission is free.
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