Venzella Newsome Jones (1893–1973) was a black actress, orator, playwright, drama teacher, and theatre director.
She attended King's School of Oratory in Pittsburgh, becoming its first black graduate.
[1] Later she taught drama at Rust College, Mississippi[2] and at Morgan State College in Baltimore.
[3] She organised the Imperial Art Players in Pittsburgh in 1924[4] and later formed the eponymous Venzella Jones Repertory Group.
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