A Sunday Morning in the South

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A Sunday Morning in the South is a one-act play by Harlem Renaissance writer Georgia Douglas Johnson that powerfully depicts racial injustice and the terror of lynching in the early 20th-century American South.

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instanceOf one-act play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
addresses injustice in the legal system ⓘ
racial violence ⓘ
associatedWith African American theatre ⓘ
anti-lynching plays ⓘ
author Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creatorEthnicity African American woman writer ⓘ
depicts terror of lynching ⓘ
focusesOn African American experience under Jim Crow ⓘ
form one act ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
social protest drama ⓘ
hasAuthorRole Georgia Douglas Johnson as playwright ⓘ
intendedMedium stage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod early 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainTheme lynching ⓘ
racial injustice ⓘ
racial terror in the American South ⓘ
movement Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
notableFor anti-lynching message ⓘ
portrayal of lynching from Black community perspective ⓘ
portrays Black family life in the segregated South ⓘ
settingLocation American South ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
socialIssue mob violence ⓘ
racism in the American South ⓘ
subjectMatter racial oppression in the Jim Crow South ⓘ
tone tragic ⓘ
writer Georgia Douglas Johnson ⓘ

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