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Mon, 08.04.1890

The First Black Woman Performers On An American Stage

Effie Chamberlain, Creoles

*On this date in 1890, Sam T. Jacks’s play Creoles opens with Effie Chamberlain and  Belle Davis.

The Haverhill, Massachusetts production is the first time Black women were featured as performers on a public stage.

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Reference:

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