King Me: Three One-Act Plays Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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ing Me ALSO BY CLINNESHA D. SIBLEY Contraction Hand-me-down Blues Heels How to Get the Mango It Came Upon a Midnight Clear It’s in My Blood Love Train Lioness/Leona Man, Damn! A Tribute to Black Wall Street Menses Money, Miss. Nothin’ but a Li’l Wind and Rain Tell Martha Not to Moan The Day It Hit The Experiment: A Tribute to Kenneth and Mamie Clark The Women of Strong Hope Thorns Tough Love Uprooted Very, Very Specifically ing Me Three One-Act Plays Inspired by the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CLINNESHA D. SIBLEY The University of Arkansas Press Fayetteville 2013 Copyright © 2013 by The University of Arkansas Press All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ISBN-10: 1-55728-632-9 ISBN-13: 978-1-55728-632-1 17 16 15 14 13 5 4 3 2 1 Designed by Liz Lester • The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Sibley, Clinnesha D., 1984– [Plays. Selections] King me : three one-act plays inspired by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. / Clinnesha D. Sibley. pages cm ISBN 978-1-55728-632-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929–1968—Drama. 2. African Americans—Drama. 3. United States—Race relations—Drama. I. Sibley, Clinnesha D., 1984– Bound by blood. II. Sibley, Clinnesha D., 1984– #communicate. III. Sibley, Clinnesha D., 1984– Paradox in the parish. IV. Title. PS3619.I243K56 2013 812'.6—dc23 2012050461 To Keith. Thank you for going on this journey with me. I love you. ...