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Mary P. Burrill

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American playwright (1881-1946)

United StatesWritersLived 1881 to 1946 · aged 65
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Mary Powell Burrill was an early 20th-century African-American female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, who inspired Willis Richardson and other students to write plays. Burrill herself wrote plays about the Black Experience, their literary and cultural activities, and the Black Elite.

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Mary Powell Burrill was an early 20th-century African-American female playwright of the Harlem Renaissance, who inspired Willis Richardson and other students to write plays. Burrill herself wrote plays about the Black Experience, their literary and cultural activities, and the Black Elite. She featured the kind of central figures as were prominent in the black society of Washington, D.C., and others who contributed to black women's education in early twentieth century.

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United States
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Writers
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Status
deceased
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Lived 1881 to 1946 · aged 65
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6 languages

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