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Ma Rainey's black bottom

by August Wilson · 1985

Cover of Ma Rainey's black bottom
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Presents the script for a two-act play set in a Chicago recording studio in 1927 where African-American band members and blues singer Ma Rainey reveal the conflicted feelings they have about their status in the white man's world.

African AmericansBlues musiciansDramaMusiciansNineteen twentiesBlues (Music)RacismLibrettosMusicalsAmerican Blues singersAmerican dramaAfrican American authors