A new dramatic play depicts Tampa's civil rights lunch counter protests in 1960
Meet Clarence Fort, organizer of the Tampa 1960 sit-ins, and Mark E. Leib, the playwright behind the new production spotlighting the events.
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Meet Clarence Fort, organizer of the Tampa 1960 sit-ins, and Mark E. Leib, the playwright behind the new production spotlighting the events.
Meet Clarence Fort, organizer of the Tampa 1960 sit-ins, and Mark E. Leib, the playwright behind the new production spotlighting the events.
In the 1960s, many popular lunch counters in Tampa didn’t allow Black people to dine in, and local civil rights activists wanted to change that.
ST. PETERSBURG — “The Colored Museum,” by George C. Wolfe, will run Nov. 2-27, presented by American Stage Theatre at Raymond James Theatre, 163 Third St. N., St. Petersburg.