Biographical Sources for African American Dramatists

Arata, Esther S. More Black American Playwrights: A Bibliography. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1978.

Cinema-TV; Leavey; Reference Center Z1229.N39A73

Hamalian, Leo, and James Hatch. The Roots of African American Drama: An Anthology of Early Plays, 1858-1938. Detroit: Wayne State U, 1991.

Doheny Stacks PS628.N4R66 1991

Harris, Trudier, and Thadious Davis. Afro-American Writers After 1955: Dramatists and Prose Writers [Vol. 38 of Dictionary of Literary Biography]. Detroit: Gale, 1985.

Reference Center PS221.D5 v.38

Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986. Brooklyn: Carlso, 1992.

Reference Center Z1361.N39.K34

Peterson, Bernard L. Contemporary Black Playwrights and their Plays. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1988.

Reference Center PS153.N5P43 1988

Information on over 700 contemporary Black dramatists.

---. Early Black American Playwrights and Dramatic Writers. Westport: Greenwood Press, 1990.

Reference Center PS153.N5P44 1990

Biographical directory of 218 Black playwrights who wrote and produced

plays prior to 1950.

Useful Indexes for Biographical Articles

In addition to the sources listed above, the following indexes should be of great value in identifying biographical articles on dramatists:

Biography Index. New York: Wilson, 1947-.

Reference Center Z5301.B5; CD-ROM version is in Leavey.

Kaiser Index to Black Resources, 1948-1986. 5 vols. Brooklyn: Carlson, 1992.

Reference Center Z1361.N39K34 1992

Spradling, Mary. In Black and White: A Guide to Magazine Articles, Newspaper Articles, and Books Concerning More Than 15,000 Black Individuals and Groups. Detroit: Gale, 1986.

Doheny Stacks; Leavey; Reference Center Z1361.N39S655