Garland Anderson at the end of a cross-country drive to New York, in an automobile with a sign promoting his play, "Appearances." A crowd is gathered behind his car. Garland Anderson was a pioneer playwright, and moralistic philosopher of constructive thinking. He was the first African American known to have a serious full-length drama produced on Broadway in New York. Active in the theatre for over 10 years during the 1920s and 1930s. Anderson spent the last period of his life lecturing on his beliefs about constructive thinking, on which he wrote a book titled Uncommon Sense (1933). On the banner on the car: San Francisco to New York. "Appearances" Garland Anderson The Black San Francisco Bellhop Playwright. Written on back of photo: The first Negro writer to achieve Broadway production was Garland Anderson. He had worked as a bellhop in San Francisco. En Route to New York he made a cross-country auto tour to publicize his play "Appearances" (1925), and was greeted by the mayor in front of city hall.
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African American authors African American dramatists Anderson, Garland, 1886-1939
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