Not a Genuine Black Man

The Marsh San Francisco
1062 Valencia Street San Francisco

Brian Copeland's Not a Genuine Black Man returns to The Marsh for its 10th anniversary, to be performed in rep with Copeland's other acclaimed play The Waiting Period (also listed on Goldstar). In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, 8-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved in. The longest-running solo show in Bay Area history, Not a Genuine Black Man is a hilarious and poignant autobiographical story about Copeland's childhood, based on his best-selling book of the same name. The engaging one-man show is an insightful look at Bay Area history and the ways in which our upbringings make us who we are.