Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson was the 1994 commencement speaker at Morgan State University in Maryland, and one of the graduates in the audience was Ed Gainey.
“I look back on this, years later, because here’s a gentleman … who wrote ‘Radio Golf,’ where he talked about the first Black mayor of the city of Pittsburgh and he’s giving a commencement speech at Morgan State University to a kid in the audience that didn’t even realize he would become the first Black mayor of the city of Pittsburgh,” Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey said at a press event on Thursday.
Gainey joined with members of Black arts organizations and Black-led organizations on Thursday to highlight the August Wilson Legacy Brick Program. People can purchase a brick, which can be inscribed with their name or in honor of a loved one, to celebrate a milestone or recognize an organization or achievement…