2008 Woodie Awards
A meeting of two great minds in time
To kick off Black History Month, the dramatic play, "The Meeting," comes to Delta College
Stefanie Quashnick
Issue date: 2/4/05 Section: No Limits
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It has been said that "great minds think alike." But in the case of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr., that wasn't exactly the case.
In perfect timing for the beginning of Black History Month, PinPoints Theatre of Washington D.C. is scheduled to perform "The Meeting," on Thursday, February 10. The play shows what might have happened if MLK and Malcolm X had met and discussed their views on civil rights.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, two pivotal and outstanding figures within the civil rights movement, each had unique views as to how rights should be obtained. "Martin Luther King believed in transformational change...Malcolm X was very radical, very extreme," said Pedro Ramirez, a member of the Cultural Awareness Program committee at Delta.
King's theory that changes should be non-violent and understanding differed greatly from Malcolm's belief in change through revolution, even violence. The men were assassinated within three years of each other; Malcolm in 1965, King in 1968. Though the two did meet and shake hands, they never discussed their divergent views.
"[The Meeting] is a three-man act play set in a hotel room. It's a fictional account of them discussing their philosophical views and how the civil rights movement should proceed," explained Ramirez.
The C.A.P. committee was contacted by the Stockton Public Library, which is the main reason the play will be coming to Stockton, said committee co-chair Steve Schermerhorn. "After that," Ramirez said, "I just took off with it right away...we're providing the set, and they're helping with the propaganda." "We're really excited," Schermerhorn added.
The Meeting, directed by Ersky Freeman and written by Jeff Stetson, has won multiple nominations and eight NAACP Theatre Awards.
"The Meeting" is being sponsored in conjunction with the City of Stockton, Stockton Public Library, Tracy African American Association, The Links Inc. and Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre, where the play will encore Thursday night at __ p.m. Tickets are free to the public at the Bob Hope Theater in advance.
In perfect timing for the beginning of Black History Month, PinPoints Theatre of Washington D.C. is scheduled to perform "The Meeting," on Thursday, February 10. The play shows what might have happened if MLK and Malcolm X had met and discussed their views on civil rights.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, two pivotal and outstanding figures within the civil rights movement, each had unique views as to how rights should be obtained. "Martin Luther King believed in transformational change...Malcolm X was very radical, very extreme," said Pedro Ramirez, a member of the Cultural Awareness Program committee at Delta.
King's theory that changes should be non-violent and understanding differed greatly from Malcolm's belief in change through revolution, even violence. The men were assassinated within three years of each other; Malcolm in 1965, King in 1968. Though the two did meet and shake hands, they never discussed their divergent views.
"[The Meeting] is a three-man act play set in a hotel room. It's a fictional account of them discussing their philosophical views and how the civil rights movement should proceed," explained Ramirez.
The C.A.P. committee was contacted by the Stockton Public Library, which is the main reason the play will be coming to Stockton, said committee co-chair Steve Schermerhorn. "After that," Ramirez said, "I just took off with it right away...we're providing the set, and they're helping with the propaganda." "We're really excited," Schermerhorn added.
The Meeting, directed by Ersky Freeman and written by Jeff Stetson, has won multiple nominations and eight NAACP Theatre Awards.
"The Meeting" is being sponsored in conjunction with the City of Stockton, Stockton Public Library, Tracy African American Association, The Links Inc. and Stockton's Bob Hope Theatre, where the play will encore Thursday night at __ p.m. Tickets are free to the public at the Bob Hope Theater in advance.