Southeastern hosts Meet Mrs. Rosa Parks Feb. 21
Amanda Barth
2/13/06
HAMMOND -- Southeastern Louisiana University’s Campus Activities Board will sponsor “Meet Mrs. Rosa Parks” as part of February’s Black History Month celebration on Tuesday, Feb. 21.
The free one-woman production is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Theatre.
Portraying the life and times of “the mother of Civil Rights,” historical re-enactor Melissa Waddy Thibodeaux will take the audience back to the fateful date in Alabama when Mrs. Parks took a front seat on a segregated bus and ignited -- and changed -- a nation.
In Parks’ words, Thibodeaux explains what it was like growing up under Jim Crow laws, and explores the challenges she faced and how she found, in the midst of adversity, the strength needed to succeed.
Thibodeaux is a 1972 honor graduate of Sterling High School in Houston, and was a scholarship recipient at Lon Morris College in Jacksonville, Texas. She has starred in numerous productions at various theaters in Los Angeles and Hollywood.
Thibodeaux is the president of Flying Geese Productions, a non-profit organization which focuses on educational entertainment by providing theatrical presentations of select American patriots.
For more information about “Meet Mrs. Rosa Parks” contact the Campus Activities Board at 985-549-3805.
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