RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON Writer, Director, and Performer by Dale Ricardo Shields RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON Tony, Drama Desk, and Obie Award winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson is the director of the recent Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of August Wilson’s Jitney which garnered several awards including the Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League, …
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rock Nine They Only Wanted To Go To School… Thelma Mothershed, Elizabeth Eckford, Melba Pattillo, Jefferson Thomas, Ernest Green, Minnijean Brown, Carlotta Walls, Terrence Roberts, Gloria Ray. By Dale Ricardo Shields Little Rock, Arkansas September 4, 1957 The Little Rock Nine were a group of nine African …
The Scottsboro Boys
The Scottsboro Boys The nine African American teenagers were falsely accused of raping two White women in (1931) Alabama. by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS “No case has ever caused so much protest or outrage in the history of the United States.” An American Tragedy: The Scottsboro Boys’ Trial SCOTTSBORO BOYS TRIAL AND DEFENSE …