Safe
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"Safe" is a powerful short play by Georgia Douglas Johnson that confronts the horrors of racial violence and the emotional turmoil of Black motherhood in early 20th-century America.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
one-act play
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play ⓘ short play ⓘ |
| addresses |
intersection of race and gender
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social conditions of Jim Crow America ⓘ vulnerability of Black women ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
African-American women’s theatre
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anti-lynching activism ⓘ |
| author | Georgia Douglas Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Georgia Douglas Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
legal and social systems that enable lynching
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white supremacist violence ⓘ |
| explores |
fear of bringing Black children into a violent world
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moral dilemmas of motherhood under racial terror ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLocation | United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | emotional turmoil of a Black mother ⓘ |
| form | dialogue-driven drama ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American drama
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drama ⓘ lynching drama ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Black mother
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unborn child ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | protagonist mother ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
readers of anti-lynching literature
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theatre audiences ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | short ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Harlem Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Black motherhood
NERFINISHED
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lynching ⓘ maternal fear ⓘ racial terror in the early 20th century ⓘ racial violence ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| medium | stage ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | domestic interior of a Black household ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early dramatic treatment of lynching from a Black woman’s perspective
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powerful depiction of Black maternal anguish ⓘ |
| partOf |
African-American anti-lynching theatre tradition
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Georgia Douglas Johnson’s lynching plays NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
psychological impact of lynching on Black families
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threat of racial violence against Black men and boys ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
African-American literary criticism
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theatre and performance studies ⓘ |
| tone |
intense
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tragic ⓘ |
| writer | Georgia Douglas Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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