by Kevin Wolf In 1936 a play opened in London and according to the back cover “for the first time, black actors appeared on the British stage in a work by a black playwright.” This was C.L.R. (Cyril Lionel Robert) James (“Trinidadian historian, journalist, and revolutionary) work portraying the revolt of enslaved people. Paul Robeson played Toussaint Louverture. Toussaint had helped lead the revolt against slavery in San Domingo (taking back its pre-colonial name of Haiti). James is quoted on the inside cover “They, the Negro slaves, are the most important characters in the play. Toussaint did not make the… Read More