An actor resurrects three civil rights heroes

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 10, 2020 6:09 AM CT | Published: September 10, 2020 4:00 AM CT

Darius Wallace has performed as Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Frederick Douglass in schools, universities, theaters and museums around the country. “He’s one of the foremost recreators of these three men that we have in the country,” says Tennessee Shakespeare Company's artistic director.

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Peggy Burch is a freelancer and former Arts & Culture editor at The Daily Memphian.


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