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This image released by Netflix shows Chadwick Boseman, from left, Viola Davis and Colman Domingo in &quot;Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.&quot; (David Lee/Netflix via AP)

In ‘Ma Rainey,’ channeling the blues of August Wilson

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by Netflix shows Michael Potts, from left, Chadwick Boseman and Colman Domingo in &quot;Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.&quot; (David Lee/Netflix via AP)

Review: ‘Ma Rainey’ is Boseman’s final, perhaps finest gift

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

FILE - Playwright August Wilson poses for a portrait at Yale University in New Haven, Conn. on April 7, 2005. The University of Pittsburgh has acquired the archive of the late playwright and Pittsburgh native son August Wilson, a trove that contains recordings, letters artwork, poetry, unpublished work and notebooks. (AP Photo/ Michelle McLoughlin, File)

The University of Pittsburgh acquires August Wilson trove

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

Playwright August Wilson to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star

Associated Press

The film set of &quot;Ma Rainey's Black Bottom,&quot; the Chicago-set play by August Wilson, begins to take shape on West North Avenue, on Pittsburgh's North Side. The film adaptation of the play stars Oscar-winner Viola Davis (&quot;Fences&quot;) and Chadwick Boseman (&quot;Black Panther&quot;).(Sharon Eberson/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)

August Wilson was the blues, and Ma Rainey was his muse

By SHARON EBERSON and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004 file photo, the Mountain View Officers' Club, built in 1942, is shown, at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz. The structure is the last of over 14,000 wooden structures built at the fort to house, train,and care for black soldiers preparing for World War II. Once slated for destruction, efforts are now underway to restore the building to its WWII condition. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

$1.1M awarded to preserve African-American historic sites

By REBECCA SANTANA - Associated Press

This Feb. 17, 2017 photo shows a colorful mural in the Hill District of Pittsburgh honoring playwright August Wilson and his work. The Hill District offers a rich map of places and stories connected to Wilson's plays, nine of which are set in Pittsburgh. Artist Kyle Holbrook created the mural with children from a local arts program. (AP Photo/Beth J. Harpaz)

In Pittsburgh, ‘Fences’ and August Wilson’s Hill District

By BETH J. HARPAZ - Associated Press

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Denzel Washington, left, and Viola Davis in a scene from, &quot;Fences.&quot; Adapting Wilson’s masterpiece has taken more than 30 years. Washington, who directed the film and starred on Broadway revival of “Fences” seven years ago, made some key decisions when he was first tapped to translate the play onto celluloid. He reunited five of the main actors; Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Hornsby and Mykelti Williamson. (David Lee/Paramount Pictures via AP)

Washington treaded carefully in adapting ‘Fences’ to film

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

‘Turner’ poetry hangs in the air