The Port Huron Project is a series of reenactments of protest
speeches from the New Left movements of the 1960s and '70s. Each event
takes place at the site of the original speech, and is delivered by a
performer to an audience of invited guests and passers-by.
Videos, audio recordings, and photographs of these performances are
presented in various venues and distributed online and on DVD as
open-source media.
The first event in the series, Port Huron Project 1: Until the Last Gun Is Silent, took place on September 16, 2006 and was based on a speech given by Coretta Scott King at a peace march in Central Park in 1968, three weeks after her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. The speech, which was based on notes found in the late Dr. King's pockets, addressed the war in Vietnam, domestic poverty, and the power of women to effect social change. Gina Brown, a New York-based actor and former welfare mother, delivered the speech.
Research for the Port Huron Project is focused on identifying New Left protest speeches, finding transcripts and/or recordings, and determing the locations in which specific speeches were given. There is a focus in speeches that were delivered at protests or demonstrations in public spaces and address issues of peace and social justice.
Five more events are planned for 2007 and 2008
The first event in the series, Port Huron Project 1: Until the Last Gun Is Silent, took place on September 16, 2006 and was based on a speech given by Coretta Scott King at a peace march in Central Park in 1968, three weeks after her husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated. The speech, which was based on notes found in the late Dr. King's pockets, addressed the war in Vietnam, domestic poverty, and the power of women to effect social change. Gina Brown, a New York-based actor and former welfare mother, delivered the speech.
Research for the Port Huron Project is focused on identifying New Left protest speeches, finding transcripts and/or recordings, and determing the locations in which specific speeches were given. There is a focus in speeches that were delivered at protests or demonstrations in public spaces and address issues of peace and social justice.
Five more events are planned for 2007 and 2008
