Black Drama

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  1. 1.
    Aldridge, Ira Frederick, 1807(?)-1867  ●  The Black Doctor  ●  1846
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/aiL8Udf0CvcMEL4W
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    Brown, William Wells, 1814(?)-1884  ●  The Escape  ●  1857
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/oHNl0Qd66i6WTnXx
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    Anonymous Jamaican Author, fl. 1868  ●  The Modern William Tell  ●  1868
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/RTe0n_e29vkI2IoA
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    Hopkins, Pauline Elizabeth, 1859-1930  ●  Peculiar Sam, or, The Underground Railroad  ●  1879
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/XZ4KD5h7lfkAFn_F
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    Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906  ●  The Gambler's Wife (Fragment)  ●  1890
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/TEsduLYxbK9VBBlL
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    Easton, William Edgar, 1861-  ●  Dessalines  ●  1893
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/zpZMzX2DT3qEAZii
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    Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906  ●  Dream Lovers  ●  1898
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/cHsMi5IJgfZlaa-M
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    Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906  ●  Uncle Eph's Christmas  ●  1899
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/-bjHvPjPlCj0D-4p
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    Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906  ●  Jes Lak White Fo'ks  ●  1900
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/7I2mVxPDSYK5iTBg
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    Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore, 1875-1935  ●  The Author's Evening at Home  ●  1900
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/XA2Wf2wPmkh68-ON
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    Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Sr., 1861-1949  ●  Caleb, The Degenerate  ●  1901
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/i-CxaAL3yN1kwKTj
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    Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906  ●  Herrick  ●  1902
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/_rTvRah1ey4PjKvd
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    Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906  ●  In Dahomey  ●  1902
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/hE3f6kh5aZLAfZRQ
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    Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman, 1870-1947(?)  ●  Thirty Years of Freedom  ●  1902
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/b6E7Bpx2fro-FXLe
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    Shipp, Jesse A., 1869(?)-1934  ●  Abyssinia  ●  1906
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/85cVcR38JaNPrDXI
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    Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963  ●  The Christ of the Andes  ●  1908
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/TGjOBWO0J6ZLHk6T
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    Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore, 1875-1935  ●  Love's Disguise  ●  1909
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/oMLp30uzImeSTcVZ
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    Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman, 1870-1947(?)  ●  Fifty Years of Freedom  ●  1910
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/r9uASjPxoc7u9Ni0
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    Cook, Will Marion, 1869-1944  ●  Black Bohemia  ●  1911
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/FOV-zQiDd0F3dniJ
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    Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt, 1868-1963  ●  The Star of Ethiopia  ●  1911
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/h3GIqu2ldj67UIPb
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    Hirsch, Charlotte Teller, fl. 1913-1930  ●  Hagar and Ishmael  ●  1913
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/3GcF6IkZKOEzEgCA
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    Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman, 1870-1947(?)  ●  Aunt Betsy's Thanksgiving  ●  1914
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/VFJGNQMEK9INw0Al
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    Grimké, Angelina Emily Weld, 1880-1958  ●  Rachel  ●  1915
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/C3hvRuveEhAcDpXu
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    Dunbar-Nelson, Alice Ruth Moore, 1875-1935  ●  Mine Eyes Have Seen  ●  1918
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/vCGuUTn4xx5gfgJO
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    Burrill, Mary Powell, 1884(?)-1946  ●  Aftermath  ●  1919
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/PTCvC5Qg_FnfGxH2
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    Burrill, Mary Powell, 1884(?)-1946  ●  They That Sit in Darkness  ●  1919
