The Ground on Which I Stand

“What we do now becomes history by which our grandchildren will judge us.” August Wilson’ s words, delivered in a speech at Theatre Communications Group’ s conference in June 1996, remain as vital and relevant today as they did 25 years ago.Fierce and passionate, The Ground on Which I Stand is Wilson’ s eloquent, personal call for African American artists to seize the power over their own cultural identity and to establish permanent institutions that celebrate and preserve the singular achievements of African American dramatic art and reaffirm its equal importance in contemporary American culture.