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Jan 25
January
Singer
Theatre
Florence Mills
Washington D.C.
Mar 11
March
Theatre
Vinnette Carroll
New York
May 19
May
Theatre
Journalism
Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
Ahhh, "to be young, gifted, and Black"! Hansberry was a dynamic playwright and the first Black woman author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, has been considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
Illinois
Jun 22
June
Dancer
Author
Anthropology
Theatre
Katherine Dunham
Known as the "Queen Mother" and "Matriarch of Black Dance", Dunham (1909-2006) pioneered a new form of artistic expression by fusing her anthropological studies of Caribbean cultures with modern dance techniques, creating the Dunham Technique which is still widely taught today. She formed one of the first black ballet companies, the Katherine Dunham Dance Company, through which she showcased the beauty and power of the Dunham Technique's African diasporic dance movements. One of the company's celebrated works was the 1948 piece Caribbean Rhapsody, which featured a remarkable performance by the then 21-year-old Eartha Kitt. The company also achieved acclaim through Broadway and Hollywood performances that brought the Dunham Technique to global audiences.
Illinois
Aug 9
August
Theatre
Singer
Anne Brown
Maryland
Aug 27
August
Actress
Theatre
Rose McClendon
South Carolina
Oct 12
October
Theatre
Alice Childress
South Carolina
Oct 18
October
Theatre
Ntozake Shange
New Jersey
Oct 30
October
Theatre
Singer
Jane White
New York
Nov 13
November
Actress
Theatre
Entertainment
Whoopi Goldberg
Actress, comedian, author, singer, and host, Goldberg (1955) was the first Black woman to earn EGOT status (2002)—winning an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony award.
New York
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