Dale Ricardo Shields BIOGRAPHY Actor* Director* Educator* Producer* – Artistic Activist BFA / MFA – Ohio University Broadway, Off-Broadway, LORT, Film, Television AEA-AFTRA/SAG-AGMA – Phi Kappa Phi Notable distinctions include: Recipient of the 2021 Paul Robeson Award. Winner of the 2017 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award. Received the 2022 Ohio University Legend Award. …
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 …
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 …
_________________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 …
