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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. 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 …

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Leigh Whipper

                                           LEIGH WHIPPER   by  Dale Ricardo Shields   Leigh Rollin Whipper  A massive figure in early American performing arts, breaking racial barriers long before the Civil Rights Movement.  The 1st Black member of Actors …

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Hattie McDaniel – (Actress)

  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”  A trailblazing American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian who became the first …

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