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Actor Roger Guenveur Smith’s solo performances at The Wright
American Black Journal contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ has an in-depth conversation with acclaimed actor, writer and director Roger Guenveur Smith at The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in advance of his three solo performances on Sept. 26-28. His one-man shows are based on the lives of three men: Frederick Douglass, Otto Frank, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
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