What Does the Closure of ‘Ain’t No Mo’ Mean for the Future of Black Stories?

AMERICAN THEATRE: It was Nov. 5, 2008, the day after Barack Obama’s election, and a young Black high school student was “beaming with pride, full of joy and optimism about his Blackness and everything he could be.” Then, on his locker, he saw a note: “Go Back To Africa.” And so, as any good writer or dramatist does when faced with a challenge, he took it.