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"POWER!" STOKELY CARMICHAEL
solo performance · meshaun labrone · Ages 12+ · one person show · United States of America
best actor
civil rights
incredible!
incredible writing
must see
seeitla
awesome
black power
educational
moving
powerful
thought provoking
touching
very moving
MORNA MURPHY MARTELL
certified reviewer
June 04, 2016
Terrific show but not suitable for young people because of the brutal historic photos. Yet the young need to know their history!...
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KAT MICHELS
certified reviewer
June 10, 2016
This play lives up to its title in that it is a powerful piece of theater. Meshaun Labrone embodies Carmichael and a number of other characters as he walks us through some of the darker streets of the civil rights movement. Carmichael started out a follower of Dr. King, and was a proponent of nonviolent resistance as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). However, as the years passed, his beliefs shifted towards the militant and in a speech in 1966 he coined the term, “Black Power” which became a rallying cry for those who wanted to split from the nonviolent resistance movement.
Through the introduction of various characters, and addressing the audience directly as Carmichael, Labrone vividly paints a pictu...
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