For the 2025 Juneteenth Festival, the Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground of Germantown is pleased to present a new production by Grounded Theatre Company:

The Fight Goes On: Voices that Resonate

Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965): The Black Revolution and the White Backlash

Joseph Jackson (1900–1990): The Vote is the Only Effective Weapon in the Civil

Rights Struggle

Angela Davis (1944–): Speech at the Embassy Auditorium

Shirley Chisholm (1924–2005): The Black Woman in Contemporary America

Two performances: 1:30pm and 2:30pm.

Performance length: approximately 30 minutes. Admission is free. No reservations required. 

Featured: 

Tanya O'Neill, Dameisha Jackson, Kavi Chase (Actors)

Aminata Jackson, Rihanna Jenkins, Rachel Pressley (Dancers)

The Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground will be open to visitors from 12-5pm on Saturday June 14.

More information on the Juneteenth festival.

Learn more about Black history at the Concord School House and Upper Burying Ground. 

More about Grounded Theatre Company 

Featured images via Wikipedia (Hansberry, Chisholm, Davis) and Chicago Historical Society (Jackson).