JCC - "Why Did It Happen? Original Dramatization of the Report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders - " Kerner Report" Planning, Correspondence, Newspaper Clippings, Program, 1968

File — Box: 1, Folder: 24

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1968

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Linear Feet (One records carton)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

The Public Affairs Committee of the JCC commissioned playwright C. Lester Franklin to write and stage a dramatic adaptation of "the Kerner Report" in March,1968. It was staged as living theater with a multi-media environment. It brought about much discussion and controversy in the San Diego community and beyond. This folder includes a letter from Cesar Chavez.