Lorraine Vivian Hansberry Playwright, Activist, and Author Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest American playwright ever to win the Best American Play Award from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle for A Raisin in the Sun. Her other works include The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Les Blancs. By Dale Ricardo Shields (c) All Rights Reserved …
Marcus Garvey: From Jamaican Peasant To Potent Black World Leader ~~~ by Stacy St. Hilaire Edited by Dale Shields “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” Marcus Garvey Marcus Garvey is one of the most influential Black men of all time. He emerged in …
Antone Pagán Actor, Director, Producer, and 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, …
SHIRLEY TAYLOR By Dale Ricardo Shields ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shirley Taylor received her MFA in painting from the City College of New York and has studied at the Art Students League, the School of Visual Arts, and Parsons School of Design. Her paintings and drawings are featured in a number of private collections. A native New Yorker, …
SLAVERY Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and …
