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Remembering Abena Joan Brown
Remembering Abena Joan Brown-February 2024
Feb 23, 2026 10:49 PM

Abena Joan Brown died on Sunday at age 87. She was a pioneer of the African-American theater scene in Chicago and co-founded the ETA Creative Arts Foundation in 1971. We revisit her appearance on WTTW’sArtbeat Chicagoprogram in 1998. During the segment, Brown talks about the early days of starting a theater company.

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