NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN tours California

After a smash run Off Broadway, Brian Copeland brings his hit solo show NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN home to the Bay Area. The play, which holds the record for the longest running solo show in San Francisco history,returns to the Dean Lesher Regional Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek, Ca.

Get your tickets today, go to tickets.com or call 925.943.SHOW(7469).

Brian's memoir based on the show is now available nationwide. PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, PEOPLE, EBONY and the BOSTON GLOBE rave about the book that reader reviewers on Amazon.com are calling, "The best book I've ever read". Get your copy today by clicking the book link below, calling 1800-801-BOOK or visiting any store where fine books are sold.

Brian Copeland's first solo show, NOT A GENUINE BLACK MAN, reveals a little-known chapter of Bay Area history. In 1971, San Leandro was named one of the most racist suburbs in America. Congressional hearings were held. The next year, the then eight-year-old Brian Copeland and his African-American family moved to San Leandro. In a monologue that's both funny and poignant, Brian explores how surroundings make us who we are.

Come see what all the shouting is about.

View The Suburban Wall, the 1971 documentary that put San Leandro on the national scene and The Invisible Wall, its 1981 follow up.