The Plays of Georgia Douglas Johnson: From the New Negro Renaissance to the Civil Rights Movement

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

Recovering the stage work of one of America's finest black female writers

This volume collects twelve of Georgia Douglas Johnson's one-act plays, including two never-before-published scripts found in the Library of Congress. As an integral part of Washington, D.C.'s, thriving turn-of-the-century literary scene, Johnson hosted regular meetings with Harlem Renaissance writers and other artists, including Countee Cullen, Langston Hughes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252073339
• ISBN13: 9780252073335
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"