FREE Dance Performance: Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Day

As part of the May 16th Palm Beach County Community Remembrance Day, Clarence Brooks will perform and give a lecture that marries art, history, justice, and reconciliation. Mr. Brooks will perform Talley Beatty’s poignant signature solo “Mourner’s Bench” (1947) followed by a lecture on the importance of this work to local and national history. This performance honors the memories of Samuel Nelson and Henry Simmons, two of the known victims of lynching in Palm Beach County. In 2019, the Library of Congress recorded my rendition of this tour de force piece for the national archives.

This event will be of interest to dance aficionados, educators, administrators, and the public who have an interest in Black History, American History, Florida History, literature, dance, music, queer awareness, and social justice to name just a few key points.