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Dale Ricardo Shields

DALE  RICARDO  SHIELDS Artistic Practitioner and Archivist/ Scholar Theatrical Director, Educator, Historian, and Artistic Activist  Dale Ricardo Shields is a highly accomplished African American actor, director, producer, and educator with a distinguished career in theatre and academia. He is recognized for his profound impact on the lives of his students and his unwavering dedication to …

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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. “The main thing I want people to remember about me is that my career and my success are more than myself, …

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Erich McMillan-McCall

Erich McMillan-McCall            A Broadway veteran and champion of African American Theater Erich McMillan-McCall is a multifaceted figure with a successful career spanning Broadway and leadership in the non-profit performing arts sector. He is recognized for his contributions to musical theatre as a performer and for his dedication to supporting and …

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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry

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. Brilliant and Radical!  By Dale Ricardo Shields (c) …

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