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'Thurgood,' the one-man Broadway play starring Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, will debut Feb.24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT during Black History Month, exclusively on HBO.
Told in the first person by Fishburne in the role of Marshall, 'Thurgood' is a compelling present-tense narration revisiting the turning points in his life and career as he remembers them. Recalling childhood stories of his family and home life in Baltimore, to his college days in North Carolina as an aspiring lawyer, Marshall recollects his triumphs over adversity to pursue a successful career in the judicial system fighting for human rights.
Establishing benchmarks in Civil Rights advancement, Marshall tried the historic case of Brown vs. Board of Education before the Supreme Court, successfully challenging the unconstitutional segregation of black and white students in public schools. His achievements eventually led him to become the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
The show was written by Academy Award and Emmy Award winner George Stevens, Jr.; directed by Emmy Award winner Michael Stevens; and executive produced by Bill Haber.
In addition to starring in such notable films as 'Othello' and 'The Matrix' trilogy, Fishburne has a long list of stage credits, including 'Fences,' 'The Lion in Winter' and 'Two Trains Running,' for which he won a Tony Award.
Currently, the Georgia stars as Dr. Raymond Langston on the long-running CBS crime drama 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.'
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By: ADMR on 1/07/2011 6:12PM
Wink!
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By: The Proudad on 1/07/2011 9:38PM
This is good. A welcome distraction from what his foolish Daughter has been taking him through.
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By: Just on 1/08/2011 11:43AM
Wonderful! I saw this on Broadway...Mr.Fishburne does an excellent job as Hon. Thurgood Marshall. Nice departure from televised garbage that entertains the masses.
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By: rhonda on 1/08/2011 12:32PM
I'm happy that someone is doing a positive movie about an African American. Because racism still persists in our country. I am surprised daily by it.
I am more shocked by Donald Sterling's behavior...he is the owner of the LA Clippers and is accused of being a Racist. Some people had no idea: as noted in a comment I read.
"A buddy of mine met this guy at a Party in L.A., My buddy knows absolutely nothing about ball called me and said, "Hey, you know who Donald Sterling is?" I replied I did...First words out of his mouth after that, "I just met him-That dude is a effing racist man! He talks about the people living in his buildings like their subhuman, I nearly (profane) myself when someone told me he owned a basketball team." So nuts man. I really do hope the league takes the team from him, he really is the worst owner in the nba and the Clips actually have a team that could grow into something, especially with the Lakers and Spurs getting older and the Nuggets soon to be irrelevant, with a good trade or two or a nice free agent move they could make some noise in a year or two. Good Luck to them.
Go Lakers!"
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By: Buffalo Soldier 9 on 1/10/2011 12:54AM
Keep telling that history:
Now you can read the greatest fictionalized 'historical novel', Rescue at Pine Ridge, the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers. The website is; http://www.rescueatpineridge.com This is the greatest story of Black Military History...5 stars Amazon, and Barnes & Noble. Youtube commercials are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD66NUKmZPs
Rescue at Pine Ridge is the story of the rescue of the famed 7th Cavalry by the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers. The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn't for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.
This story is about, brutality, compassion, reprisal, bravery, heroism and gallantry.
I know you’ll enjoy the novel. I wrote the story that embodied the Native Americans, Outlaws and African-American/Black soldiers, from the south to the north, in the days of the Native American Wars with the approaching United States of America.
The novel was taken from my mini-series movie with the same title, “RaPR” to keep the story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn’t like telling our stories…its been “his-story” of history all along…until now. The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman, James Whitmore Jr. and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with.
When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for the US Postal System in Montana, in the 1890's, “spread the word”.
Peace.
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