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®. …
Dale Ricardo Shields
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February 8, 2022
- A Raisin In The Sun, A Soldier's Play, A Streetcar Named Desire, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Allyson Tucker Mitchell, Andre De Shields, Angela Winborn, Anna Marie Horsford, Anne Yuan, Another World, Autumn Stiles, Bebe Neuwirth, Before It Hits Home, Bill Cosby, Bill Ransom, Brandon Hummons, Brandt Gentry, Brian Evaret Chandler, Brian Stokes Mitchell, CCH Pounder, Chuck Cooper, Claude Shields, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland School of the Arts, Connie Lawson-Davis, Crowns, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Daniel Fiorentini, Darlene Darby Baldwin., Denison University, Dennis Dalen, Dorothy Silver, Dr. Roger Jelliffe, Driving Miss Daisy, Ed Blunt, Edan Noelle, Erich McMillan-McCall, Fame, Fannie Shields, Fires in The Mirror, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf, Godspell, Golden Boy, Grace Miller, Guiding Light, Home, I, If you are Seeing This It's Too Late. How do you Slam a Revolving Door - {A Word Jam}., ITV, Jaguar Turtle, Jaime Weinfeld, Jamila Atkinson, Jasmine KP, Jeremy Wright, Jerry Jackson, Jimmie D. Woody, Johnny Cash, Justine Nape, Karamu House, Keith Mullings Jr, Keith ScootDawg Nolen, Kendra Petite, Khari Riley, KiKi Shepard, Lafayette Robinson, Laughter on the Twenty Third Floor, LaZette McCants, Lennie Johnson III, Leslie Varnick, Lincoln Center (State Theatre), Macalester College, Maha McCain, Maha McClain, Man of La Mancha, Mariama Whyte, Marilyn Bianchi, Mark Anthony Arceño, Mark Horning, Marlaine Browning, Melvinia Shields, Mindbuilders, Moses Shields, Myky Tran, Najee Rollins, New Federal Theatre, Nicole Antoinette Smith. Kyle Bowser, Nina Domingue Glover, Of Mice and Men, Ohio University, Ossie Davis, Oz Scott, Peyton Dean, Phi Kappa Phi, Phylicia Rashad, Pia Long, Playwrights Horizons, Project1Voice, Quaanzale Thompson, Quartermaine's Terms, Ragtime, Randolph-Macon College, Reggie Kelly, Rosanne Cash, Ruby Dee, Rumors, Same Time Next Year, Sara Blike, Sarah Shields, Saturday Night Live, Scott Holmes, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Shields Brothers, Singers, Something Wanted, South Bronx Community Action Theatre, Special Needs, St. Clements, Stephen Sondheim, Susquehanna University, The Amen Corner, The American Folk Theatre, The Beck Center for the Arts, The Brownsville Raid, The Center for Families and Children, The Cleveland Playhouse, The College of Wooster, The Colored Museum, The Cosby Show, The Ensemble Studio Theatre, The Henry Street Settlement House (New Federal Theatre), The Joseph Papp Public Theatre (New York Shakespeare Festival), The Kennedy Center, The Me Nobody Knows, The Negro Ensemble Company, The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail, The Penumbra Theatre, The University of Akron, The Weathervane Playhouse, The Weathervane Theatre, Thomas Schmitz, Three Ways Home, Tom O'Horgan, Tony Liu, Too Sing America, Top Dog/Underdog, Trouble in Mind, Upward Bound, Vivian Distin, Wayne State University, William Bryant Shields Sr., Wizzy Dorceus, Xavier Jesus Vargas, Youngstown Early Intervention Program
The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation
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April 24, 2025
“The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and …Destroyed a Generation“ HIP HOP IS READ [ WHEN RAP – Hip Hop turned VIOLENT ] RESEARCH: DALE RICARDO SHIELDS What is the secret meeting that changed rap music? More than two decades ago, the notion of the alleged meeting described as a “Secret Meeting …
