[F.J. Mitchell]

Just imagine this commedy farce transformed into a tragedy, by the topic being "all the White folks suddenly disappeared."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Students, teachers re-create slaves' Middle Passage*** It is said that if the Atlantic Ocean were drained, its floor would be littered with the bones of those who died in the Middle Passage, the notorious journey millions of African slaves endured on the way to America. On Thursday morning, Lincoln Middle School students and teachers brought this history to life with the school's annual Black History Month performance. An amalgamation of song, dance, and poetry, the program was titled "In the Belly," an apt name for a dark, often...***

Upscale school revives a satire about race***DEDHAM, MASS. Student actors confront their fear of offending people, as they depict a 1960s Southern town that can't function when all the black folk disappear.***