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/7gZheSqqSShBDSmD
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    Cotter, Joseph Seamon, Jr., 1895-1919  ●  On the Fields of France  ●  1919
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/rq0me9259LQwh34p
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    Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967  ●  The Gold Piece  ●  1921
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/YKMSLzwxkYJx6bCs
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    Miller, Flournoy E., 1887-1971  ●  Shuffle Along  ●  1921
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/bmqoiRGgiA-QdXFX
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Children's Treasure  ●  1921
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/LuSqHjotnYyaal6C
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Deacon's Awakening  ●  1921
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/RRCti4IE1l4pc64P
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Broken Banjo  ●  1922
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/qZWB0OcH951SViS2
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    Tillman, Katherine Davis Chapman, 1870-1947(?)  ●  The Spirit of Allen  ●  1922
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/0oKK2ivWv4r_QOEG
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    Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967  ●  Balo  ●  1922
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/bleOtgb0KMD4UCTv
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    Andrews, Regina M., 1901-1993  ●  The Man Who Passed  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/4lHKra1BxoJGk1_2
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    Bonner, Marita, 1898(?)-1971  ●  Exit  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/LqkDiqmK89k1mGoM
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    Duncan, Thelma Myrtle, 1902-  ●  The Death Dance  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/Uhk8sbTA6F_8waDa
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    Graham, Ottie B., 1900-  ●  Holiday  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/2QID9QHCQHQ3yfog
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  Mortgaged  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/7xoMUUg7UZOFv5si
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Chip Woman's Fortune  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/CSiw6RQzD9i8v_sc
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  The Starter  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/6v1UU2w7WUJxaXU8
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    Toomer, Jean, 1894-1967  ●  Kabnis  ●  1923
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/EXCdOHZnyHLWi2aj
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    Guinn, Dorothy C., fl. 1924-1930  ●  Out of the Dark  ●  1924
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/MrXKvCcKQ_-H2qFD
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    Anderson, Garland, 1886(?)-1939  ●  Appearances  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/U-bhEdHVTx1u88rb
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    Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960  ●  Color Struck  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/amRKYBCVAbFAccaS
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    Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960  ●  Meet the Mamma  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/vPWo47Qizju4MaC3
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    Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp, 1880(?)-1966  ●  A Sunday Morning in the South  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/t9FliVzzg6WiqSsN
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    Miller, May, 1899-1995  ●  The Bog Guide  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/eQziVOLfYw5O_1Qg
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  Compromise  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/hbjnnnUSBy6SnMjy
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    Schuyler, George S., 1895-1977  ●  The Yellow Peril  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/7KcdM0JDookalDEd
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    Wilson, Frank H., 1886(?)-1956  ●  Sugar Cane  ●  1925
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/Q-qhJY6g8i-JZbcw
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    Edmonds, Randolph, 1900-1983  ●  Rocky Roads  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/8RzdVaerbtrHODS3
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    Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp, 1880(?)-1966  ●  Blue Blood  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/67x8OWbA-pdXmtXg
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    Matheus, John Frederick, 1887-1992  ●  'Cruiter  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/MulBY69NQE5l7uKQ
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  A Pillar of the Church  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/ixv09_n7mUeGXQ-6
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  Chasm  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/sfS0g-HZYDTWW-n_
  57. 57.
