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The Meeting is a 1987 American play by Jeff Stetson about an imaginary meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in 1965 in a hotel in Harlem during the height of the Civil Rights Movement.[1][2] The play was later televised on American Playhouse in 1989.[3][4]
The Meeting | |
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Written by | Jeff Stetson |
Characters | Martin Luther King Jr. Malcolm X |
Date premiered | 1987 |
Place premiered | Harlem, New York City, New York |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
The Meeting won a Louis B. Mayer Award and eight 1987 NAACP Theatre Awards.[1] It has been performed throughout Europe, the United States and in Nairobi.[1]
In reality, the two men only met once, while both were in Washington, D.C. to watch the Senate debates regarding the (eventual) passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.[5] On March 26, 1964, they briefly spoke with each other as they walked through the United States Senate together for about a minute.[5]
The play was parodied by the sketch comedy show, Key and Peele, Peele playing King and Key playing Malcolm X.[6]
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