Georgia Douglas Johnson’s plays were written during the height of the Harlem Renaissance and offered an unflinching look at the experience of black Americans and the issues they faced. At front and center in Plumes is poverty and the lingering effects of slavery as desperate mother Charity must make an agonizing decision about her gravely ill daughter. The play is an aching look back at history that can be used as an educational tool and a catalyst for meaningful conversations.
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