Of Rabbits and Segregation in Theatre Company’s “Alabama Story”
By Daniel Skora In 1959, with the Civil Rights Movement about to hit fever pitch in America, the depiction in a children’s picture book of a wedding between a black rabbit and a white rabbit caused a minor uproar in the segregated state of Alabama. The book, “The Rabbits’ Wedding” by author/illustrator Garth Williams, could … More Of Rabbits and Segregation in Theatre Company’s “Alabama Story”