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Thurgood,’ the one-man Broadway play starring Laurence Fishburne in his Tony-nominated performance as Thurgood Marshall, the remarkable Civil Rights lawyer and Supreme Court Justice, will debut Feb.24 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT during Black History Month, exclusively on HBO.
Told in the first person by Fishburne in the role of Marshall, ‘Thurgood’ is a compelling present-tense narration revisiting the turning points in his life and career as he remembers them. Recalling childhood stories of his family and home life in Baltimore, to his college days in North Carolina as an aspiring lawyer, Marshall recollects his triumphs over adversity to pursue a successful career in the judicial system fighting for human rights.
Establishing benchmarks in Civil Rights advancement, Marshall tried the historic case of Brown vs. Board of Education before the Supreme Court, successfully challenging the unconstitutional segregation of black and white students in public schools. His achievements eventually led him to become the first African-American to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.
The show was written by Academy Award and Emmy Award winner George Stevens, Jr.; directed by Emmy Award winner Michael Stevens; and executive produced by Bill Haber.
In addition to starring in such notable films as ‘Othello‘ and ‘The Matrix‘ trilogy, Fishburne has a long list of stage credits, including ‘Fences,’ ‘The Lion in Winter’ and ‘Two Trains Running,’ for which he won a Tony Award.
Currently, the Georgia stars as Dr. Raymond Langston on the long-running CBS crime drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’
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