Great performances (WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86730619 Theater in America.
Notes:
Alfre Woodard, Samuel Jackson, Franklyn Seales, Howard Rollins. Adaptation for television of the performance of Daniel A. Stein's play by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Originally broadcast on the PBS television program Theater in America on Great performances May 3, 1978. Special featuress: chaptering for easy access to all acts; Indexing; Previews of other Broadway Theatre Archive plays.
Summary:
This play is based on the tragic story of the first Africa-American to graduate from West Point, Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper. He was framed by white officers who accused him to embezzling government funds. Ninety-five years later he was vindicated.
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