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| | BookRags: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Study Guide |
 | | Born in 1945 to a white father, Frederick August Kittle, and a fl mother, Daisy Wilson, August Wilson grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |
 | | In 1968, he helped to found Pittsburgh's Black Horizons on the Hill Theater, with the goal of "politicizing the community." Wilson was heavily involved with the Civil Rights movement during this time and described himself as a "Black Nationalist." After he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1978, Wilson's career began to gather steam. |
 | | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom from Drama for Students. |
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