Enjoy this special story courtesy of the Andrew Jackson Davison Club at Athens Middle School about Mount Zion Baptist Church in Athens, Ohio and its historic importance to the Black community here in Athens and beyond. The students researched, interviewed, wrote their script, and recorded their narration in only a few weeks! This episode is part of a project for Tantrum Theater and their debut play Hotel Berry, and is a collaboration with Invisible Ground, the Andrew Jackson Davison Club, Mount Zion Baptist Church Preservation Society, the Southeast Ohio History Center, and Athens Photographic Project. This project is supported by a grant from Ohio Humanities, and a matching grant from the Ohio University College of Fine Arts Community Fund. Special thanks to Joshua Coy, Angela Hall,  Evan Shaw, Nicki Mazzocca, Yaphet Jackman, Chad Reich, Tommy Stumpp, and all of our historians and collaborators for making this project happen.

Story by:  JujuMae Anderson, Maddox Kinnison, Mekhi Perkins, and Iris Lee

Executive Producer: Brian Koscho
Producer: Yaphet Jackman
Editor: Tommy Stumpp

Music from: Todd Jacops, Pete Fosco, Dead Winds of Summer, and Brian Koscho/Mike Makosky