Providence Black Repertory was founded in 1996 to offer theatre, education and other public programming inspired by the traditions of the African diaspora. It folded in 2009, at the height of a major recession.
Full text of 10 plays held in the Manuscripts, Music and Rare Books Divisions of the Library of Congress, as supplemented by archival material from other divisions of the Library
Contains 1,462 plays by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries, 1850-present
1850-present; Black Drama, Second Edition contains approximately 1,462 plays from the mid-1800s to the-present by more than 200 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa, the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries.