Category: Activist

The Central Park Five

  The CENTRAL PARK FIVE by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Five young teenagers who were wrongfully convicted as teenagers for the 1989 assault and rape of a jogger in New York City. After serving between six and 13 years in prison, they were fully exonerated in 2002 when the actual perpetrator confessed and DNA evidence confirmed …

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The Orangeburg Massacre

  THE            ORANGEBURG                             MASSACRE    by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “One of the deadliest yet least acknowledged acts of state violence of the Civil Rights Movement.“   In 1968, police opened fire on students at South Carolina State …

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Dale Ricardo Shields

DALE  RICARDO  SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist  Professor Shields represents the powerful convergence of artistry, pedagogy, activism, and archival legacy. His work focuses on using the art, specifically theater and digital archiving, as a tool for social justice, education, and the preservation of Black cultural history.  He …

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Pura Fé

Pura Fé  Pura Fé Crescioni MUSICIAN / SINGER / COMPOSER / ACTIVIST    by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Pura Fé is a celebrated singer-songwriter, musician, and Indigenous activist of Tuscarora and Taino heritage. She is best known for her soulful fusion of Native American ancestral music with Deep South blues, often performed on a lap-steel slide …

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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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