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The everyday heroes of Brown v Board come alive... The Brown v. Board of Education case jump-started the civil rights movement by overturning the "separate but equal" law of the land. Years before the landmark Supreme Court case, brave citizens held grassroots meetings across the nation in homes, schools, church basements, and barbershops. In honor of their courage, Now Let Me Fly brings to life the unsung heroes and heroines who set the stage for legal action. Marcia Cebulska's inspiring, educational, and entertaining play is based on oral histories and personal interviews with the real people involved in the struggle leading to Brown v. Board.…mehr

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The everyday heroes of Brown v Board come alive... The Brown v. Board of Education case jump-started the civil rights movement by overturning the "separate but equal" law of the land. Years before the landmark Supreme Court case, brave citizens held grassroots meetings across the nation in homes, schools, church basements, and barbershops. In honor of their courage, Now Let Me Fly brings to life the unsung heroes and heroines who set the stage for legal action. Marcia Cebulska's inspiring, educational, and entertaining play is based on oral histories and personal interviews with the real people involved in the struggle leading to Brown v. Board.
Autorenporträt
Marcia Cebulska has received the Dorothy Silver Award, the Jane Chambers International Award, Kansas Arts Commission Master Artist Fellowships, and other honors for her playwriting and screenwriting. Her dramatic work has been performed at thousands of venues worldwide and aired on PBS. Her produced Kansas-themed plays include Now Let Me Fly, Visions of Right, Touched, Rooted, and the filmscript for Through Martha's Eyes. Her guided journal, Skywriting (Flint Hills Publishing), was released in 2019. Her novel, Watching Men Dance (Flint Hills Publishing), was launched in September 2020, her first full-length work of fiction. She is a Fellow of the Center for Kansas Studies and lives in Topeka with her husband, historian Tom Prasch.