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Nov 12, 2004 · Kemp Powers tells his story about an unimaginable moment at 14 when he accidentally killed his best friend in a gun accident. The actual shooting is described in just a few pages, the remainder is Kent Power's life before and after, impacted forever by that moment.
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Nov 12, 2004 · As a black teenager going to junior high in a white neighborhood, Kemp became acutely aware of the racial tension and violence bubbling up in New York (think Bernard Goetz and Howard Beach and crack cocaine). This, along with an adolescent interest in guns, changed Kemp's life forever. In 1987, Kemp accidentally shot his best friend.
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Nov 9, 2019 · The shooting : a memoir. by. Powers, Kemp. Publication date. 2004. Topics. Powers, Kemp, African American journalists -- Biography, African American boys -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography, Teenagers and death, Firearms accidents. Publisher.
Jan 1, 2005 · by Kemp Powers ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 1, 2005. Sparely written, often casual, but powerful. bookshelf. shop now. From award-winning journalist Powers, a debut memoir considering a youth lost to a firearms accident.
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Patti Perret/Amazon Studios. AT THE CENTER of “Soul” and “Miami” are men reborn once they stop hiding parts of themselves from the world. During his 17-year media career, Powers distanced ...
Dec 21, 2020 · By Michael Cavna. December 21, 2020 at 6:00 a.m. EST. Kemp Powers is the co-director of Pixar's upcoming movie “Soul.” (Nolwen Cifuentes for The Washington Post) The geniuses at Pixar had a...
THE SHOOTING: A Memoir. Kemp Powers, . . Thunder's Mouth, $22 (224pp) ISBN 978-1-56858-320-4. One fine day in April 1988, Powers, a 14-year-old Brooklyn honors student, came home from school with ...
