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''The Meeting'' is a 1987 American play by Jeff Stetson about an imaginary meeting between
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* American plays 1987 plays Cultural depictions of Malcolm X Cultural depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. Plays set in New York City Plays about race and ethnicity Civil rights movement in popular culture Two-handers English-language plays {{civil-rights-movement-stub
''The Meeting'' is a 1987 American play by Jeff Stetson about an imaginary meeting between Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist, one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968 ...
and Malcolm X
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of I ...
in 1965 in a hotel in Harlem during the height of the Civil Rights Movement
The civil rights movement was a nonviolent social and political movement and campaign from 1954 to 1968 in the United States to abolish legalized institutional racial segregation, discrimination, and disenfranchisement throughout the Unite ...
. The play was later televised on ''American Playhouse
''American Playhouse'' is an American anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Overview
It premiered on January 12, 1982, with ''The Shady Hill Kidnapping'', written and narrated by John Cheever an ...
'' in 1989.
Reception
''The Meeting'' won aLouis B. Mayer
Louis Burt Mayer (; born Lazar Meir; July 12, 1882 or 1884 or 1885 – October 29, 1957) was a Canadian-American film producer and co-founder of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM) in 1924. Under Mayer's management, MGM became the film industr ...
Award and eight 1987 NAACP Theatre Awards. It has been performed throughout Europe and the United States.
Actual meeting
In reality, the two men only met once, while both were inWashington, D.C.
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to watch the Senate debates regarding the (eventual) passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On March 26, 1964, they briefly spoke with each other as they walked through the United States Senate
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and pow ...
together for about a minute.
See also
*Civil rights movement in popular culture
The history of the 1954 to 1968 American civil rights movement has been depicted and documented in film, song, theater, television, and the visual arts. These presentations add to and maintain cultural awareness and understanding of the goals, tact ...
*Two-hander
A two-hander is a term for a play, film, or television programme with only two main characters. The two characters in question often display differences in social standing or experiences, differences that are explored and possibly overcome as ...
References
External links
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* American plays 1987 plays Cultural depictions of Malcolm X Cultural depictions of Martin Luther King Jr. Plays set in New York City Plays about race and ethnicity Civil rights movement in popular culture Two-handers English-language plays {{civil-rights-movement-stub