FROM SUPERMAN TO MAN

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  “From Superman to Man” is entirely based on the novel by famed author and self-made scholar Joel A. Rogers.  

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This book was so influential in its time that it was mandatory reading for all members of the original Constitution and By-Laws of Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League.

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Adapted by Jamel Wade, the play had a short successful run during Black History Month in 2007.

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It follows the conversation between a Black railroad porter and a bigoted White racist senator from Oklahoma. In this post WWII era of Jim Crow and lynching, the well-educated Black laborer destroys the illusion of superiority held by the senator, in an overwhelming display of logic, compassion and knowledge of European literature.