Thurgood

Illusion Theater
528 Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis

What do you know about civil rights advocate Thurgood Marshall? After winning Brown v. Board of Education to desegregate schools, he went on to become Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The legal battles he won and the issues he stood for paved the way for a radical shift in America's climate and mindset. This uplifting, humorous and thought-provoking one-man portrait of an American hero follows Marshall's trajectory from a child in Baltimore to one of the most influential African American men in modern history. According to Star Tribune, "this Thurgood is genial and avuncular, a man with a sharp sense of humor and a briefcase full of illustrative stories." Learn about the important and surprisingly human and heartfelt figure at Illusion Theater in Minneapolis.