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Harry Elam, Jr., The Past as Present in the Drama of August Wilson U. of Michigan Press, 2004
In his acclaimed ten-play cycle, August Wilson sought to illuminate the 20th-century Black experience. Professor Harry Elam, Jr. and actor Brent Jennings describe Wilson's project, both generally and in the context of the play Joe Turner's Come and Gone. And Ian Williams spells out foreign policy priorities for Barack Obama.