BHM 2026No 24

Pauline Elizabeth Hopkins-Author

pioneer use of the romantic novel to explore social & racial themes, editor for the Colored American Magazine, celebrating Black culture Wrote Musicals

#BlackhistoryMonth #BlackHistoryMonth2026

#Blackplaywrights #BlackNovelist #PaulineHopkins

The Fire This Time Festival takes CENTER STAGE at The Apollo Theater! Performances start Jan 23rd and runs through the 31st. We are so grateful to be a part of TFTT's history! tickets at the link in our bio #indietheatre #blackplaywrights

Mustapha Matura (17 December 1939 – 29 October 2019)

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#blackmen #blackpeople #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackplaywrights #asian #britishasian #blackhistory #blackcreatives #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Anthony Dwain Lee (July 17, 1961 – October 28, 2000)

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#blacklivesstillmatter #blackwomen #blackpeople #blackamerican #police #whitepeople #whitedevil #blackactors #blackplaywrights #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Dangerous Acts Spelman College premieres tonight at 7pm ET on @AllArtsTV. Watch at allarts.org, on YouTube, or the free ALL ARTS app.
#spelmancollege #blackplaywrights

"Pretending 2 b Mexican, Native or South Asian helped Black Americans AVOID Jim Crow laws

Langston hughes passed as Mexican 2 avoid Jim Crow"

@PJenkins1931

#blackmen #blackamerican #blackpoets #blacktivists #blacknovelists #blackplaywrights #blackcolumnists #blackleaders #blacksky #addtoblacksky

DC-Takoma Native Playwright Wins Second Tony Award DC-Takoma Park playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins earned his second Tony Award on Monday for his play Purpose.

Not only did Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play Purpose earn him his second Tony Award, but it also won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama! 🏆🎭 Huge congrats, Branden!! 👏 --> www.mymcmedia.org/dc-takoma-na...

#TakomaMD #DC #MoCo #TonyAwards #PulitzerPrize #BlackPlaywrights #Theatre

John Agard FRSL (born 21 June 1949)

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#blackmen #blackcaribbean #blackbritish #blackplaywrights #blackpoets #blackwriters

"Urban renewal means negro removal"

- James Baldwin

#blackmen #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackwriters #blackauthors #blacktivists #blackessayists #blackplaywrights #blackorators #blackfirsts #blackgay #blackhomosexuals #blacklgbtq #blackhistory #blackconsciousness #blacksky #addtoblacksky

Michael John Abbensetts (8 June 1938 – 24 November 2016) was a Guyana-born British writer who settled in [england] in the 1960s. He had been described as "the best Black playwright

#blackmen #blackbritish #blackcaribbean #blackpeople #blackwriters #blackplaywrights #blacksky #addtoblacksky

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It’s OPENING NIGHT of Season 16 of the @firethistimefestival !!! It’s gonna be a lovely day. ☀️ can’t wait to see you at the theater 💐 #indietheatre #blacktheatre #blacktheater #blackplaywrights

'Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to have a

#blackwomen #blackhistory #blackpeople #blackamerican #blackplaywrights #blackauthors #blackwriters #blacksky #addtoblacksky

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