A Gathering of Heroes: A Personal Memoir of the Los Angeles Riots - Softcover

Williams, GregAlan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897334256 ISBN 13: 9780897334259

Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1996

Synopsis

On April 29, 1992, Baywatch actor GregAlan Williams walked into the midst of the South Los Angeles riot and rescued a nearly lifeless Japanese motorist amidst a shower of verbal abuse and debris. An African American, Williams reflects on the obligation we bear when confronted with the mindless face of violence. Illus. 
 

About this title

About the Author

Gregory Alan Williams, an Emmy Award-winning actor and writer, grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and now lives in Los Angeles. He is best known for his role as Garner Ellerbee in the television series Baywatch. He has also appeared in In the Line of Fire, Remember the Titans, and the television show Necessary Roughness. He is one of the founding members of Penumbra - St. Paul Minnesota's first professional African-American theatre- and has appeared with the Chicago Shakespeare Company.

Mr. Williams was honored by the city of Los Angeles for his actions during the riots and testified in the trial of two men in the beating of Reginald Denny.

Edition details

• Publisher: Academy Chicago Publishers
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897334256
• ISBN 13: 9780897334259
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 205