DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist Dale Ricardo Shields is a highly accomplished African American actor, director, producer, and educator with a distinguished career in theatre and academia. He is recognized for his profound impact on the lives of his students and his unwavering dedication to …
Dr. Alphine Jefferson Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History Renowned oral historian, his work emphasizes lived experience as a foundation for scholarship, particularly within American colonial, Southern, and African diasporic history. Former director of Black Studies at Randolph-Macon College. “he is often cited for his expertise in “giving voice to the voiceless” and …
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 …
The Civil Radical Wars of the Black American Soldier by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS For my Father, Brother, Uncles and Cousins… Thank you for your service. “Throughout America’s history, from the Battle of Lexington to the Battle of Fallujah, Black Soldiers have honorably answered the call to duty, serving with great valor and distinction in America’s …
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 …
