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In Search Of My Father...Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins

Solo Performance

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Opened on June 11, 2008
Closed on June 29, 2008

Location:
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St
New York, NY 10002
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Synopsis:
The critically acclaimed one-man show explores W. Allen Taylor's adventurous search for information about the father he never knew, Bill Hawkins, Cleveland's first Black radio DJ who was not married to Taylor's mother and whose identity was kept from Taylor throughout his childhood.

During his time on the air, Bill Hawkins was one of Cleveland's highest rated DJs for stations such as WHK, WJW, WDOK, and WSRS (which later became WJMO). He often broadcasted from the front window of his record shop, located on 105th St. near Cedar Avenue. A former Pullman porter in the early...

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Location:
Henry Street Settlement Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St
New York, NY 10002

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