To fulfill his academic requirement, Brown had to write a play. He decided to structure a play based on a true story of his 6,000-mile round trip to watch Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Washington D.C. in 1968.

Brown credits his college degree for helping him cement the rewarding memory, and he also hopes to turn the play into a real production at the university in collaboration with peers.

“I do believe in my heart that we need to put this out so that the younger generation, younger folk, can see this and say, ‘Okay, our ancestors, some of those in the front of us actually did a lot to sacrifice so we could have these freedoms and equality that we have,'” he said. “I feel that if they could actually see that, and if we could reach two or three, I think it would be worth it. Just so they can appreciate what we went through so they would have an easier day.”

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