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One Noble Journey

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Henry “Box” Brown was an African American born into slavery in 1816 in Louisa County, Virginia. Although he was not subjected to physical violence, Henry’s story (the basis for One [...]

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Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till

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In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth traveled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world [...]

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Blood Done Sign My Name

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In Blood Done Sign My Name, Mike Wiley brings to life the recollections of author Tim Tyson surrounding the 1970 murder of Henry “Dickie” Marrow in Oxford, NC and the [...]

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Breach of Peace

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May 24, 1961 was the day 19-year-old Jean Thompson’s father had prepared her for her entire life. “My parents always talked about the injustice of segregation, but they were optimistic; [...]

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Brown v. Board of Education :Over Fifty Years Later

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In 1952, the Supreme Court heard a number of school segregation cases, including Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. It ruled unanimously in 1954 that segregation was unconstitutional, [...]

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A Game Apart

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A Game Apart provides a glimpse of Jackie Robinson’s life during a bygone era of separate and unequal locker rooms, of whites only hotels, and of restaurants with only a [...]

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Tired Souls: King and The Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Tired Souls opens in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955 - the day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a city bus to a white man. Her [...]

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The Fire Of Freedom

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Notes: • Touring production currently available, featuring Mike Wiley • Independent production rights not currently offered • 50-minute student version available (Student version recommended for grade 7+.) • 105-120 minute [...]

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We Could Be Heroes

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This motivational commentary by actor/playwright Mike Wiley speaks to his experiences and influences as a boy growing up in Virginia, a young man finding his inner voice, and his journey [...]

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Downrange

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Downrange: Voices from the Homefront is a new play that captures how military spouses in the post 9/11 era face and overcome the challenges of repeated deployments. It is an [...]

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