THE COLD-BLOODED MURDER OF BOOKER T. SPICELY During World War II, Butner, NC (a small town roughly 15 miles from downtown Durham, NC) was home to a large encampment of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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; [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]