Anita Bush (Sept 1, 1883 - Feb 16, 1974). Stage actress, playwright. She founded the Anita Bush All-Colored Dramatic Stock Company in 1915, a pioneering Black repertory theatre company that helped gain her the moniker "The Little Mother of Colored Drama".
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"Anita Bush, Stage Actress and Playwright." Historianspeaks, September 4, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/anita-bush-stage-actress-and-playwright.
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