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(Originally, written in short-dated relation form, in the folder "Stay Down, Old Abram," as a section story, "Black Girl Walking," 2001; rewritten 6-1-2008 by the identical essayist as a one Act, 3 Scene Play)

Based on actualised trial of 1970

Structure of the Play

Black Girl Waling Dialogue

Note: It should be noted, the dialogue for the black adult female is according to the rebel language of the 1970s, of that time, or period of time and role. It is not to say, the play's talking cannot be smoothed out, it can if the behaviour needs to do this, but it seems to me it will go recovered next to the locale nigh alone, as in good health as the date, which can be captive up or back, but again, it is favourable...I do believe, not needed though, thus, I sign out this up to the liberty and treatment of the theater, and its actors, and their abilities in this sphere. That is to say, if the language is counter productive for the playhouse, or too difficult, than resort hotel to apparent English, it is not severe to dynamical a few parcels in the speech communication bestowed in the talking.

The Plot

The scheme and the conduct is smooth and simple, and can be strengthened if call for be, by motivation; that is to say, he requests directions, and he goes to added lengths than mean to get them, but what the character has got to broadcast is how far will he go, this may be done by his or her dramatic reactions. As you will see as you read, it is primarily the furtherance of the plot we are upset with, more than so than the increase of the Character.

Act One

(Of one act)

Scene One

On the street, in downtown, Huntsville, Alabama, 1970,

11:30 AM.

One cross of the motorway is empty, of the stage, it is night light up, and so all is severely seeable in this scene, peradventure a roof beam of a spotlight on the larboard line-up of the highway will oblige. The straight side has a few parallel bars on it, and stores, walk out it in shadows, as if perplexing. There are a few items present and location that conveyance the symbol of the south, the finishing classic seat if not the sound of the population, that says, white and black, yet have not locomote to a flooded consideration or understanding on equality, isometrical rights and freedom amongst all, present in Alabama, 1969.

A light-colored Midwestern boy, a Private First Class in the Army, is stationed at Redstone Arsenal, nearby, for early training, he has a moment ago come with from put the boot in tasteless at Fort Bragg, tho' this environment information, is not worth worrying about for the scene, it may perhaps be utilized for exposition for the queer inwardly the audience, should a teller want to mentioned this, or have it graphical in a handout. A black girl is walk-to to the corner; it would be she intends to close at the red light, hold and cross. The achromatic soldier, is trailing her, superficial with his outfit leafy vegetable in his hands, his Army array greens, he himself is clothed in civilian cloths, and is sounding for a cleaners, to have his uniform hard-pressed. He is a Midwestern boy, 22-yeaars old. The missy is dark and pretty, peradventure between xviii and twenty, habilimented neatly, next to a light-colored blouse, and light red skirt, a dubious fix your eyes on appears on her external body part once she finds a white boy succeeding her, axiom something but you can't present what she is saying, which turns her frontage into man scared, they-for the moment-are the solely ones on the street, she a little bit turns her external body part to see him, the fundamental measure involving them has dwindled fuzz to two-yards, or astir six-feet.

He is symbolical also, he is the unsuspecting young at heart generation, of the standpat Midwest, he could be someone's impression of an America evidently scattered in the fact, the United States had a moment ago been routed out of bed, or out of their dressing-room, to countenance at isometrical rights in America, black and light issues. The enlisted person boy is showing neatness dressed; his fuzz is semi short, nicely combed. They are now sounding at one another, not moving, a cloths sales outlet is freedom in front of them, to their gone side, one you can stride around, one sidelong and come up out the other-like a game equipment. In the halfway are dresses.

White Midwestern Boy

Wait! Please wait! I mean, hot morning, will you satisfy wait!

(they visage at one another the dark young lady doesn't answer: the achromatic Midwestern boy, yet static stares, observation the dark girl, side by side to the cloths hoard)

Is within something inaccurate...I be set to all I impoverishment is directions?

Black Girl Walking

No. Cant you-all see there arent no achromatic folk discussion to light boys, gawp decussate the street, you see any person close location black? You essential be from the north, vacate me unsocial white boy, formerly you-all get me hung, and you git thrash up by your own kind!

The boy takes a coffin nail from a plurality in his shirt pocket, he has a light coat on, he seems to have come geared up for such as a need, he is baffled, or so it seems, and the weather is chill.

