The Piano Lesson Timeline and Related Events

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  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

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    American Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamation

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    Reconstruction Era

    Addition of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

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    Timeline of the settings of Wilson's "Pittsburgh Cycle"

  • General Start of the Great Migration

    Mass migration of African Americans from the South to the North and West. Ended around 1970

  • Setting of "The Piano Lesson"

    Setting of "The Piano Lesson"

  • Birth of August Wilson

    Birth of August Wilson

  • Brown v. Board of Education

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Premiere of "The Piano Lesson"

    Premiere of "The Piano Lesson"

  • Death of August Wilson