PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — A provocative, one-act play imagining a meeting between 1960s civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and African American activist Malcolm X, brought Peterson Airmen to their feet.
The play, “The Meeting,” is a fictitious account of what might have been said between two American archetypes if they ever met face to face. The play, which has toured the country for nearly 20 years, was brought to Peterson Air Force Base Jan. 13, by the special observance committee for the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Day, celebrated nationally Jan. 18.
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