Fetch Clay, Make Man: A Play

Will Powers's play Fetch Clay, Make Man examines the relationship between actor Stephin Fetchit and boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

Set on the eve of the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston rematch, and based on the friendship between the actor Stepin Fetchit and Clay-soon to become Muhammad Ali-Fetch Clay, Make Man explores how each handled a life in the public eye as black men in their respective eras-Hollywood in the 1920s, where a black actor's career depended on playing caricatures, and the mid-196...