from most positions of official power in the civil rights movement. As one author writes: The movement, though ostensibly for the liberation of the black race, was in word and deed for the liberation of the black male. Race was extremely sexualized in the rhetoric of the movement. Freedom was equated with manhood and the freedom of blacks with the redemption of black masculinity. Awards and nominations Awards 1991 American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award, for the best new play not yet produced in New York 1992 Tony Award, Best Featured Actor in a Play (Laurence Fishburne) 1992 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Fishburne) 2007 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival Nominations 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1992 Tony Award for Best Play 1992 Tony Award Best Featured Actor in a Play (Roscoe Lee Browne) 1992 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play (Cynthia Martells) 2007 Audelco Award for Dramatic Production of the Year References External links 1990 plays All-Black cast Broadway shows Off-Broadway plays Laurence Olivier Award-winning plays West End plays Civil rights movement in popular culture The Pittsburgh Cycle Plays set in the 1960s