Throughout his many works, August Wilson helped make a brighter, less racial future for all playwrights that might be discriminated against. He also wrote many plays about African-American life so people could understand the historical background and what it was like for African-Americans when faced with prejudice. Wilson did not start out his writing career as a young child however. It was only in his later teenage years that he was inspired to help the Black Power movement.
             Early life for August Wilson was extremely difficult, growing up in poverty. He grew up in a single parent household, yet despite the time period and struggles, his mother managed to support Wilson and his five other siblings as well as she could (Bowman 2). Sadly his father left the large family early on. Frederick Kittel (? - 1965) was a red-haired baker that emigrated from Germany to the United States. He met and fell in love with Daisy Wilson then later married. After having six children, Frederick Kittel abandoned his family. He left while Wilson was very young (Bowman 2).
             August Wilson was born, the fourth child out of six. Wilson was born April 27th, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Wilson August 243). He was born Frederick August Kittel (Wilson August 243). Wilson's family was already crowded enough in the tiny apartment they all had to share. Freda, Donna, and Linda Jean were Wilson's sisters (Wilson August 243). His brothers were Edwin and Richard Kittel (Wilson August 243).
             Daisy Kittel, (? - 1983) was an African-American woman born and raised in North Carolina. She was both strong and determined, for she needed to raise her six children alone, in a Bedford Avenue two room apartment in Pittsburgh's Hill District. This was a poor neighborhood inhabited by black Americans, Italians, and Jews. After her husband left, she supported her children by working at a cleaning job (Bowman 2). During August Wilson's teenage years, his mother m...