Impacters of Yesterday
August Wilson P. II A Fruitful Partnership Mr. Wilson’s career was closely linked with that of Lloyd Richards, who became the first black director to work on Broadway when he staged the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, Lorraine Hansberry’s “Raisin in the Sun,” in 1959.
Impacters of Yesterday
August Wilson Pt. I A Fruitful Partnership August Wilson chronicled the African-American experience in the 20th century in a series of plays. He stands as a landmark in the history of black culture, of American literature and of Broadway theater.