“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 …
The Secret Meeting that Changed Rap Music and Destroyed a Generation
- By iforcolor in Activist, FACTS & Trivia, History, Race Theory
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April 24, 2025
- 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
- By iforcolor in Choreographer, Dancer
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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
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. A trailblazing American actor, producer, and “activist” who broke major color barriers in Hollywood Film, Television, and Broadway Theater during the Civil Rights and Black …
- A Raisin In The Sun, Aaron Loves Angela, Adolph Caesar, Adolph Green, Al Cook, Alfre Woodard, Anderson Johnson, Angela Bassett, 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, 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 Bevin, Don Murray, Douglas Turner Ward, Ed De Shae, Eric Hooks, Frederick O'Neal, Gerald S. Krone, Glenda Dickerson, Glynn Turman, Godfrey Cambridge, Gwendolyn Brooks, Hallelujah Baby, Hattie Winston, Helen Martin, Herbert Danska, Howard University, Hurry Sundown, Ivan Dixon, Ja'net Dubois, James Pickens Jr., Janet MacLaughlan, Jean Genet, Jennifer West, John Forsythe, 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, Phylicia Rashad, Police Story, Raymond St. Jacques, Robert Corff, Robert Hooks, Ron O'Neal, Rosalind Cash, Roscoe Lee Browne, Rosey Grier, Ruby Dee, S. Epatha Merkerson, Samuel L. Jackson, Seventeen Again, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Poitier, Sonny Jim Gaines, Sophisticated Gents, Star Trek, Temi Wynston Edun, Terry Carter, Thalmus Rasualla, The HistoryMakers, Trouble Man, Vinnie Burrows, Where's Daddy?, William BT Taylor
The Shields Brothers Gospel Singers (Family)
THE SHIELDS BROTHERS The Shields Brothers, a mainstay of Cleveland’s gospel music scene for more than seventy years. by Dale Ricardo Shields Shields Brothers Gospel Singers: In the post-World War I era, gospel music’s popularity grew partly due to people like Claude Shields Sr., a quartet singer and owner of the Shields Brothers Cleaners. The …
The Mammy Archetype: A Black Maiden Syndrome
- By iforcolor in Actress, History, Vaudeville
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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