From poodle skirts to traditional African wrap skirts and head ties the students at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts Theatre of Color class tell a story of their school and city s history from segregation to present-day all in a matter of 40 minutes. DA HANDS, the first production from the theater class, is a devised piece that tells the story of the school s namesake, local civil rights activist Douglas Anderson. It celebrates Black culture and progress in Jacksonville with a mix of traditional African dancing, powerful monologues and nuance. We visit current Douglas Anderson, we jump to the Fifties when it was an all-Black school and then we jump to the Twenties when our amazing school was founded by Douglas Anderson, a Black man, said Danyel Clark, a senior who plays the role of Robin.