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Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Definition of Black Theatre 1
Camp Logan 19
Johnny B. Goode 95
Killingsworth 157
Driving Wheel 203
Br’er Rabbit 229
When the Ancestors Call 249
Ancestors 295
Appendix A: Chronology 333
Appendix B: Playwrights’ Canon 343
Publications by Black Texas Playwrights 353
Author Photo Credits 354

https://doi.org/10.7560/754799-002

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction: Definition of Black Theatre 1
Camp Logan 19
Johnny B. Goode 95
Killingsworth 157
Driving Wheel 203
Br’er Rabbit 229
When the Ancestors Call 249
Ancestors 295
Appendix A: Chronology 333
Appendix B: Playwrights’ Canon 343
Publications by Black Texas Playwrights 353
Author Photo Credits 354

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