“Mission Rebel No.1: Looking for Reverend Jesse James,” by David James premieres Friday at Brava Theatre Center.
He moved west at the behest of David Wilkerson, who’d founded the evangelical group Teen Challenge, which sought to minister to Harlem youth in difficult circumstances. After launching a San Francisco chapter, however, James, who died in 2005 at the age of 76, parted ways with Teen Challenge and helped found Mission Rebels, a group riding the Great Society “War on Poverty” zeitgeist with a series of grants from the city and federal government.
Cesar Chavez, the meeting’s keynote speaker, sought to bring the Mission Rebels into the fold with a rousing speech about unity, but James pushed his own leadership slate and was voted down by the vast majority of the 60 organizations. And by the end of the year, James was out, falling victim to an increasing dependence on alcohol.
James largely reconciled with his father before his death, and has spent years researching his life, scouring the San Francisco Public Library for news stories about the media-savvy Mission Rebels. “I interviewed his siblings, my aunt and uncle, and I was able to get a fuller picture of him with the context they provided,” he said. “That included some intense realities, and allowed me to see him as a more full human.
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