Malcolm, Martin, Medgar

2/1/2012

The African American Lecture Series Committee in conjunction with Virginia Union University Fine Arts Department presents a staged reading of

Malcolm, Martin, Medgar

written and directed by famed Journalist A. Peter Bailey and narrated by Daphne Maxwell-Ried

February 10, 2012
10 a.m.
Coburn Hall
(In partnership with Richmond Public Schools, this is a special reading for area middle and high schools)

February 11, 2012
3 p.m. & 6 p.m.
Coburn Hall
(VUU alumni, students, faculty, staff, church groups, and the general public)

Admission is Free 

 Malcolm, Martin, Medgar is an enlightening, dramatic reading of the play depicting a posthumous meeting of these three Civil Rights giants in the hereafter. According to Bailey, the play “contains my perceptions on how the three heroic warriors would respond to events and individuals in today’s world.  It is motivated by my deep admiration for the three Brothers, all of whom had options other than sacrificing their lives for us.  One of the questions I raise in the play is whether we as a group have proven worthy of their ultimate sacrifice.”

The two-act play deals with the three characters, not only as leaders and legends, but as the fathers of thirteen children whom they left behind.  As noted by Bailey, “another question raised is whether they had the right to leave thirteen young children fatherless, even for a righteous cause.”    

For more information, call 804-380-2678 or go to VALectures.org