Black Drama in America: An Anthology

In this second edition of Black Drama in America, Darwin T. Turner presents a cross-section of African American drama written from the 1920s to the 1990s. The plays, selected from each decade, furnish a representative history of the African American playwright's development. The themes and settings the artists evoke create a historical portrait as well—from the early nineteenth century to the 1990s. Current as well as perennial issues of black life are rendered in a variety of forms—histo…