ROBERT HOOKS Robert (Bobby Dean) Hooks by Dale Ricardo Shields American actor, producer, and activist. Along with Douglas Turner Ward and Gerald S. Krone, he founded The Negro Ensemble Company. The Negro Ensemble Company is credited with the launch of the careers of many major Black artists of all disciplines, …
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 …
