August Wilson was the first African American playwright to have a Broadway theater bear his name, a fitting tribute to a dramatist who brought African American culture and lived experience to the stage. You read, watch, and examine the first five plays in Wilson’s American Cycle, a ten-play series representing each decade of African American culture in the 20th century. Explore Wilson’s life and the influences behind his work. Focus on “Gem of the Ocean,” “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “Seven Guitars,” tracing his powerful interpretation, celebration, and preservation of African American culture. Click here for a promo video.
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