Let Freedom Sing

<br><br><b> Or Could It Be A Musical?</b><br><br>When a class in Cincinnati Ohio hopes to make a musical about nineteenth century Americans they begin by reading autobiographies from the period. They choose a group of young black ex-slave singers and follow their progress as they move from Tennessee to New York singing in churches to raise money for their school destined to become Fisk University. Their white chaperone Susannah becomes the heroine of the journey as she meets a cast of characters which include Nicholas Longworth Horace Greeley P. T. Barnum Mary Todd Lincoln Frederick Douglass Robert Duncanson Susan B. Anthony Vicky Woodhull and many others.<br><br>Letters between Susannah and her good friend Maria Longworth in Cincinnati along with entries from the diary of Ella the black pianist accompanying the singers provide a great picture of the 1860s and 70s. The Cincinnati students have done a lot of homework.<br><br>But will it make a musical