No free photograph
Mary P. Burrill
American playwright (1881-1946) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 65
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.
Mary P. Burrill is read about 8 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?About this person
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.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1881 to 1946 · aged 65
