China Shares Its Stage

Author

St. Petersburg Times
Christina Eiler, St. Petersburg Times

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Publisher

St. Petersburg Times

Publication Date

7-4-2007

Abstract

With freedom songs, spirituals and hymns; a St. Petersburg resident and four other African-Americans brought the sounds of the civil rights movement to a play about the life and nonviolent social justice message of Martin Luther King Jr. to this capital city. The play, Passages of Martin Luther King, featured actors from the National Theatre Company of China in the roles of the King family; civil rights leaders Stokely Carmichael and Malcolm X, President John F. Kennedy and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.

Keywords

Performing arts, St. Petersburg (Fla.), Civil rights

Recommended Citation

St. Petersburg Times and Eiler, Christina, "China Shares Its Stage" (2007). Newspaper and Magazine Clippings. 15.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/bdj_studioat620_clippings/15