Tag: Dale Shields

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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EUGENE LEE

                Eugene Lee Actor – Director – Playwright    “People don’t change until they get new information. I do think that I kind of shine a light on our darkness so that they can see. I don’t mean shining a light in a negative kind of way. I …

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SANDRA REAVES-PHILLIPS

SANDRA REAVES-PHILLIPS   by DALE RICARDO SHIELDS Page 1 -10 “She succinctly underlines the three elements that are needed to do the job right – talent, talent, and more Talent… a performance to be savored and remembered.“ Los Angeles Times  Sandra Reaves-Phillips (born December 23, 1944) is an American and International actress, writer, and singer. …

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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 original plan was to have the nine children arrive together, but when …

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