Gemini Ink Dramatic Readers Theater production of Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence âThe Ballad of Henry Box Brownâ tells the true story of a man who mailed himself to freedom. Playwright Sterling Houstonâ through letters, stories, poems, songs, theatrical excerpts, and actual historical documents from the slavery and civil rights erasâhe reveals snapshots of the African-American journey. Geminiink.org