2210d) Dorothy Ashby - 1967 Handwritten Signed 9 Page Letter penned by Dorothy Ashby Urging Support for the theater group started by John and Dorothy Ashby, "Aid to Creative Artists". Pages 7 and 8
2210D) Dorothy Ashby - 1967 Handwritten Signed 9 Page Letter from Dorothy Ashby Urging Support for the "Aid to Creative Artists" Theater Group Pages 7 and 8.
"You want to know why Negroes riot?" is the first sentence in this handwritten letter penned by Dorothy Ashby. This letter was written during what can be called the period of African American civil unrest in the United States during the mid 1960s. This was a very provocative way for any African American to begin a letter in 1967. This was a question that much of White America was asking at the time.
This letter more than any other document discovered thus far demonstrates the intensity of the commitment that Dorothy Ashby had for her theater performance group, then known as the "Aid To Creative Artists". This letter in particular also illustrates the anger and frustration that Ms. Ashby felt at the lack of political and financial support that her group was able to garner from the Detroit political machine. Although the theater group was popular in the inner city and African American community of Detroit, the nature of the productions that Aid to Creative Artists put on did not motivate the Detroit goverment to act to support Ashby's group. The Ashby's used virtually all of their financial resources to keep the theater group alive.
2210d) Dorothy Ashby - 1967 Handwritten Signed 9 Page Letter penned by Dorothy Ashby Urging Support for the theater group started by John and Dorothy Ashby, "Aid to Creative Artists". Pages 7 and 8
2210D) Dorothy Ashby - 1967 Handwritten Signed 9 Page Letter from Dorothy Ashby Urging Support for the "Aid to Creative Artists" Theater Group Pages 7 and 8.
"You want to know why Negroes riot?" is the first sentence in this handwritten letter penned by Dorothy Ashby. This letter was written during what can be called the period of African American civil unrest in the United States during the mid 1960s. This was a very provocative way for any African American to begin a letter in 1967. This was a question that much of White America was asking at the time.
This letter more than any other document discovered thus far demonstrates the intensity of the commitment that Dorothy Ashby had for her theater performance group, then known as the "Aid To Creative Artists". This letter in particular also illustrates the anger and frustration that Ms. Ashby felt at the lack of political and financial support that her group was able to garner from the Detroit political machine. Although the theater group was popular in the inner city and African American community of Detroit, the nature of the productions that Aid to Creative Artists put on did not motivate the Detroit goverment to act to support Ashby's group. The Ashby's used virtually all of their financial resources to keep the theater group alive.