THE DEVIL’S PUNCHBOWL by Dale Ricardo Shields “The Devil’s Punchbowl is a place located in Natchez, Mississippi where during the Civil War; authorities forced tens of thousands of freed slaves to live in concentration camps. Westbrook adds that “The Union army did not allow them to remove the bodies from the camp. They just gave …
The TOUGALOO NINE by Dale Ricardo Shields [Research] Page 1 – 6 Nine students from Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss. staged a “read-in” at a Whites-only library in March of 1961. Police arrested them when they refused to move across the street to the “Colored” library and each was charged …
Debra Byrd “A Powerhouse of Talent.” Born: July 19, 1951, (Cleveland, Ohio) Died: March 5, 2024 (Los Angeles, California) By Dale Ricardo Shields Page 1 – 5 “For singers with vocal problems, a surefire solution is hiring one woman: Debra Byrd.“ Debra Byrd is an American actress, educator, and vocalist who has worked with …
