Echoes of Justice: Attorney-Playwright Unveils Historical Drama on Thurgood Marshall’s Pivotal Civil Rights Victory in St. Paul Courtroom
St. Paul, Minn. — As Terrance C. Newby, an accomplished attorney and playwright, sat in the historic federal courthouse that now serves as the Landmark Center, he felt overwhelmed by the historical significance of his surroundings. It was here that Thurgood Marshall, the future Supreme Court justice, argued a pivotal early civil rights lawsuit. Inspired by this event, Newby penned the play “Little Rock, 1942,” which recently premiered in the same space where Marshall made legal history. The play focuses on a 1942 case where Susie Morris, alongside other Black teachers in Little Rock, Arkansas, … Read more