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Poet Maya Phillips on Legacy of America’s First Black Theater
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10:15Now PlayingPoet and arts critic Maya Phillips has an incredible story of America's first Black theater, and it opened over 200 hundred years ago in New York City.
In a recently published essay in the New York Times, she goes into detail about a thriving Black theater called “The African Theater,” which was founded by William Alexander Brown. Its captivating story is both “an inspiration and a cautionary tale.”
Phillips, who is also an author of an upcoming book called “Nerd,” joins Shannon LaNier on “Black News Tonight” to discuss more about America’s first-ever Black theater.
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