Contemporary Black Drama: From A Raisin in the Sun to No Place to Be Somebody

This anthology contains Clinton F. Oliver's introductory essay "The Negro and the American Theater" as well as nine plays from the period 1959-1969. The collection also boasts both biographical and introductory material on the plays and playwrights by Clinton Oliver and Stephanie Sills. The plays in this anthology are Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, Ossie Davis's Purlie Victorious, Adrienne Kennedy's Funnyhouse of a Negro, Amiri Baraka's Dutchman (this book was published in 1971 so here he is credited as Leroi Jones), James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie, Douglas Turner Ward's short plays Happy Ending and Day of Absence, Ed Bullins' The Gentleman Caller, and Charles Gordone's No Place to Be Somebody.