Renee Matthews Jackson

           RENEE                      MATTHEWS                                         JACKSON   By Dale Shields                     “…and sometimes it takes the bitter ale of life to make …

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Lynnie Godfrey

   Lynnie Godfrey   By Dale Ricardo Shields    Ms. Godfrey received a Drama Desk Nomination for her Broadway debut in the Musical Revue EUBIE!. She received the Dramalogue and NAACP Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress for her portrayal in NO PLACE TO BE SOMEBODY. She received the AUDELCO Award for Outstanding …

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Shirley Taylor

SHIRLEY TAYLOR By Dale Ricardo Shields “Born and raised in New York City, Shirley C. Taylor started her professional journey as an arts administrator at the New York Foundation for the Arts and has since built a career leading a variety of arts and cultural education programs throughout New York City: Associate Director for Visual …

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Kathy A. Perkins

Kathy A. Perkins Emeritus Faculty — Lighting Design/MA and Ph.D. Faculty University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) 1978 Theatre – Lighting Design [MFA] Howard University (Washington, D.C.) 1976 Drama {BFA] USAA  829   Specialties: Africa/African Diaspora Theatre, Women of Color, Lighting Design   PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING DESIGN (Representative Listing) St. Louis Black Repertory Company – Artistic Director: Ron …

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BLACK HISTORY

  A Dale Shields Research Collaboration <   My Smilebox Creation [For Educational resources only] BLACK HISTORY The first Africans as slave labor are introduced in America. A Dutch trader exchanges his cargo of 20 Africans for food in Jamestown Virginia, in August of 1619. It is believed that these Africans were sold into conditions …

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