At the height of the Harlem Renaissance, the 1928 marriage of activist/publisher W.E.B. Du Bois' daughter, Yolande Du Bois, to prominent poet Countee Cullen was more than a celebrity wedding. It was a ...

Among the many valuable chapters of America's cultural history too little known to the general public today, the Harlem Renaissance is one of the richest. Kudos, then, to playwright Charles Smith for ...

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ALBANY — Press materials for the Black Theatre Troupe of Upstate NY mention that Charles Smith’s play “Knock Me a Kiss” is a fictionalized retelling of the brief marriage between Yolande Du Bois, the ...

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The Harlem Renaissance was a ...

With enough pomp and circumstance to befit royalty, the 1928 marriage of W.E.B. Du Bois’s daughter to his protégé, the poet Countee Cullen, was considered one of the shining moments of the Harlem ...

Dina Lewis as Yolande and Jean Hyppolite as Jimmy Lunceford in M Ensemble’s “Knock Me a Kiss” at the Sandrell Rivers Theater through Sunday, April 27. (Photo by Christa Ingram/Courtesy M Ensemble) ...

Kyle Carthens as Jimmie Lunceford and Emily Terry as Yolande Du Bois in Ensemble Theatre's "Knock Me A Kiss." (Ensemble Theatre) The best reason to see Ensemble Theatre's "Knock Me A Kiss" is the ...

Has it been a year already!? Just twelve months ago we celebrated Gay History Month – and, like clockwork, it’s that time again! For our first installment of this month-long look back, let’s shine ...