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African-American theatre


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After the War of 1812, William Henry Brown offered alfresco amusements for blacks in a tea garden behind his house in New York. By 1821, whites formed much of the ...

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African Americans in the American Theatre
in The Oxford Companion to American Theatre (3) Length: 2532 words
African-American theatre
in The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance Length: 1253 words
African-American theatre
in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance Length: 2245 words

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