February 9, 2005

Black History Month

The Mind of a Prize Fighter - The Life of Jack Johnson, an original play written by local playwright and actor Matthew Stanford and performed by Aesop’s Fables Theatre Troupe, has been scheduled as a Black History Month presentation at Levin Hall at the University of Texas Medical Branch on February 25, 26 and 27.  Photos

"This play, unlike other sagas about the life of the famous island born boxer, is written from the perspective of a BOI and performed by Galveston residents on Galveston Island , Texas ," said Marsha Wilson Rappaport.  "This production is part of an ongoing arts project at St. Vincent’s House and is co-sponsored by the Texas Commission on the Arts and the UTMB Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, Melvin Williams, director."    

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