“Terrible Laughing God”: Challenging Divine Justice in African American Antilynching Plays, 1916–1945
In the early twentieth century, African Americans waged a propaganda war against the scourge of lynching. Theater was a vital element of this effort, and over two dozen plays were written with the intent of depicting the horror that accompanied these brutal acts of violence. These plays, though larg...
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Cambridge University Press
[2008]
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Religion and American culture
Year: 2008, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 177-214 |
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