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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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“The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead,” originally written by Suzan-Lori Parks, is about Black love, intergenerational pain and Black joy. It centers around the last Black man in the world, who dies over and over again and explores archetypes of Black America through piercing insight and raucous comedy.

Wirtz presents “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead”

February 11, 2021

When first-year MFA directing student Manna-Symone Middlebrooks was asked to pitch and direct a play for the Wirtz Center, she chose a play about Black love, intergenerational pain and Black joy. “The...

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“The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World AKA the Negro Book of the Dead”