CHADWICK BOSEMAN TO PLAY SUPREME COURT JUSTICE THURGOOD MARSHALL
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Via the press announcement: “As the nation teeters on the brink of WWII, a nearly bankrupt NAACP sends Marshall to conservative Connecticut to defend a black chauffeur against his wealthy socialite employer in a sexual assault and attempted murder trial that quickly became tabloid fodder. In need of a high profile victory but muzzled by a segregationist court, Marshall is partnered with Samuel Friedman, a young Jewish lawyer who has never tried a case. Marshall and Friedman struggle against a hostile storm of fear and prejudice, driven to discover the truth in the sensationalized trial which helped set the groundwork for the Civil Rights Movement to come.”
...And based on [a] tweet he posted to his account, it looks like Jussie Smollett is also part of the cast, playing Langston Hughes.
~SHADOWandACT.com
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