Blue-Eyed Black Boy

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Blue-Eyed Black Boy is a one-act anti-lynching play by Harlem Renaissance writer Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts racial violence and injustice in the American South.

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Blue-Eyed Black Boy canonical 1

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instanceOf anti-lynching play ⓘ
one-act play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
addresses racial violence and injustice in the American South ⓘ
associatedWith African American literature ⓘ
African American theatre ⓘ
anti-lynching drama tradition ⓘ
author Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creatorOccupation Georgia Douglas Johnson is a playwright ⓘ
Georgia Douglas Johnson is a poet ⓘ
focusesOn a Black mother’s attempt to save her son from lynching ⓘ
form one act ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
social protest drama ⓘ
historicalContext Jim Crow era United States ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement New Negro movement ⓘ
linked to: Harlem Renaissance
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
period early 20th century ⓘ
settingLocation American South ⓘ
subjectMatter racial terror in the American South ⓘ
threat of lynching of a young Black man ⓘ
theme Jim Crow segregation ⓘ
linked to: Jim Crow laws

interracial relationships ⓘ
legal injustice ⓘ
lynching ⓘ
maternal protection ⓘ
mob violence ⓘ
racial identity ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racial violence ⓘ
writer Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ

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Georgia Douglas Johnson → notableWork → Blue-Eyed Black Boy ⓘ