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Fences
Description:
Play about workplace oppression, family problems, and African Americans in professional sports. Includes Lou Bellamy and Robbie McCauley. Performed at the Guthrie Theater. Takes place in 1957.
Contributor:
Wilson, August (playwright)
Created:
1996
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Page Count:
2
Last Updated:
2017-12-12
Fences
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Description:
Play about African American musicians and racism, taking place in 1927.
Contributor:
Wilson, August (playwright)
Created:
1996
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Page Count:
3
Last Updated:
2017-12-12
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Piano Lesson
Description:
Play about a piano and its symbolic significance as a family heirloom and token of slavery; takes place in 1936.
Contributor:
Wilson, August (playwright)
Created:
1993
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Archie Givens, Sr. Collection of African American Literature.
Page Count:
2
Last Updated:
2017-12-12
Piano Lesson