Last Lyceum Event Brings Glover and Justice to Campus

Truman’s Kohlenberg Lyceum Series will end its season April 2 with a one-of-a-kind performance by actors Danny Glover and Felix Justice.

In “An Evening with Langston & Martin,” the two adopt the personas of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes. Playing King, Justice will bring to life two of the activist’s most memorable and inspiring speeches.

Glover will read from the works of Hughes, demonstrating the poet’s uniquely African American words and rhythms. Glover weaves throughout his readings personal reflections on the impact of Hughes’ writings.

A question and answer session will follow the two performances.

Glover is an Emmy-winning film and television star and human rights activist. Inducted into the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 1991, he has appeared in such films as “The Color Purple,” “Places in the Heart” and the “Lethal Weapon” series.

Justice has been acting and directing for more than 30 years. His one-man Martin Luther King Jr. show “Prophecy in America” premiered at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco in 1981, and has toured widely in the United States and Africa.

Tickets for “An Evening with Langston and Justice” are available to students, faculty and staff with a University ID. Students may pick up tickets at the Student Activities Board Office. Faculty and staff tickets are available in the Center for Student Involvement.

The Truman State University Bookstore is a platinum level sponsor of the Series and a special guest at this performance.

For more information, contact the Public Relations Office at 785.4016 or visit http://lyceum.truman.edu.