- 50 Cent, Afrika Bambaataa, André 3000, Beastie Boys, Carol Wekesser, Chris Ede, Cole Mize, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, DJ Kool Herc, Earl Simmons, Eminem, Eric B, Fat Joe, Frances Cress Welsing, Ghostface Killah, Grand Wizzard Theodore, Grandmaster Flash, Guy O’Brien, Henry Lee Jackson, Ice Cube, Ice T, J. Cole, James Brown, Jay-Z, Jeff Chang, Kathy Iondoli, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Gates, Kool Moe Dee, KRS-One, Kurtis Blow, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Melle Mel, Michael Anthony Wright, Missy Elliott, N Mccall, Nas, Public Enemy, Queen Latifah, Rakim, Richard Griffin, Run-DMC, Russell. Simmons, Salt-N-Pepa, Slick Rick, Snoop Dogg, Spike Lee, Spoonie Gee, Sugarhill Gang, Sylvia Robinson, The Fat Boys, the Jungle Brothers, The Notorious B.I.G., Tricia Rose, Tupac Shakur, Ultramagnetic MCs, Wyclef Jean
FRED BENJAMIN
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February 20, 2025
FREDERICK CHARLES BENJAMIN by Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 8 Dancer – Choreographer { September 8, 1944 – December 14, 2013 } Page 1 – 8 Fred Benjamin, an internationally known teacher of jazz dance who was also part of the creative wave of young Black modern-dance choreographers who came to prominence in the 1970s. …
- Adrienne Frimet, Aisha Coley, Alan Weeks, Alfred Gallman, Alvin Ailey, Amparo Chigui Santiago, Amy Henry, Amy Ragsdale, Andy Torres, Arlena Rolant, Ashford and Simpson, Ben Harney, Bobby Kwame Johnson, Brenda Braxton, Brian “Bomani” Benns, Bruce Hawkins, Bryant Baker, Carl Bailey, Carl Fields, Carolyn Campbell, Catherine Foster, Charles “Malik” Lewis, Cheryl Bell, Cheryl Brooks, Cheryl Norvell, Cheryl Scott, Cherylynn Ross, Chet Tames, Chiquita Ross- Glover, Christian Von Howard, Christiana Tober, Christopher Huggins, Clark Center for the Performing Arts, Clayton Palmer, Cornell Ivey, Dale Ricardo Shields, Damon Pearce, Damon Pierce, David Hutuely, Diane Conway, Dianne Conway, Dina Wright, Donald Griffith, Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Eddie Stockton, Edmee Cherdieu Dana Foglia, Elma Lewis, Fred Benjamin, Fred Bratcher, Freda Vanterpool, Friedman-Abeles, Gary Flannery, Geneva Vivino, George Faison, Gina Ellis, Glen Brooks, Glen Simms, Gower Champion, Gregory B Hinton, Gregory Hinton, Gregory Wright, Gwynenn Jones, Henny Kamerman, Henny Kammerman, Israel Valle, J. Jamal Hardeman, Jack Mitchell, Jacob’s Pillow, Jason Mulloy, Jill Williams, Jorge Vasquez, Juan Henderson, Juanita Grace Tyler, Judy Dearing, June Taylor Dancers, Kathy Thomas, Kay Uchishiba, Kim Jones, LaVerne Washington, Leni Wylliams, Leslie Watanabe, Linda James, Lisa Cave, Lisa Larsen, Lonnie McNeill, Loretta Abbott, Lynn Simonson, MacArthur Foundation, Marilyn Banks, Mark P. Rubin, Mark Rubin, Marlon Lewis, Martha Graham, Marvin Tuning, Matthew Williams, Mercie Hinton, Michael Bennett, Michael Peters, Michael Sampson, Michael Vermy, Michelle Murray, Michelle Simmons, Milton Bowser, Milton Myers, New York Public Library, Olon Godare, Pam Jones, Pat Estwick Heaven, Pearl Bailey, Peter Colly, Peter Norman, Ralph Farrington, Ralph Paul Haze, Reggie Jackson, Reginald Jackson, Renee Rose, Rev. J. Anthony Dargan, Ronald Dunham, Ronald McKay, Rosa Curry, Rovan Hill, Roy Blakey, Seiko Fujita, Sharon Brooks, Shirin Stave, Shirin Stave-Matias, Shirley Black-Brown, Stanley Harrison, Talley Beatty, Ted D Williams, Terrence Popular, Terrin Miles, Tetsuo Yoshida, Thea Nerissa Barnes, Thomas Oakman, Traci Cloyd, Tyrone Monroe, Warren Spears, Wendy Mejia, Winston DeWitt Hemsley
The Mammy Archetype: A Black Maiden Syndrome
