Category: Professor

STAN BROWN

STAN   BROWN                                         “As an acting student and then later as a professional actor, I discovered that growing in my ability to give and receive love was essential to my growth and development as an …

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Dale Ricardo Shields

DALE  RICARDO  SHIELDS “All blessings begin with giving! And when you give with a real purpose, your Divine purpose, all the resources you need to fulfill life will come to you.”   Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist    Dale Ricardo Shields is a 2017 winner of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Award®, …

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Louis Johnson

LOUIS  JOHNSON Dancer ~ Choreographer ~ Director ~ Professor   Legendary Artist    by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 of 10 Born: March 19, 1930, Statesville, NC Died: March 31, 2020 Louis Johnson was born on March 19, 1930, in Statesville, N.C., and grew up in Washington. He started out as an acrobat before being discovered by Doris Jones and …

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DUCHESS HARRIS, PhD, JD

MIRIAM (Duchess) HARRIS   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS  “I wouldn’t trade nothing for my journey now.“   Dr. Harris is an Associate Professor of American Studies at Macalester College. She joined the faculty in 1998 and has expertise in 20th-century political history, feminist theory, and race and the law. “Special Assistant to the Provost for …

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John Hope Franklin

John  Hope  Franklin 1915-2009 Archived by Dale Ricardo Shields   “We must go beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths and untrodden depths of the wilderness and travel and explore and tell the world the glories of our journey;” ―    John Hope Franklin John Hope Franklin (January 2, 1915 – March 25, 2009) was an …

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