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• Jitney

  a Play in Two Acts

  Wilson, August

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  The script of JITNEY, for your reading pleasure.

• In Black and White

  Conversations With African American Writers. Part Five August Wilson

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  In this documentary Wilson talks about his childhood, self-education, writing, and work on the “Pittsburgh Cycle” (aka “Century Cycle”) plays, which includes JITNEY.

• August Wilson

  American Dream, in Black and White

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  Interviews with Wilson and fellow writers provide insights into the African American experience. Includes scenes from JITNEY, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fences, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, and Two Trains Running.

• August Wilson

  the Ground on Which I Stand

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  This documentary explores the legacy of Wilson with interviews, dramatic readings and rare footage, including scenes from JITNEY. Features James Earl Jones, Phylicia Rashad, Laurence Fishburne and Viola Davis.

• Just Above My Head

  Baldwin, James, 1924-1987

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  A man grieves for his brother in this sweeping family saga set in 1960s Harlem. Baldwin's novel is informed by the power of gospel music, as Wilson's work is of the blues.

• Black Magic: Sabotage, Target Study, Black Art

  Collected Poetry, 1961-1967

  Baraka, Amiri, 1934-2014

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  Wilson frequently cited his “Four B’s” of influence: the blues, Borges, Bearden and Baraka, whose writing embraced the political. This collection of poetry focuses on Baraka’s separation from white society’s values.

• The Aleph

  Including the Prose Fictions From The Maker

  Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986

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  Borges was another of Wilson’s “Four B’s” of influence. As Mark William Rocha writes in “August Wilson and the Four B’s: Influences,” Wilson’s protagonists “each [conduct] a Borgesean quest to locate or lose a text.”

• New/lost Plays by Ed Bullins

  An Anthology

  Bullins, Ed

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  Wilson later amended his “Four B’s” to include playwright and former Black Panther Minister of Culture Ed Bullins, in whose work he found “someone writing plays about blacks with an uncompromising honesty.” (“The Paris Review,” Winter 1999)

• One Shot Harris

  the Photographs of Charles 'Teenie' Harris

  Crouch, Stanley

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  Harris, a lifelong resident of Pittsburgh’s Hill District, created a unique and stunning body of work documenting Black life and culture as a photographer for the “Pittsburgh Courier.”

• August Wilson's Twentieth-century Cycle Plays

  a Reader's Companion

  Sternlicht, Sanford, 1931-

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  This literary guide examines Wilson’s life as well as the themes, settings and characters in his “Pittsburgh Cycle” plays, which includes JITNEY.

• Smoketown

  the Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

  Whitaker, Mark

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  This portrait of black life and cultural excellence in Pittsburgh in the 20th century includes a chapter on Wilson and his “Pittsburgh Cycle.”

• Conversations With August Wilson

  Wilson, August

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  In this collection of interviews, Wilson talks at length about his writing process, plays, background, and influences.

• Seattle Rep's JITNEY website

  View on seattlerep.org

  In the 1970s, when licensed cabs refused to service Pittsburgh’s predominantly black Hill District, Jim Becker establishes a rideshare service to meet the needs of his community. Faced with the devastating news that the city is about to…Read moreRead more of this annotation