Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years

Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years opens as 103-year-old Sarah (Sadie) Delany and 101-year-old Bessie Delany invite the audience into their Mount Vernon, NY home. This is the true story of the two sisters with Raleigh, NC roots and who lived through Reconstruction, experienced Jim Crow, the women's rights and civil rights movements and the Harlem Renaissance. They take us on a lighthearted and fascinating journey through their rich family history and their pioneering professional careers.

Their father and mother met at St. Augustine's University in Raleigh. Their father, Reverend Henry Beard Delany, who was formerly enslaved, became a priest and went on to become, the first African-American Bishop in the Episcopal Church of America.

This play ran on Broadway in the 1990's and a TV movie starring Diahann Carroll and Ruby Dee aired in 1999.

Having Our Say runs one weekend only from October 31 at 7:30 and November 1 and 2 at 2:00 pm in the Gallery Theatre of the Intergenerational Center for Arts and Wellness, 114 W. 30th Street, WS/NC 27105. Tickets are available for purchase online or by calling (336) 722-2585.