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New Jersey State Bar Foundation Grant Funds Theatrical Lesson in Civil Rights

In its 50th year as a New Jersey theater company, Pushcart Players aims to expand its mission of bringing the arts to under-resourced schools in the state. 

Thanks to a New Jersey State Bar Foundation grant, the company will stage the play "Lift Every Voice: A Letter to the Editor" for students as an educational experience honoring the courage and resilience of Americans during the Civil Rights Movement. 

"The Foundation is making it possible for Pushcart Players to share what we love to do – use the power of theater to instruct, illuminate and entertain," said Paul Whelihan, the company's producing artistic director. "And schools in our home state will be able to access this learning opportunity because of NJSBF's enlightened support."