Tag: Dale Shields

Niles Fitch

Niles  Fitch *****  American actor who began his career as a child actor. He gained prominence through his role in the NBC series This Is Us.   by Dale Ricardo Shields “Niles Fitch, an Atlanta native, follows his passion for connecting with others through stage, print, commercials, television, film, and voice-over. He loves to model, …

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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. “The main thing I want people to remember about me is that my career and my success are more than myself, …

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Fannie Lou Hamer

FANNIE  LOU  HAMER   ✨ National Women’s History Month. “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories” by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS   American voting and women’s rights activist, community organizer, and leader in the civil rights movement. She was the vice-chair of the Freedom Democratic Party, which she represented at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.  – [Wikipedia] …

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VINIE BURROWS

VINIE   BURROWS    by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Born –  Vinie Harrison November 15, 1924 – December 27, 2023    [ “I guess it’s like a DNA. Hard to describe, and identify, but I feel it’s there. I think it’s there in all artists. And maybe the art of living is the richest art form.” …

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The Tougaloo Nine

         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 …

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