Name: Three Mothers written by Ajene D. Washington
Start: 2025-05-12T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-05-12T20:30:00-07:00
Location: Albina Arts Center

Three Mothers written by Ajene D. Washington

This story was inspired the 1964 photo of the three mothers, whose sons were brutally murdered during Civil Rights upheaval in the South.
About this Event

The play is a fictionalized story inspired by real people, real events and the 1964 photo of the three mothers, whose sons were brutally murdered during Civil Rights upheaval in the South. After the final funeral, during shiva in Carolyn Goodman’s home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, the three mothers come to grips with the details surrounding their sons’ deaths at the hands of Ku Klux Klan members. Through their meeting they forge an unbreakable bond and commitment to the Civil Rights movement.