[(A Song for Coretta)] [Author: Pearl Cleage] published on

by Pearl Cleage

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First published May 30, 2007

About the author

Pearl Cleage is an African-American playwright, essayist, novelist, poet and political activist. She is currently the Playwright in Residence at the Alliance Theatre and at the Just Us Theater Company. Cleage is a political activist. She tackles issues at the crux of racism and sexism, and is known for her feminist views, particularly regarding her identity as an African-American woman. Her works are highly anthologized and have been the subject of many scholarly analyses. Many of her works across several genres have earned both popular and critical acclaim. Her novel What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day (1997) was a 1998 Oprah's Book Club selection.

Reviews

[Illiterate · Rating 1 out of 5]

A tribute to the civil rights movement and a protest against later changes in African American culture. It’s clumsy and it loses focus after Gwen’s arrival.

[Marilyn]

An one act play by accomplished novelist Pearl Cleage, takes place in February 2006 right after Mrs. King's death & right outside the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta where her body is. The play features five diverse female characters with differing reasons for wanting to pay respects to Mrs. King. From this play I also learned that 2 days after her husband was assassinated, Coretta Scott King led the march in Memphis! This play was a nice tribute to her.