So (says the black young lady) you will not follow me anymore, right?

White Midwestern Boy

(taking the fag out of his oral cavity)

What, no directions to the drycleaners?

Black Girl Walking

No! An' I is not conversation to yow: ask human other. I goin get killed, because of yaw-all, my kinsman got decorated six-weeks ago, go on now, an' I'm not deceitful. Aren't you a pest!

(after a moment,: she looks about, doesn't say different word, stares at the dress store, rushes into the u-turn pretence to look at the cloths, does not go into the store: then:)

Scene Two

Same site as in country one, but has changed into the u-turn of the cloths store, where nearby are windows of cloths showing, glass windows. The instance has not denaturised much, so no lights want to be denaturized for the utmost chunk from scene one; though you may no longest see the street, possibly done the consideration of the glass. The achromatic miss and the light-colored boy have not changed names, so they merely cognise all opposite as, the dark fille walking, and the achromatic Midwestern (or for her: federal) boy from the north; so this should be inferred within their faces and delivery of voice, specially once the black missy buries her face a little into the chalice window, pretense to exterior at the cloths, once she genuinely is provoking to go round the entrant.

Black Girl Walking

Uncle Josh he accurately...folks same you, from the northwest dont understand, a entry roughly us kin here, like-minded to ask questions, lone get me into trouble, and dhen you-all gone, jes same dat, and you dont know the kin group hair her, and reason they goin to have to go according to the law and adjacent situation you is hung, and all the religious text in the international dont bring out you back, an' next the light-colored people from the north county sorry, but penitent dont do a entry to carry rear Uncle Josh. If white common people downward her see me talking to you it goin to be fighting... you jus nonsensicality see it until it happens, its too slow later...

White Midwestern Boy

Tell me nearly your uncle?

Black Girl Walking

(rapidly)

You is barmy. They hung him extracurricular of town, in a cattle farm pasture, from an old tree, jes old crows nigh on to see him die, thats all it was, a tree and old crows, and once we goin' in that to transmit him, to conceal him becoming like, the old man of the plough he jus watch ya close to you is active to rob his garden. Thats it, at hand is no more, no court, no anything, jus a flaccid...one of many!

(she lets out a yearlong sigh, slowly, next to a sort of bleakness connected to it, as the boy drops the smoke to the floor, puts it out with his footwear)

She is not even sounding at the boy, repute cardinal or 5 feet from her, she is looking into the cup window, her fingers pressed against the glass, her human face leans on it for a moment, afterwards she pulls rear.

Black Girl Walking

I reason in that strength be a drycleaners spinal column distant a ways, the some other way, wherever you-all were coming from, thrown the artefact...

(pointing to her truthful side, which would be his left, once he was close downward the walkway testing to intrude, her facade half masked)

It now seems to first light on the achromatic boy, that things are not as he thought, they are much serious, he looks out towards the street, a few cars have passed, he noticed no one has looked at him from the cars, yet the achromatic young woman is eyeless to the road, he wants to put out his extremity towards her, starts to and dares not, she even shields her view form what mortal may perhaps see, if this boy does thing inane.

White Midwestern Boy

Yes. Go on. I'm rueful I caused you so such grief, I construe I let it go too far, I should have honourable went nearly my way...and what you said in the order of your uncle, I mean, self dead, hanged in Alabama, for whatsoever reasons, is for me nasty to believe, but I believe you...no cars are coming, no one looking, you unsurpassed go!

Scene Three

The Exit

Much similar to scene one in appearance; you see the boy looking thrown the street, and the black adult female walk-to decussate the road wherever they originally met. The young woman stops, stern to the boy, they are a spacing away, she starts to crook her principal around, but stops, and at that moment, he without thinking turns his aft in the region of to her, in suitcase she decides to haunt finished on the contend turnabout... and the screen comes hair.

Curtain

Notes: the Author was stationed at Redstone Arsenal, in February and March, of 1970 the self location of the United States Space Center Program.

The Saturn V, utilized by the Apollo system of rules manned Moon missions, was mature from the Redstone Arsenal. Huntsville continues to theatre an main office in the United States' Space Shuttle and International Space Station programs. It is rough that 1 in 13 of Huntsville's people are engaged in one practical application pasture of work.