Thurgood Marshall speaks to Obama from beyond the grave
The real message of "Thurgood" is a celebration of courage -- something Obama may look to as inspiration during a tough time in his presidency...
From The Huffington Post:
Barack Obama and I went to see “Thurgood” at the Kennedy Center over the weekend.
We didn’t exactly go together. In fact we didn’t even go on the same night (he went Friday, I went Saturday). But if we had anything like the same experience, the president emerged inspired and emboldened.
Then again, considering the timing, and his recent choice of Supreme Court nominee, maybe he emerged abashed.
“Thurgood” is the extraordinary one-man show in which actor Laurence Fishburne completely transforms himself into Thurgood Marshall, the civil rights hero who became the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.
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