INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — An Indianapolis church is offering up a different type of nativity scene ... Asian and also African American. And we also have a homeless scene and also a refugee scene.

The play used African American history as a frame, calling to unite poor Black and white people to fight the exploitation of the rich. “Black Nativity,” originally titled “Wasn’t That a ...

"Black Nativity" tells the story through a combination of African American scripture, poetry, dance and song. When American poet and playwright Langston Hughes wrote the play originally named Wasn ...

BLACK NATIVITY, a retelling of Christianity's Nativity story, is an expression of playwright Hughes' interest in African American spirituality and the oral traditions of the African American church.