Hoover High senior Shakur Jackson writes, co-directs and stars in a play bringing the legend and life of freed slave Nathan Harrison to the stage on Feb. 22-23
When Shakur Jackson was in the third grade, he read an Octavia Spencer mystery: “Randi Rhodes: Ninja Detective.” From that moment, he was determined to become a writer.
He persuaded Bill Lawrence, head of the museum, to unlock the gift shop so he could get a copy of the book. “He is so quiet and humble, but he has found his calling,” she adds. “Shakur just wowed us with his writing. He has the intellectual curiosity to do deep thinking. He also is unwavering in his vision for himself as playwright, actor and director.”
As soon as he got the green light, Shakur found a quiet place to write between his last class and basketball practice. “I turned into a ghost for a year. I didn’t talk about the production with anyone,” he says. Shakur lacked the resources to create an elaborate stage setting, so he placed Harrison in a wheelchair near the end of his life reminiscing about his experiences to his doctor, nurses and visitors.
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