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, …
Leigh Whipper by Dale Shields Leigh Rollin Whipper The first Black member of Actors Equity Association. The founder of the Negro Actors Guild. The Negro Division the Hollywood Victory Committee. * Born in (1876) Charleston, South Carolina * Died (1975) New York City, New York. …
HATTIE McDANIEL 1895 – 1952 ______________________________________ By Dale Ricardo Shields All Rights Reserved – iforcolor.org “Why should I complain about making seven hundred dollars a week playing a maid? If I didn’t, I’d be making seven dollars a week actually being one” ~*~ [ We only need 99 more signatures to reach the next …
