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. A trailblazing American actor, producer, and “activist” who broke major color barriers in Hollywood Film, Television, and Broadway Theater during the Civil Rights and Black …
VINNETTE JUSTINE CARROLL The first African-American woman to direct on Broadway and the first Black woman to receive a Tony Award nomination, for her direction of the musical revue “Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope” in 1972. “We still need Black theatre. But I think we need to show Black people just living, just trying …
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry Playwright, Activist, and Author Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest American playwright ever to win the Best American Play Award from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle for A Raisin in the Sun. Her other works include The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Les Blancs. By Dale Ricardo Shields(c) All Rights …
Glenda Dickerson By Dale Ricardo Shields Glenda Dickerson Influential American theater director, folklorist, writer, and educator. The second African American woman to direct on Broadway with the 1980 musical Reggae. Professional Career & Contributions Dickerson’s work focused on “womanist” adaptations of folklore and myth, particularly through ritualistic performance and reinterpreting classic works from a …
