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5 stories from The Take Away

Anna Deavere Smith Reflects on Rodney King and L.A. Riots, 20 Years Later

On April 29, 1992, nearly 20 years ago, an all-white jury acquitted four white Los Angeles police officers in the case of Rodney King, a black motorist who suffered severe injuries after a b…

SOURCE: The Take Away at 10:03pm on April 27, 2012

Trayvon Martin Story Echoed in New Play

The new play Slip/Shot opens tonight in Philadelphia. The play is set in 1962, at Florida State University in Tallahassee, and centers on the case of a 17-year-old African-American boy. T…

SOURCE: The Take Away at 8:37pm on April 13, 2012

'The Mountaintop' Imagines Martin Luther King's Final Hours

In April of 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave an eerily prescient speech. "I just want to do God's will,"  he said. "And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked o…

SOURCE: The Take Away at 12:01am on September 23, 2011

'The Mountaintop' Imagines Martin Luther King's Final Hours

In April, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Junior gave an eerily prescient speech. "I just want to do God's will,"  he said. "And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked …

SOURCE: The Take Away at 2:10am on September 22, 2011

Skeleton in Harvard's Closet Comes to Light in 'Unnatural Acts'

In 2002, a Harvard University sophomore found evidence in the university's archives of a court that sough out and punished gay students. This scandal is the backdrop for "Unnatural Acts," a …

SOURCE: The Take Away at 9:01pm on July 11, 2011
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