Category: **Petitions**

Roy Hamilton – Singer

    Roy Hamilton   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS ~*****~ April 16, 1929, Leesburg, Georgia –   July 20, 1969 New Rochelle, New York Roy Hamilton, during his illustrious 15-year singing career, was known by many nicknames: Mr. Rock and Soul, The Gentle Giant, and, most notably, The Golden Boy of Song.  But few of …

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Hattie McDaniel (Actress) – Petition

HATTIE  McDANIEL 1895 – 1952 ______________________________________ “Why should I complain about making seven hundred dollars a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making seven dollars a week actually being one”    By Dale Ricardo Shields  All Rights Reserved – iforcolor.org Give Hattie McDaniel an Oscar; Support the replacement of her plaque Petition …

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