Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr.
Based on the life and career of the Supreme Court's first African-American Justice. April 27 – May 14, 2017
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Thurgood by George Stevens, Jr.
starring Alan Bomar Jones as “Thurgood Marshall”
directed by Scott Stoney
April 27 – May 14, 2017
in The Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center
Based on the life and career of the Supreme Court’s first African-American Justice, this powerful one-man play follows Thurgood Marshall’s rise from his childhood in back-alley Baltimore, to Howard University law school, to his victorious challenges of segregation in the South, all the way to a seat on the highest court in the land in 1967. Humorous and inspiring milestones of Marshall’s journey reveal the remarkable brilliance, perseverance and hope of one of the greatest American heroes of all time.
Run time: 90 minutes, with no intermission
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Caryl D. Philips Creativity Center
The Human Race Theatre Company.
