On this West Virginia Morning, a new documentary entitled “Becoming Thurgood: America’s Social Architect” is a Maryland Public Television production about Thurgood Marshall’s journey from  young lawyer to one of America’s influential legal minds.

WVPB is hosting a special screening of the film at Marshall University on Nov. 18, and Us & Them host Trey Kay will moderate the live event along with a panel discussion. Ahead of the screening, Kay talked with one of the panelists, historian Cicero Fain, about why Marshall’s story matters now.

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Eric Douglas produced this episode.   

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