Jericho-Jim Crow

Jericho-Jim Crow is a critically acclaimed 1964 play written by Langston Hughes. It was a pioneering work in the black gospel musical style, based on the themes of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. According to Arnold Rampersad, a Hughes scholar, Hughes had ?virtually pioneered? the black gospel musical, first with Black Nativity (1961) and then with Jericho-Jim Crow http://www.nyfos.org/?body=notes&program=1995langston.

Related Topics:
1964 - Langston Hughes - Black gospel - Musical - Civil Rights Movement - Black Nativity

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Book: William Hairston and Langston Hughes

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Premiere: Sunday, January 5, 1964 at the Sanctuary Theatre, (New York) . It was co-directed by Alvin Ailey and William Hairston and conducted by Hugh Porter. Marion Joseph Franklin, Jr. was associate musical director and musical accompanist.

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(A 1964 New York Times Review by Richard F. Shepard http://www.nytimes.com/books/01/04/22/specials/hughes-jericho.html)

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New York Times - Review

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