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Two vintage reference photographs from the 1992 play, one showing actors Laurence Fishburne and Al White, and one showing White and actors Cynthia Martells and Roscoe Lee Browne. The sixth play in August Wilson's ten-part Pittsburgh Cycle. A meditation on urban renewal, poverty, and the Civil Rights Movement as told through the perspective of an African American diner owner fighting to keep his business open as the government threatens to seize his land for a municipal project. The play premiered on April 13, 1992 at the Walter Kerr Theatre, where it ran for 160 performances, and was nominated for four Tony Awards, winning one for Best Supporting Actor for Laurence Fishburne. Set in the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One 8 x 10 inches, one 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine.…