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and the first Black summer theater in the United States. The troupe, which produced five plays in six weeks, developed a repertoire including celebrated plays like
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editorial praised the endeavor itself: "They appeared not as representatives of their race but as representatives of theater art. They served their country well."
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and James W. Butcher, and became the chairwoman. Cooke would remain head of the department until 1957. One of her notable students was the novelist
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who entered the drama program at Howard two years after it was established in 1949. Some of her other pupils at Howard included actresses
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of fourteen prominent
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African American stage performers and theatre people, 1816–1960
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African American Drama: An Anthology of Early Plays, 1858-1938
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American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume II
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Anna "Anne" Margaret Cooke was born on
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African American stage director and academic (1907–1997)
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In 1942, Cooke led the Hampton Institute (present-day
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