We honor the life and legacy of Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington - contemporized by the living ancestor of both figures, Kenneth Morris, Jr. - through a collaborative commission for string quartet, vocal quartet and narrator by Emmy-winning Haitian composer Daniel Bernard Roumain.

Guest Artists:
Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer
​Kenneth Morris, narrator
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Members of Houston Chamber Choir & UH Moores School Faculty
Penelope Campbell, soprano
Natalie Broussard, alto
Wayne Ashley, tenor
Timothy Jones, baritone
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Program partner: Frederick Douglass Family Initiative.
Major Support: DATUMSURE and Thomas & Terri Kosten