In 1954, the Supreme Court, in Brown vs. Board of Education, ruled that school segregation was illegal. The NAACP hired future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall to argue its case. Who needs to learn from history and who is qualified to teach it is an interesting conversation.
Southeast Texas Stages will present the world premiere of “Thurgood and Me,” beginning Jan. 17. The play is written by James Bowen and John Manfredi, and a talkback will be held after each performance.
The play centers around Nia Coleridge (Justice Morrow), a Black woman, who arrives at a college history class only to find she is the only student enrolled. Nia needs the class to graduate, and the professor, W.L Romano (John Manfredi), needs the class for financial reasons. Faced with the class being canceled, Romano persuades Nia to take the class as an independent study…