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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
An American Journey

An American Journey

Frazier, Kermit

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ISBN10: 0881455520
ISBN13: 9780881455526
Publisher: Broadway Play Pub Inc (Ny)
Published: Nov 26 2012
Pages: 106
Weight: 0.29
Height: 0.22 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A passionate retelling of the Daniel Bell incident, in which a black man was shot and killed while running from police officers. The Daniel Bell incident twice was a major story in Milwaukee. In 1958, the 22-year-old black man was shot and killed while running from a pair of uniformed Milwaukee policemen. In the late 1970s, one of the former police officers came forward and admitted the shooting incident was not self-defense and that there was a cover-up that spread from the Milwaukee Police Department to the office of the district attorney. That disclosure launched a criminal trial and subsequent civil suit by the family of the slain man. The Bell incident forms the basis of a compelling and, for the most part, engrossing play, AN AMERICAN JOURNEY. Rugg, Variety Kermit Frazier's and John Leicht's AN AMERICAN JOURNEY is a piece of fine playwriting ... the play is an effective and moving piece of drama. -Jay Joslyn, Milwaukee Sentinel ... authors Kermit Frazier and John Leicht [bring] forth a model of clarity and condensation that is all the more notable for its power to move us. -Nels Nelson, Philadelphia Daily News AN AMERICAN JOURNEY, a provocative play that rings with awareness of American life as people are actually living it today. -William B Collins, The Philadelphia Inquirer The play creates a haunting portrait of a transient country in which many characters, both black and white, seem unable to settle down in one place. -Bruce Murphy, Milwaukee Playwrights Kermit Frazier (who is black) and John Leicht (who is white) have succeed in fashioning a powerhouse play ... that is ingenious in structure (moving through time with cinematic grace), passionate in content ... -Charles Lee, W F L N

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