In collaboration with Maxine Greene High School for Imaginative Inquiry and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

AP U.S. History Seniors of The Maxine Greene High School for Imaginative Inquiry, cofounded by Lincoln Center Education, find themselves at a historical crossroads. Having endured an unprecedented year of isolation and political polarization, these future leaders have learned to empower their voices through the stories of the American experience.    

Each student selected a passionate passage from an activist that inspired them—Angela Davis, Frederick Douglass, Vito Russo, Sojourner Truth, Gustavo Madrigal-Piña—drawn from the timeless speeches bound within Howard Zinn’s Voices of a People’s History of the United States. These talented and resilient teens, alongside some very special guests, will be among the country’s first post-pandemic live performers, creating history even as they share it.