“The Ballad of Henry Box Brown”

Gemini Ink Dramatic Readers Theater production of Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence “The Ballad of Henry Box Brown” tells the true story of a man who mailed himself to freedom. Playwright Sterling Houston— through letters, stories, poems, songs, theatrical excerpts, and actual historical documents from the slavery and civil rights eras—he reveals snapshots of the African-American journey.