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In the days before an anticipated Muhammad Ali–Sonny Liston fight, Ali forms an unlikely friendship with vaudevillian film star Stepin Fetchit. The play follows the two influential Black Americans as they shape their public personas and legacies during the mid-1960s Civil Rights Movement.
John Henry’s contest with a steam-powered hammer becomes an inquiry into the cost of labor and the making of folklore. The play connects his legend with the exploitation of prisoners.
In the days before an anticipated Muhammad Ali–Sonny Liston fight, Ali forms an unlikely friendship with vaudevillian film star Stepin Fetchit. The play follows the two influential Black Americans as they shape their public personas and legacies during the mid-1960s Civil Rights Movement.
John Henry’s contest with a steam-powered hammer becomes an inquiry into the cost of labor and the making of folklore. The play connects his legend with the exploitation of prisoners.