Hattie McDaniel – (Actress)

  HATTIE   McDANIEL 1895 – 1952 ______________________________________ By Dale Ricardo Shields  All Rights Reserved – iforcolor.org “Why should I complain about making seven hundred dollars a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making seven dollars a week actually being one”  A trailblazing American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian who became the first …

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Roy Hamilton – Singer

    Roy Hamilton The Golden Boy of Song   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS ~*****~ April 16, 1929, Leesburg, Georgia –   July 20, 1969 New Rochelle, New York Roy Hamilton, during his illustrious 15-year singing career, was known by many nicknames: Mr. Rock and Soul, The Gentle Giant, and, most notably, The Golden Boy …

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Vinnie Bagwell

         VINNIE                        BAGWELL  by Dale Ricardo Shields    “MY WORK as a sculptor is rooted in storytelling. I create representational sculptures that honor the spirit, dignity, and resilience of people whose histories have too often been silenced or ignored. Through bronze …

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Stephen Wiltshire – Artist

  Stephen Wiltshire “British architectural artist and autistic savant, as he is known for being able to redraw entire landscapes from memory.  Stephen is an artist who was diagnosed with Autism in the 1970s ′s. His parents had helped him enroll in a special school where he could build his future. When he was young, …

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Johnny Nash

JOHNNY NASH by DALE  RICARDO SHIELDS Johnny Nash ***** (born August 19, 1940) is an American reggae and pop music singer-songwriter, best known in the US for his 1972 hit, “I Can See Clearly Now”.   He was one of the first non-Jamaican singers to record reggae music in Kingston, Jamaica. “Born John Lester Nash …

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