WABE: Pearl Cleage on "A Song for Coretta" (2008-01-18)

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Pearl Cleage on "A Song for Coretta"

Steve Goss (2008-01-18)

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ATLANTA (WABE) - It's been nearly two years since civil rights icon Coretta Scott King passed away after battling ovarian cancer and the effects of a stroke.
As a testament to her life and legacy, renowned playwright Pearl Cleage has written a play entitled A Song for Coretta which opens officially this Monday the Martin Luther King Jr Holiday at 7 Stages Theatre.
WABE's Morning Edition host Steve Goss spoke with Cleage from her home in Atlanta.

A Song for Coretta written by Pearl Cleage and directed by Crystal Dickinson officially opens Monday, and runs through February 17th at Seven Stages Theatre in Little Five Points. © Copyright 2009, WABE