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As an architect, Tandy designed the 1910 St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Harlem, the first black Episcopal church in New York. He also designed the 1918 Villa Lewaro for black self-made millionaire and cosmetics entrepreneur, Madam C.J. Walker. The Georgian-style residence is considered his masterpiece.
Our History. The story of the August Wilson African American Cultural Center began over 20 years ago when a small band of community leaders in Pittsburgh decided to pursue the notion of a single African American arts facility located in the heart of Pittsburgh’s Cultural District. They envisioned this facility to be a place where all people ...
- Wilson 101. August Wilson is an American playwright best known for his unprecedented cycle of 10 plays that chronicle the 20th century African-American experience.
- The Century Cycle. Wilson explores a century’s worth of African-American struggle and triumph in his plays, beginning with the complex narrative of freedom at the turn of the century (Gem of the Ocean) and ending with the assimilation and sense of alienation of the 1990s (Radio Golf).
- The Hill District. All, but one, of Wilson’s plays— Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom— are set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, the economically depressed neighborhood where Wilson was born in 1945 and spent his early years.
- Pulitzer Prizes. Two of Wilson’s plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama— Fences(1987) and The Piano Lesson(1990). (Photo: James Earl Jones and Mary Alice in Fences.
Jan 1, 1993 · The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
- Ethan Pullman
- 2020
SIZE. 25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft. In an invited competition, we were awarded the commission to. design the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. This civic. building, a landmark for Pittsburgh and a world-class icon for the. institution, stands as the armature, backbone and backdrop to the. complex stories of African American ...
Feb 24, 2022 · In addition to partnering with Romero-Wilson, the Center is collaborating with Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Sandra Shannon, Professor of African American Literature at Howard University, the foremost scholar of Wilson’s work, and founder of the August Wilson Society, as well as longtime Wilson collaborator and Tony Award-winning scenic designers David Gallo and Viveca Gardiner.
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Jan 28, 2015 · August Wilson (1945 – 2005) was an award-winning American playwright whose work illuminated the joys and struggles of the African-American experience in the United States during the 20th century.
