Encyclopedia of African American Society, Volume 2Gerald David Jaynes An encyclopedic reference of African American history and culture. |
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... York's off - Broadway Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955. The first of Childress's plays produced outside Harlem , Trouble in Mind won an Obie Award in 1956 for best original off - Broadway play . James Baldwin's first play , The Amen ...
... York's off - Broadway Greenwich Mews Theatre in 1955. The first of Childress's plays produced outside Harlem , Trouble in Mind won an Obie Award in 1956 for best original off - Broadway play . James Baldwin's first play , The Amen ...
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... York , Pennsylvania , that left three people dead . After 1969 , it appeared for several years that racially motivated uprisings had ended . In 1974 , nevertheless , whites in Boston rioted to protest a court - ordered school busing ...
... York , Pennsylvania , that left three people dead . After 1969 , it appeared for several years that racially motivated uprisings had ended . In 1974 , nevertheless , whites in Boston rioted to protest a court - ordered school busing ...
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... York City . The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church purchased six lots in the area on the same day to use as a ceme- tery for blacks . Epiphany Davis , one of the trustees who bought land for the church , also purchased twelve lots ...
... York City . The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church purchased six lots in the area on the same day to use as a ceme- tery for blacks . Epiphany Davis , one of the trustees who bought land for the church , also purchased twelve lots ...
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