By Tyler Ariniello
 Willis Richardson was born on November 5, 1889.
 Willis Richardson died 2 days after his 88th birthday on
November 7, 1977.
He was a son of Willis Wilder and Agnes Ann
Richardson. He and his family moved to Washington
D.C. after the Wilmington Riots in 1898. He attended
public schools in Washington D.C. and later attended
Dunbar high school. There he was encouraged to write
plays by Mary P. Burrell.
On September 1st, 1914 he married a woman named Ellen
Jones. Later they produced 3 children. Their names
and date of birth are 1st Jean Paula Richardson she was
born on August 7th, 1916. 2nd was Shirley Antonella
Richardson she was born on April 29th, 1918. 3rd was
Noel Justine Richardson he was born on August 14th,
1920.
Willis Richardson had a job as a play writer. In 1921 his
first play to go on stage was “Deacons Awakening.” It
was first presented to the public at Saint Paul,
Minnesota. This was followed by the following year
“The Chip Woman’s Fortune.” The play was produced
by Raymond O'Neil's Ethiopian Art Players in Chicago,
Washington, D.C., and became the first non-musical
production by an African American on Broadway. His
play Mortgaged was presented in 1923 by the Howard
Players at Howard University.
He was most well known for his plays he wrote. Also on
how popular they were.
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