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February 1, 2025
Media Depictions of the Mammy Archetype by Dale Ricardo Shields “Women of Color were often kept from the polls through a variety of tactics. They faced racial and ethnic discrimination and were often discouraged from voting … These women not only faced discrimination and violence on the basis of their race, but they faced discrimination …
- Abbey Lincoln, Al Jolson, Amanda Randolph, Anna Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Beau Bridges, Bette Davis, Bob Corley, Butterfly McQueen, Cicely Tyson, Clark Gable, Claudia McNeil, D.W. Griffith, Dale Ricardo Shields, David O. Selznick, Diahann Carroll, Dorothy Dandrige, Edith Wilson, Estelle Evans, Esther Rolle, Ethel Waters, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Hattie McDaniel, Hess Love, Ida B. Wells, James Weldon Johnson, Jean Harlow, Jennie Lee, John Kenrick, John Wesley Holloway, Kathryn Stockett, Langston Hughes, Lauri Peters, Lillian Randolph, Louis Armstrong, Louise Beavers, Marla Gibbs, Marlon Hurt, Maxine Sullivan, Nan Martin, Nancy Green, Nell Carter, Octavia Spencer, Oprah Winfrey, Otis McDaniel, Rosie Lee Moore Hall, Ruby Dandridge, Sanaa Lathan, Shirley Temple, Sidney Poitier, Sojourner Truth, Theresa Harris, Viola Davis, Virginia Capers, Vivien Leigh, Whoopi Goldberg, William Hanna
Arthur Theodore Wilson – Actor, Playwright, Poet, Educator
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June 6, 2024
ARTHUR THEODORE WILSON July 2, 1945 – June 6, 2024 “What color is a friend when you need one?” by Dale Ricardo Shields Published Poet; Playwright; Teacher; and Co-Editor/Publisher of over thirty years of Attitude Magazine. Mr. Wilson was born in Newark, New Jersey at the end of World War II. His early fascination and …
Robert Hooks
ROBERT HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields Actor, Producer, and Activist. Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, the Negro Ensemble Company was founded. “The main thing I want people to remember about me is that my career and my success are more than myself, …
- A Raisin In The Sun, Aaron Loves Angela, Adolph Caesar, Adolph Green, Al Cook, Alfre Woodard, Antonio Fargas, Arthur French, Arthur Laurents, Backstairs at the White House, Barbara Ann Teer, Beah Richards, Bernie Casey, Betty Comden, Bibi Besch, Cecilia Ann Hooks Onibudo, Chester Sims, Christopher Michael Carter, Chuck Gordone, Cicely Tyson, CicelyTyson, Clarence Avant, Claudia McNeil, Dale Ricardo Shields, Dale Shields, Daphne Maxwell Reed, DC Black Repertory Company, Debbie Allen, Denise Nicholas, Denzel Washington, Diana Sands, Dick Anthony Williams, Dick Gregory, Don Murray, Douglas Turner Ward, Ed De Shae, Eric Hooks, Gerald S. Krone, Glenda Dickerson, Glynn Turman, Godfrey Cambridge, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hallelujah Baby, Hattie Winston, Hattie Winston Wheeler, Helen Martin, Howard University, Hurry Sundown, Ivan Dixon, Ja'net Dubois, Janet MacLaughlan, Jean Genet, Jennifer West, Joseph Papp, Jr., Judyann Elder, Jule Styne, Kevin Hooks, Kiyo Dean Tarpley Hooks, Larry Riley, Leslie Uggams, Lex Monson, Lillian Hayman, Lonne Elder III, Lou Gossett, Louise Stubbs, Luise Heath, Luther Henderson, Maya Angelou, Melvin Van Peebles, N.Y.P.D., Nancy Carter, Nancy Wilson, Negro Ensemble Company, New York Shakespeare Festival, Oggi Oburn, Paul Winfield, Police Story, Raymond St. Jacques, Robert Hooks, Ron O'Neal, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosey Grier, Ruby Dee, Seventeen Again, Sidney Poitier, Sonny Jim Gaines, Sophisticated Gents, Terry Carter, Thalmus Rasualla, Trouble Man, Vinnie Burrows, Where's Daddy?, William BT Taylor