Hemmens Performing Arts for Young People Series:The Color of Justice

The Hemmens Performing Arts for Young People Series educates and entertains the younger audience this winter with such classics as Are You My Mother?, The Color of Justice, and Fancy Nancy, delighting children of all ages. General Admission Tickets are $7 each and may be purchased at The Hemmens Box Office at www.hemmens.org, or by phone at (847) 931-5900.
February 22: The Color of Justice: It s the 1950s, a time in America when signs indicating "Colored" and "White" were prominently hung on restroom doors, restaurant windows and drinking fountains. Eight-year-old Grace Carter doesn t understand why "colored" schools have to settle for ripped books and hand-me-down school supplies, or why she can t attend a school close to her home. At the same time, Thurgood Marshall, prominent legal counsel for the NAACP, has been traveling around the country looking for families who will challenge the segregation law, and who have the courage to take their lawsuits all the way to the nation's highest court. One day, the two meet and the brilliant fighter for human rights and this courageous little girl take on the doctrine of "separate but equal in this gripping drama about Thurgood Marshall s struggle against school segregation. Recommended for grades 3 9.