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In African American literature: The turn of the 21st century
…echelon of American theater, as Charles Gordone won the first Pulitzer Prize for an African American play with his depiction of a Black hustler-poet in No Place to Be Somebody (produced 1969), Joseph A. Walker earned a prestigious Tony Award (presented by two American theater organizations) for the best play…
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In African Americans: Literature
In 1970 Charles Gordone became the first African American playwright to win the Pulitzer, with his depiction of a Black hustler-poet in No Place to Be Somebody. The Color Purple, a best-selling novel by Alice Walker, won a Pulitzer in 1983. Toni Morrison’s novel Beloved took the…
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In Western theatre: African American, Asian, and Hispanic companies
In 1970 Charles Gordone became the first black American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for drama for No Place to Be Somebody. Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1975), featuring seven women’s experiences performed in monologues and dance, represented a…
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