A powerful drama documenting the life of SojournerTruth will open the 2001-2002 N.C. A&T UniversityLyceum Series. “Truth,” featuring Rasheryl McCreary, will bepresented at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, in HarrisonAuditorium. The play opens when she is 70, lookingback on her life. She walked thousands of miles,searching for identity in a country ripped apart bythe Civil War, on a journey that took her from herbirth as a slave to a meeting with President AbrahamLincoln. The play was written by Eric Coble, is directed byRandy Rollison and features Bill Ransom on percussion.The series continues Sunday, Nov. 4, when Monroe KentIII appears in the role of Nat King Cole in“Unforgettable,” a presentation of the singer’s lifeand music. Other programs set for the academic year: Nov. 14 – Haitian artist Maude Pierre-Charles,Memorial Union Ballroom. February 2002 – The E. Gwynn Dancers of N.C. A&T. Feb. 21 – “The Meeting,” a drama imagining aclandestine meeting between Martin Luther King Jr. andMalcolm X, Robeson Theatre. March 9 – The Marion Anderson String Quartet,Harrison Auditorium. March 22 – “Catch a Rising Star,” the N.C. A&T SpringStudent Art Exhibit, Dudley Art Gallery. April 11 – David Burgess, guitarist, performs “500Years of Spanish Music in the Americas,” MemorialUnion Ballroom. April 2002 – The N.C. A&T Symphonic Band. All Lyceum events are free of charge to all A&Tstudents, the university community and general publicexcept for “The Meeting.” For more information, call 256-0863.
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Sojurner Truth play kicks off this year’s Lyceum Series
October 21, 2001