Colored People's Time
by Leslie Lee

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120 mins 1950s Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Bare Stage/Simple Set Period Costumes

Synopsis

Through a series of vignettes, Leslie Lee explores the history of Black Americans; from a group of slaves meeting in secret to discuss the Bible just before the Civil War, to a couple debating the Back-To-Africa movement during the Harlem Renaissance, to another couple resting their feet after marching in Montgomery.

Press Reviews

"The hero is not a character, but the black spirit for survival - its guts, humor and tenaciousness."

— The New York Times

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573618949
ISBN-10 0573618941

Colored People's Time is a play written by Leslie Lee and published by Samuel French .

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