Posts by A.J. Muhammad

African Americans on Broadway Then and Now

by A.J. Muhammad, Librarian, JBH Research and Reference Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
February 26, 2016

The 2015-2016 Broadway theater season is being hailed as one of the most diverse on record. Is this slate of shows featuring African Americans on Broadway unprecedented? Let’s look take a look back into American theater history to approximately 70 years ago.

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