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Based on Clare Coss’ award-winning 2013 play “Emmett, Down in My Heart,” the Tania León-conducted production stars Robert Mack in the titular role, and Flatbush, Brooklyn native Lucia Renata Bradford as Mamie Till-Mobley.
More than 11,000 people have signed a Change.org petition created by a CUNY John Jay College student claiming that the opera show is all about 87-year-old playwright Clare Cross' 'white guilt'.
The opera was written by a white woman and the main character is a fictional white woman who is 'against Jim Crow laws' but 'remains silent.'
The opera was written by a white woman and the main character is a fictional white woman who is 'against Jim Crow laws' but 'remains silent.'
The opera was written by a white woman and the main character is a fictional white woman who is 'against Jim Crow laws' but 'remains silent.'