FREDERICK CHARLES BENJAMIN by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 8 Dancer – Choreographer { September 8, 1944 – December 14, 2013 } Page 1 – 8 Fred Benjamin, an internationally known teacher of jazz dance …
Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype by Dale Ricardo Shields “Women of Color were often kept from the polls through a variety of tactics. They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from …
ARTHUR THEODORE WILSON July 2, 1945 – June 6, 2024 “What color is a friend when you need one?” by Dale Ricardo Shields Published Poet; Playwright; Teacher; and Co-Editor/Publisher of over thirty years of Attitude …
ROBERT HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields American actor, producer, and activist. Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. …
_________________FAITH _____________________RINGGOLD Internationally Celebrated Artist Mixed Media Sculptor, Writer, Lecturer, and Activist. Born: October 8, 1930, Harlem, New York, NY Died: April 13, 2024 (age 93 years) “I guess I had fun doing …
THE SHIELDS BROTHERS The Shields Brothers, a mainstay of Cleveland’s gospel music scene for more than seventy years. by Dale Ricardo Shields “There is a silence into which the world can not intrude. There is …
VINIE BURROWS by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Born – Vinie Harrison November 15, 1924 – December 27, 2023 [ “I guess it’s like a DNA. Hard to describe, and identify, but I feel …
SANDRA REAVES-PHILLIPS by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Page 1 -10 “She succinctly underlines the three elements that are needed to do the job right – talent, talent, and more Talent… a performance to be savored …
The Civil Radical Wars of the Black American Soldier by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “Throughout America’s history, from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle of Fallujah, Black Soldiers have honorably answered the call to duty, serving …
THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL by Dale Ricardo Shields “The Devil’s Punchbowl is a place located in Natchez, Mississippi where during the Civil War; authorities forced tens of thousands of freed slaves to live in concentration camps. …
The TOUGALOO NINE by Dale Ricardo Shields [Research] Page 1 – 6 Nine students from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. staged a “read-in” at a Whites-only library in March of …
ARTIST / ARCHIVIST / ARTISTIC ACTIVIST / HISTORIAN
As America reckons with generations of racial injustice, and destroyed hidden history… the stories that we will preserve, present, and honor are the very things that will hopefully foster world empathy, change lives and ensure that our next generations of Americans have a different and positive view of themselves and their neighbors.
I must be a motivating catalyst, an actor for justice, an director of change, and an artist of choice.
Marcus GraveyThe Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music
The Civil Radical Battles of Black American Soldiers
The Devils Punchbowl
The Tougaloo Nine
Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype
The Shields Brothers Gospel Singers
Kevin A. Williams/WAK (Artist)
“We are not makers of history. We are made by history.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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“Art is a weapon in the struggle of ideas…
The artist’s role is to raise the consciousness of the people.
To make them understand life, the world, and themselves more completely.”
Imamu Amiri Baraka
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“We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. And if they are thrown away, it is our duty as artists and as witnesses for the future to collect them again for the sake of our children, and, if necessary, bone by bone.”
FREDERICK CHARLES BENJAMIN by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 8 Dancer – Choreographer { September 8, 1944 – December 14, 2013 } Page 1 – 8 Fred Benjamin, an internationally known teacher of jazz dance who was also part of the creative wave of young Black modern-dance choreographers who came to prominence in the 1970s. …
Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype by Dale Ricardo Shields “Women of Color were often kept from the polls through a variety of tactics. They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from voting … These women not only faced discrimination and violence on the basis of their race, but they faced discrimination …
ARTHUR THEODORE WILSON July 2, 1945 – June 6, 2024 “What color is a friend when you need one?” by Dale Ricardo Shields Published Poet; Playwright; Teacher; and Co-Editor/Publisher of over thirty years of Attitude Magazine. Mr. Wilson was born in Newark, New Jersey at the end of World War II. His early fascination and …
ROBERT HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields American actor, producer, and activist. Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. The Negro Ensemble Company is credited with the launch of the careers of many major Black artists of all disciplines, …
_________________FAITH _____________________RINGGOLD Internationally Celebrated Artist Mixed Media Sculptor, Writer, Lecturer, and Activist. Born: October 8, 1930, Harlem, New York, NY Died: April 13, 2024 (age 93 years) “I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.“ – Faith Ringgold by Kailee Elizabeth Cross Edited and Revised by Dale …
THE SHIELDS BROTHERS The Shields Brothers, a mainstay of Cleveland’s gospel music scene for more than seventy years. by Dale Ricardo Shields “There is a silence into which the world can not intrude. There is an ancient peace you carry in your heart and have not lost. There is a sense of holiness in you …
