Joe Turner's Come and Gone - Contextual Information

Contextual Information

Joe Turner's Come and Gone is the second in a series of August Wilson's The Century Cycle, which chronicled the struggles and lives of African Americans in the 20th century. Joe Turner's Come and Gone is set in the second decade of the 20th century and chronicles the lives of a few freed former enslaved African Americans in the North. Deals with the conflicts of racism and discrimination.