'Niggers Got a Right to be Dissatisfied': Postmodernism, Race, and Class in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.

MA Rainey's Black Bottom (Play : Wilson); WILSON, August, 1945-2005; THEATER

NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); UNITED States

Comments on playwright August Wilson's 'Mai Rainey's Black Bottom.' Critics' reception of the play during its New York City debut in fall 1984; Depiction of racial injustice in the play; Audience response to the drama; Central characters in the play.