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On This Day in History | African American playwright August Wilson was born
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April 28, 2021
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1:27Now PlayingDuring his lifetime, he went on to win a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award for his play 'Fences' and earned a second Pulitzer Prize for 'The Piano Lesson.' He wrote his first play, 'Jitney', in 1979 and was born Frederick August Kittel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His mother, Daisy Wilson, was of African American heritage and his father was a German immigrant.
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