Dale Ricardo Shields

DALE  RICARDO  SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist  Professor Shields represents the powerful convergence of artistry, pedagogy, activism, and archival legacy. His work focuses on using the art, specifically theater and digital archiving, as a tool for social justice, education, and the preservation of Black cultural history.  He …

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House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children

by DALE RICARDO SHIEDS – The House of Reformation and Instruction for Colored Children, established in 1870 in Cheltenham, Maryland, was the first juvenile reformatory for Black boys in the American South. Originally intended to remove Black youth from adult prisons, it became a site of systemic abuse, forced labor, and severe neglect for decades.  …

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Ruben Santiago-Hudson

  RUBEN  SANTIAGO-HUDSON  Writer, Director, and Performer   by Dale Ricardo Shields     RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON    Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is the director of the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Jitney which garnered several awards including the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League, …

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The Central Park Five

  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 …

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The Orangeburg Massacre

  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 …

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