Park University Presents the Meeting of Malcolm X and Dr. King
Imagining the potential dialogue between two prominent figures in Civil Rights history
Park University invites the community to join in exploring the unlikely encounter between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in The Meeting, a theatre production by the Grimes Theatre Group from New York and written by Jeff Stetson.
The presentation will be Monday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. in the McCoy Meetin’ House at Park University, 8700 NW River Park Drive in Parkville, Mo. The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and free tickets are available by contacting Tatiana Woldman at tatiana.woldman@park.edu or (816) 584-6508.
In this production, playwright Jeff Stetson imagines for the audience what an undisclosed meeting might have been like between these two men who both shared a mind and heart for advancing freedom, but both held different beliefs on how to accomplish this task.
The presentation of The Meeting is sponsored by Park University’s International Center for Civic Engagement and the Office of International Student Services.
The Scene:
It’s February 1965 and a shabby Harlem hotel room is the backdrop for this momentous confrontation between King, a Baptist minister, Nobel Prize winner and champion of non-violent protest, and Malcolm X, advocate of self defense through any means necessary, and himself the center of fractional warring within his own Muslim faith. Within the following week, Malcolm X will be assassinated. In the next three years, King will also become martyred to the crusade for freedom.
In this historic moment, the audience becomes privy to what could have been. The play examines both the public and private lives—the clash of two ideas and tactics for the advancement of freedom, but also the humanity of two devout men of faith, loving fathers and husbands, and leaders willing to lay down their lives for the cause of justice.
Established in 1875, Park University is a national leader in higher education and is distinguished by its innovative adult-degree completion programs. The University has 25,169 students enrolled in undergraduate and graduate degree programs at 43 campuses located in 21 states and Online. www.park.edu.
For more information, please contact Summer Evans, Communication Coordinator, at (816) 584-6888 or summer.evans@park.edu; or Rita Weighill, Associate Vice President for Communication, at (816) 584-6211 or rita.weighill@park.edu.
SUMMER A. EVANS
Communication Coordinator, University Advancement
Park University
8700 NW River Park Drive
Parkville, MO 64152
Office (816) 584-6888
Mobile (816) 936-2426
Fax (816) 741-0304
summer.evans@park.edu
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