All God’s Chillun Got Wings (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Eugene O’Neill
- First Published: 1924
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: 1898-1915
- Setting: Lower Manhattan, New York City
- Principal Characters: Jim Harris, Mrs. Harris, Hattie, Ella Downey, Shorty, Joe, Mickey
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: African Americans, Discrimination, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Racism, Race, Nineteenth century, New York City, 1910’s, Emotions, Self-confidence, Intermarriage
- Locales: Manhattan, NY
The Play
The curtain rises on “a corner in lower Manhattan,” where three streets meet. The street to the left is all white, that to the right is all black. In the spring evening, four white and four black children play marbles; among the children are Ella Downey, Shorty, and Mickey, all white, along with Jim Harris and Joe, who are black. As the sun sets, the children realize that they must go home, but Jim and Ella linger. When the others tease them, Jim chases them away. Alone, Jim tells Ella that he has been drinking chalk and water to make himself white, while Ella...
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