Category: Activist

Dale Ricardo Shields

DALE  RICARDO  SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist  Dale Ricardo Shields is a highly accomplished African American actor, director, producer, and educator with a distinguished career in theatre and academia. He is recognized for his profound impact on the lives of his students and his unwavering dedication to …

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Antone Pagán

Antone  Pagán Actor*Director*Producer*Writer   by Dale Ricardo Shields    Antone Pagán was raised in Harlem, New York. He has been a member of the famed Actors Studio since the late 1980s and was recently appointed to the studio’s membership committee. He listed among his Actors Studio mentors, Paul Calderon, Frank Corsaro, Lee Grant, Harvey Keitel, Elizabeth …

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The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation

“The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and …Destroyed a Generation“ HIP HOP IS READ [ WHEN RAP – Hip Hop turned VIOLENT ] RESEARCH: DALE RICARDO SHIELDS   What is the secret meeting that changed rap music?   More than two decades ago, the notion of the alleged meeting described as a “Secret Meeting …

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Faith Ringgold: The Power of Silence

_________________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 …

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Leigh Whipper

                                           LEIGH WHIPPER   by  Dale Ricardo Shields   Leigh Rollin Whipper  A massive figure in early American performing arts, breaking racial barriers long before the Civil Rights Movement.  The 1st Black member of Actors …

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