IT WAS HAPPENIN' IN...

KANSAS CITY!

Kansas City Jazzman, Harold O'Neal provided the music at the premier! 

The Kansas City Premier of
A Panther in Africa
was a Gala Event organized by the
Kansas City/Arusha
Sister City Committee
and included poetry and
a short play by Laura Partridge
titled
A Panther Kind of Man
 with
Michael Patton as Pete O'Neal
and
Carmaletta Williams
as Charlotte O'Neal
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The community also enjoyed
music by renowned jazz pianist
Harold O'Neal
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A Silent Art Auction of works donated by artists from Kansas City and Tanzania
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A Community Dialogue Session
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and
A special conversation with
Brother Pete O'Neal
in Arusha, Tanzania via
a satellite phone hookup!

  Click here to read about the Kansas City premier of A Panther in Africa in an article in ARUSHA TIMES newspaper!
 

Read here to learn more about Charlotte's visit to J.S. Chick Elementary School and the 'Tanzania Class' at this AfroCentric institution

7pm March 23, Polsky Theatre
Carlsen Center

This evening encompasses a short one-act play, A Panther Kind of Man, by Laura Patridge, about Pete O'Neal, founder of the Kansas City Chapter of the Black Panther Party, and Charlotte Hill O'Neal, his wife; storytelling by Charlotte Hill O'Neal herself; poetry by Laura Partridge; and a performance by Jali Kunda, the Africa Drum and Dance Troupe from Genesis School, Kansas City, MO.

Playwright Laura Partridge and actor
Michael Patton before performance of
 A Panther Kind of Man
written by Laura

click here to see the poster

11a.m. March 24, Craig Community Auditorium

This panel discussion brings together Charlotte Hill O'Neal; Nelson Peery, author of Black Fire: the Making of an American Revolutionary; and Vernon Bellecourt, a principal spokesman for the American Indian Movement, to discuss social responsibility and justice.