Denmark Vesey - Freedom Fighter
Oba William King portrays Denmark Vesey, a brave man who managed to free himself from slavery. This story begins in the 1760s and continues all the way to Mr. Vesey’s death in 1822, when he was executed after being tried as the leader of a conspiracy against slave owners in South Carolina. Listen to the incredible story of one of the courageous heroes of the antislavery movement.
Oba William King is an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award Recipient in Traditional Folk Arts and a Gwendolyn Brooks Hands on Stanza’s award recipient. He has been a featured artist on WTTW television, WBEZ, and at the DuSable Museum of African American History. Theatrical credits include his one man show, Breaking Chains, at Beatrice Community College, Beatrice, Nebraska; Sound of a Voice, Halsted Theatre, Chicago, Illinois; and his award-winning lead male acting performance in Louie and Ophelia, eta Theatre, Chicago, Illinois.
