WWII Veteran Barred From Voting - John McFerren's Story

by Tita Anntares

Short Play video with actor Jr Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwGZScfg_7g&t=29s

An aging former African-American WWII veteran and leader of a voting rights struggle when in 1959 he mobilized thousands to register to vote despite knowing that they would be evicted from any rental or sharecropper cabins, barred from local doctors, stores and gas stations so they had bot get to Memphis 50 miles away...

Short Play video with actor Jr Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwGZScfg_7g&t=29s

An aging former African-American WWII veteran and leader of a voting rights struggle when in 1959 he mobilized thousands to register to vote despite knowing that they would be evicted from any rental or sharecropper cabins, barred from local doctors, stores and gas stations so they had bot get to Memphis 50 miles away. McFerren sheltered about 300 families in army tents. He hopes the audience will understand the struggle for first class citizenship has not ended.Stories told by McFerren to the writer.

Reading at Crossways Theatre, NYC March 2 2020 by actor JR Carter March 2 2020, 7:30 PM,
http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/jrcarter and https://www.imdb.me/JRCarter

Connie Winston on stage directions - www.ConnieWinston.com

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WWII Veteran Barred From Voting - John McFerren's Story

Character Information

Actor Arthur French read the role in a table reading of a full length version of the play and JR Carter will read the role (with some whitening of his hair) at a Crossways table reading in NYC March 2.
  • John McFerren
    WWII veteran and voting rights leader in the 60s, now in 2009 remembers the struggle and challenges the audience to register and vote
    Over 60
    African / African American / Black
    (assigned male at birth - plot relevant)
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      60s,
      70s+
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Black, African, Caribbean, or African American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Male

Development History

  • Reading, Crossways Theatre, starring JR Carter, March 2, 2020. JR Carter: http://resumes.actorsaccess.com/jrcarter and https://www.imdb.me/JRCarter, 2020