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Title: Transgender actress Laverne Cox to speak at NCCU
Post by: traci_k on September 18, 2015, 11:31:53 AM
Post by: traci_k on September 18, 2015, 11:31:53 AM
Transgender actress Laverne Cox to speak at NCCU
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/article35602239.html
The News & Observer
Larry Busacca
From Staff Reports
Sept 17, 2015
DURHAM
NCCU will welcome transgender advocate and actress Laverne Cox to B.N. Duke Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, to kick off the 2015-2016 Lyceum Series.
Cox stars in the Netflix original series "Orange is the New Black" as the groundbreaking character Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African-American transgender woman.
Cox is the first transgender actress to have been featured on the cover of TIME magazine and the first to nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was nominated as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in "Orange is the New Black." She was also selected as Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2015. The Huffington Post also named Cox one of the country's Top 50 Transgender Icons.
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Quite a build-up they've given Laverne. Wish I was in NC.
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/durham-news/article35602239.html
The News & Observer
Larry Busacca
From Staff Reports
Sept 17, 2015
DURHAM
NCCU will welcome transgender advocate and actress Laverne Cox to B.N. Duke Auditorium at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 24, to kick off the 2015-2016 Lyceum Series.
Cox stars in the Netflix original series "Orange is the New Black" as the groundbreaking character Sophia Burset, an incarcerated African-American transgender woman.
Cox is the first transgender actress to have been featured on the cover of TIME magazine and the first to nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She was nominated as Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role in "Orange is the New Black." She was also selected as Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2015. The Huffington Post also named Cox one of the country's Top 50 Transgender Icons.
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Quite a build-up they've given Laverne. Wish I was in NC.