1. African american theatre history
"A Trip to Coontown" was the name of the play and it was a good starting block for black women. ... Bert Williams and George Nash Walker made a musical play by the name of "In Dahomey" in 1902. ... First it all began with theater and plays and then elevated to Jazz in New Orleans. ... They then added music together with the plays to make Black musical theater. ... Flournoy Miller and Aubrey Lyles were a black face comedy act that started at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
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