Effie Chamberlain, Creoles
*On this date in 1890 Sam T. Jacks’ play Creoles opens.
The Haverhill, Massachusetts’s production is the first time Black women were featured as performers on a public stage
Reference:
The African American Atlas
Black History & Culture an Illustrated Reference
by Molefi K. Asanta and Mark T. Mattson
Macmillam USA, Simon & Schuster, New York
ISBN 0-02-864984-2
