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 …
Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti “The secret of life is to have no fear” by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “Hailed as the Muhammad Ali, James Brown and Bob Dylan of Africa all wrapped into one, modern hip-hop wouldn’t exist without Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late Afrobeat star.” “I refuse to live my life in fear…” Fela Aníkúlápó …
Benjamin Banneker African-American naturalist, mathematician, astronomer and almanac author by Dale Ricardo Shields Born: November 9, 1731, Baltimore County, MD Died: October 9, 1806, Oella, Catonsville, MD Parents Robert Banneker (father) Mary Banneky (mother) “Our nation’s capital would not be the same if it wasn’t for Benjamin Banneker, the Black architect hired by George Washington, the …
Roy Hamilton 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 of Song. But few of …
FREDERICK CHARLES BENJAMIN by Dale Ricardo Shields 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. Benjamin was born in Boston, …
