Rankine explores a theater of civil disobedience through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s understanding of civil disobedience in the face of unjust laws. However, Rankine argues that the performance of civil disobedience is a deeply artistic practice that can be found in Black theater, where the Black body challenges the normative assumptions of classical texts and modes of creation. This book frames the theater of civil disobedience to challenge the hostility that still exists between theater and Black identity.