• Fig. 1. Defiance (sometimes called The Fugitive), one of four wood block prints from Aaron Douglas’s Emperor Jones Series that appeared in Alain Locke’s Plays of Negro Life. Set of 4 Prints (series title), 1926 (printed 1972). Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, General Art Purchase Fund.

"Defiance," one of four wood block prints from Aaron Douglas’s "Emperor Jones Series"

From Racing the Great White Way: Black Performance, Eugene O'Neill, and the Transformation of Broadway by Katie N. Johnson

  • “Defiance” (sometimes called “The Fugitive”), one of four wood block prints from Aaron Douglas’s Emperor Jones Series that appeared in Alain Locke’s Plays of Negro Life.
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  • African American Studies
  • Theater and Performance
  • American Studies
  • Literary Studies:American Literature
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  • 1926
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