Historic Photo Gallery: 1921 to 1940
1921
In November 1921, the Provincetown Players presented Eugene O'Neill's
The Emperor Jones. This landmark drama marked the first time an
African-American actor, Charles S. Gilpin, played the lead in a play
produced by a white company.
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