Untold Stories of Baltimore Week
The Underground Playwright Project presents Untold Stories of Baltimore Week! We invite you and your students to attend the following schedule of events:
Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026
Stage Readings of the Plays submitted for Phase One of the UPP, Black historical figures from Maryland’s Civil Rights and Black Power Movement Era, 1954 – 1968. We will feature two plays - hand at my back, a play about Lucille Clifton written by Dr. Ali-Coleman and Where You’re Told You Can't Sit, a play inspired by the Read’s Drug Store sit-ins in Baltimore in January 1955 written by Joseph Campbell. Night will end will a Talk Back with Playwrights, actors, and dramaturgs.
Time: Doors open at 6:45pm; Event begins at 7pm
Location: Talon Center, Atrium
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2026
Screening of the International Black Film Awarded Documentary, Baltimore Heirs which examines heirs' property in Baltimore and the erosion of generational wealth in Black communities. This screening will be an opportunity for Coppin to engage the Coppin students, staff, and faculty and our extended community in an historical analysis of housing instability, land loss, and the erosion of generational wealth in Black Baltimore.
Time: Doors open at 6:45pm; Event begins at 7pm
Location: Talon Center, Atrium
Thursday, Nov. 19, 2026
Book Talk with Baltimore Best Author Award Winner, Albert Phillips, Jr. He will discuss his latest work, Where You From?: Tales of Sandtown, which chronicles the joys, challenges, and the historical/cultural influences that shape the identity, aspirations, and accomplishments of many young people growing up in Baltimore.
Time: Doors open at 6:45pm; Event begins at 7pm
Location: Cab Calloway room, Library, 2nd floor
The night will conclude with a CSU History Club hosted student-led Spoken Word Session.