"What if every Negro taxi dispatcher in the whole USA sent out all the taxis takin' our colored kids to the white schools. They couldn't stop us. If we all did it. They couldn't stop us."    Gardner Bishop -- Scene 5

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Now Let Me Fly was commissioned for the national celebration of the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board through a generous contribution from Washburn University and was first produced by the Brown Foundation.

"... I attended the powerful production of 'Now Let My Fly' at the Topeka Performing Arts Center...Ordinary people - just like you and me - changed the way an entire class of people would be treated...Those few who took the risk and fought for what they believed in made a huge difference - not just for their children, but for black children everywhere."
Eileen Umbehr
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