ALL GOD’S CHILLUN GOT WINGS
_and_
WELDED
BY
EUGENE O’NEILL
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circular seal with the letters “B & L” at the top and irregular dark
shapes suggesting continents, rendered in a rough, high-contrast, inked
style.]
BONI AND LIVERIGHT
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_Copyright, 1924, by_
BONI & LIVERIGHT, INC.
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CONTENTS
PAGE
ALL GOD’S CHILLUN GOT WINGS 13
WELDED 81
ALL GOD’S CHILLUN GOT WINGS
CHARACTERS
JIM HARRIS
MRS. HARRIS, _his mother_
HATTIE, _his sister_
ELLA DOWNEY
SHORTY
JOE
MICKEY
_Whites and negroes_
SCENES
ACT I
SCENE I—A corner in lower New York. Years ago. End of an afternoon in
Spring.