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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The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation

“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 …

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FRED BENJAMIN

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. …

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The Mammy Archetype‏: A Black Maiden Syndrome

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 …

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Arthur Theodore Wilson – Actor, Playwright, Poet, Educator

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 …

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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, …

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