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☆ Review: In ‘This Land Was Made,’ Huey Newton Walks Into a Bar
  + stars: | 2023-06-07 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
In Oakland, Calif., in 1968, Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther leader, was convicted of killing a white police officer. In 1971, after two more trials and nearly two years in prison, he was cleared of all charges. That’s the question at the heart of “This Land Was Made,” the gutsy but murky new play by Tori Sampson at the Vineyard Theater. Most successful is the sitcom element, which could be titled “Trish’s,” an Oakland bar where everybody knows your name. For about 25 minutes, Sampson serves up something warm and piquant at Trish’s: an interplay of zingers, flirtations, spats and politics.
Persons: Huey P, Newton, Tori Sampson, Taylor, ”, Trish, Pugh, Antoinette Crowe, Sampson, Sassy, Matthew Griffin, Gail, Yasha Jackson, Drew, Leland Fowler, Ezra Knight Organizations: Panther, Vineyard, Mr Locations: Oakland, Calif, Libya, New Orleans, Trish’s, Troy
☆ For Her New Play, Tori Sampson Revisited Her ‘Black Power Household’
  + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Naveen Kumar | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
After a year of moving between foster homes, the twins petitioned to attend an all-Black boarding school in Mississippi, where their independence was contingent on high achievement. “I was always yearning to understand what it would look like to have a family,” Sampson said. “I wanted to write a story where Huey P. Newton walks into a bar and changes the lives of the people there forever,” Sampson said of the Black Panther Party co-founder. She got the idea for the play, a blend of historical fiction and sitcom conventions, when she learned that Newton’s rise to prominence began with an unsolved mystery. Rallies ‌to “Free Huey” helped set off the Black Power movement.
Persons: orphanhood, Sampson, ”, “ I’m, “, ” Sampson, Huey, Newton, ‌ Newton, Huey ” Organizations: “, Black Panther Party Locations: Mississippi, Los Angeles, “, Oakland, Calif
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