Dance Groups
SNCC Freedom Singers (1962-1966)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Freedom Singers were a musical group primarily active between 1962 and 1966, singing “freedom songs”...
J. Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954)
Composer, actor, and pioneer in his field, John Rosamond Johnson was one of the most successful of the early African...
Douglas Turner Ward (1930- )
Douglas Turner Ward, an actor, director, and playwright, was considered a legend in African American theatre. Although he has achieved...
Alvin Ailey Dance Theater
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater began in 1958 in New York City, New York as a repertory company of...