    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  Man of Magic  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/os1TKuXuAkqaVBGV
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The New Generation  ●  1926
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/UAeQqmNvqUvVntpp
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    Bonner, Marita, 1898(?)-1971  ●  The Pot Maker  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/FqvegXolQQVy4-pN
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    Edmonds, Randolph, 1900-1983  ●  Illicit Love  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/LavU_tzAzEEhSVlu
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    Edmonds, Randolph, 1900-1983  ●  Silas Brown  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/h2YWaV0mOVs1FrRM
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    Hurston, Zora Neale, 1891-1960  ●  The First One  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/pQMU0dXkJFZhwggg
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    Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp, 1880(?)-1966  ●  Plumes  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/-p1oTYbSa5PSLiYB
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    Nugent, Richard Bruce, 1906(?)-1987  ●  Sahdji  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/Z00DjxhHKWn9qf1L
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Flight of the Natives  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/ujCfV8L7eduKLF6b
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Idle Head  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/zGGf8KHcyxFQ6LgW
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  Fool's Errand  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/5ZfiQfQigRtw0mja
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  Her  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/nITUfvdiHD3fWmny
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  Hot Stuff  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/mtLj97Aocw3o-vBh
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  The Hunch  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/yHPM2tTP8CbRJZ9h
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  Undertow  ●  1927
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/wJAKvGcNC7m6ka15
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    Bonner, Marita, 1898(?)-1971  ●  The Purple Flower  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/n4WJuCjJVoNbvEcf
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    Hazzard, Alvira, fl. 1930  ●  Mother Liked It  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/DCyWZhX8VqG0bSdj
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    Mitchell, Joseph S., 1891-  ●  Son Boy  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/KrEDGVnPhV-LcpxJ
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The House of Sham  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/ODxLQqnTOzm0qtXT
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Peacock's Feathers  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/xF__QAIp4nOzLEHF
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    Spence, Eulalie, 1894-1981  ●  Episode  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/GvN5-C-5xHz--me5
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    Thurman, Wallace Henry, 1902-1934  ●  Harlem: A Melodrama of Negro Life in Harlem  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/13lB0RfmSB7LKbCX
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    Wilson, Frank H., 1886(?)-1956  ●  Brother Mose  ●  1928
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/vKlCp2Ds4ur5NA1k
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    Coleman, Ralf M., 1898-1976  ●  The Girl from Back Home  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/r87682KUR0QYyjpr
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    Cuney-Hare, Maud, 1874-1936  ●  Antar of Araby  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/ozKNkKZ754hvUieP
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    Duncan, Thelma Myrtle, 1902-  ●  Sacrifice  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/EG947RRk8jptMG3e
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    Gunner, Frances, fl. 1929-1930  ●  The Light of the Women  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/9FXHLEW4fqSNtjsC
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    Hazzard, Alvira, fl. 1930  ●  Little Heads  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/W5gvigQK9WCsybCf
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    Johnson, Georgia Douglas Camp, 1880(?)-1966  ●  Safe  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/eI2JQH5qYkxzHKX4
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    Matheus, John Frederick, 1887-1992  ●  Black Damp  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/42B_YU412zFI9Ci4
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    Matheus, John Frederick, 1887-1992  ●  Tambour  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/QxGqlPuAt0GLo9Ew
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    Miller, May, 1899-1995  ●  Graven Images  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/sNV1EA1B3dzTbr1l
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    Miller, May, 1899-1995  ●  Riding the Goat  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/yotwnvZctO-QWjkG
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    Miller, May, 1899-1995  ●  Scratches  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/dcwx0wwc-qX7wkAg
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    Mitchell, Joseph S., 1891-  ●  Help Wanted  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/Uom3x3dyDlLRr5Ka
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    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The Black Horseman  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/s1pf6pYgC_U-_Qiy
  93. 93.
    Richardson, Willis, 1889-1977  ●  The King's Dilemma  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/n48rLF9SUJgJJceU
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    Thurman, Wallace Henry, 1902-1934  ●  Jeremiah, the Magnificent  ●  1929
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/kLyo-k0erpcytL1Z
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    Andrews, Regina M., 1901-1993  ●  Climbing Jacob's Ladder  ●  1930
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/TcoLywVcQHSE8GJ7
  96. 96.
    Burke, Inez M., fl. 1930  ●  Two Races  ●  1930
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/IxilPEvkStowsuGV
  97. 97.
    Burris, Andrew M., 1898-1977(?)  ●  You Mus' Be Bo'n Again  ●  1930
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/mj6WnJ54VneCuzVs
  98. 98.
    Duncan, Thelma Myrtle, 1902-  ●  Black Magic  ●  1930
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/vh93DuqUgioNmAKh
  99. 99.
    Edmonds, Randolph, 1900-1983  ●  Everyman's Land  ●  1930
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/-uceYkdypjc7ZinX
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    Edmonds, Randolph, 1900-1983  ●  Hewers of the Wood  ●  1930
    Permalink: https://artfl-permalink.uchicago.edu/black-drama/TiOHpIGWCtAkBo1W