Compare and contrast Wiletta in Trouble in Mind to Jackie "Moms" Mabley in Childress's 1987 play Moms: A Praise Play for a Black Comedienne. Both characters are black actresses, though Moms was a real person. Discuss Childress's depiction of their professional lives and the choices they made.
Research the social conditions surrounding African Americans in the United States in the mid-1950s. How.....
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