The August Wilson Center for African American Culture

August Wilson was an incredible playwright, who chronicled African American lives in his native Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Some of his plays, Fences, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Jitney and the last one, Radio Golf produced in 2005. The winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and the first African American to have two shows running simultaneously on Broadway.

The Pittsburgh community opens the The August Wilson Center for African American Culture tonight. This facility boasts 65,000 square footage where an educational center, seven galleries and a 500 seat theater will keep the public coming for years.