On Whitman Avenue
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"On Whitman Avenue" is a socially conscious 1946 Broadway play, co-starring Canada Lee, that confronts racism and housing discrimination in postwar America.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Broadway play
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theatrical play ⓘ |
| coStarred |
African American actor Canada Lee
NERFINISHED
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Canada Lee NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
discriminatory housing practices
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white resistance to Black neighbors ⓘ |
| featuresCharacterType | African American war veteran ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
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social problem play ⓘ |
| hasSocialIssueFocus |
civil rights
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race relations in the United States ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
African American civil rights
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injustice in post–World War II America ⓘ racial segregation in housing ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
emergence of civil rights discourse on Broadway
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postwar American housing crisis ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | Broadway theatre-goers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
housing discrimination
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postwar American society ⓘ racism ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early Broadway treatment of housing discrimination
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socially conscious portrayal of racism ⓘ |
| productionType | Broadway production ⓘ |
| setIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| setInPeriod | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| workChronology | 20th-century American theatre ⓘ |
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