“Dreadlocks, Rock ‘n Roll & Human Rights” is an autobiographical play about a black youth who rocks and rolls to his own beat and is forced to battle racism, stereotypes, and ignorance.
It is a thought-provoking tale of a man who struggles against society’s intolerance and fights to create a world of acceptance. The play has received critical acclaim from the Baltimore Sun and was a hit at both 2014 and 2015 Charm City Fringe Festivals, and the 2015 Artscape Festival.
About the performer
Ron Kipling Williams is an award-winning performance artist, poet, human rights activist, teacher, and mentor. His first one man show, If the World Were Like Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids won a Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award.
Ron Kipling Williams (contributed)
In addition, he received a Baltimore City African American Male Unsung Hero Award, and a United Workers Human Rights Champion award.
Ron is slated to graduate this spring with an MFA in Creative Writing & Publishing Arts from the University of Baltimore. He is a member of the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society, the ‘Be the Change’ Advisory Council, and is a Student Fellow with the Hoffberger Center for Professional Ethics.
As a graduate teaching assistant, Ron has taught summer bridge, writing composition, and civic and community engagement. For the last seven years, Ron has been volunteering as a voice over recording artist for the Maryland Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. He is also the voice for the library’s voice mail system.