Alice Childress, a pioneering playwright, actress, and novelist, became the first African American woman to win an Obie Award for Off-Broadway theater. She earned the honor for her play “Trouble in Mind,” a bold and ahead-of-its-time critique of racism in the American theater world.
“Trouble in Mind” was later revived on Broadway in 2021 — decades after its original run — reaffirming Childress’s lasting influence on American theater and social commentary through art.
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