All God's Chillun Got Wings (play)
- All God's Chillun Got Wings (play)
All God's Chillun Got Wings was a 1924 play by Eugene O'Neill.
Paul Robeson performed in the premiere, [ [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oneill/sfeature/sf_play.html American Experience | Eugene O'Neill | A Controversial Play | PBS ] ] in which he portrayed the black husband of an abusive white woman who, resenting her husband's skin colour, destroys his promising career as a lawyer. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=All God's Chillun |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,717940,00.html |publisher=Time (magazine) |date=March 17, 1924 |accessdate=2007-06-21 ]
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