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Dead King Mother
February 24, 2018 @ 7:30 pm
$10
Dead King Mother by Davu Seru tells the story of a near-forgotten event in North Minneapolis and United States civil rights history that has been with Seru since early childhood.
On April 4th, 1968, upon hearing of the news of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Davu’s great-uncle, Clarence C. Underwood stood before family on Minneapolis’ northside and announced that he was going to kill the first white man that he saw — and he did. When encountered by the police he raised his hands a remarked, “shoot me, they killed my king.” …
Dead King Mother — a blues for female vocalist and ensemble — attempts to write the event into North Minneapolis and United States Civil Rights history and to provide an occasion for the Twin Cities community to remember and reflect.
Dead King Mother premieres on Feb. 23-24 during Zeitgeist’s Playing it Close to Home event.
