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Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson, better known as Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880 – May 15, 1966), was a poet and playwright. She was one of the earliest female African-American playwrights , [ 1 ] and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance .
Stephens, Judith L. "Art, Activism, and Uncompromising Attitude in Georgia Douglas Johnson's Lynching Plays." African American Review 39.1/2 (2005): 87–102. Web. Henderson, Dorothy Faye.
Plumes is a one-act, folk drama written by Georgia Douglas Johnson in 1927 (first produced at Chicago's Cube Theatre in the same year). [1] It was played at the Harlem Experimental Theatre between the years of 1928 and 1931. This play won first prize in a playwriting contest sponsored by the influential opportunity magazine.
A Georgia couple accused of beating their 8-year-old daughter, then waiting to seek medical attention are now charged in her death, according to officials. A grand jury indicted Natiela Barros, 34 ...
She married Henry "Link" Johnson, the son of ex-slaves in 1903 and a very educated man. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1925 leaving Georgia with two teenage sons, Henry Lincoln, Jr. and Peter Douglas. [6] Most known for her poetry and Drama, Johnson also happened to be a journalist who contributed to 32 newspapers, publishing weekly ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to consider the case of a Black man on death row in Georgia who says his trial was unfair because the prosecutor improperly excluded Black jurors. Warren ...
Songs of the Harlem River: Forgotten One Acts of the Harlem Renaissance is a collection of five one-act plays written between 1920 and 1930 by several African-American playwrights at the time including Marita Bonner, Ralf M. Coleman, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Willis Richardson, and Eulalie Spence.
The death of Amber Nicole Thurman, 28, was ‘preventable,’ according to 10 doctors A Georgia woman died after doctors delayed abortion care. Harris blamed her death on ‘Trump abortion bans’