African Americans in the performing arts
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Blackwell, Charles "Charley", 1973 November 13
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Charles Allen "Charley" Blackwell lectured at the University of Connecticut on 11/13/1973 (2015-0002/RR104).
Dates:
1973 November 13
Jazz musician Shaib Shihab lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Shihab
Dates:
1986 - 1987
Joan Sandler lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860689520
Dates:
1981 November 10
Melba Moore lectures at the University of Connecticu
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860681205
Dates:
1989 November 14
Moore, Melba, 1989 November 14
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Singer and actress Melba Moore lectured on 11/14/1989 (2015-0002/AC12).
Dates:
1989 November 14
Sandler, Joan , 1981 November 10
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Actress and arts administrator Joan Sandler lectured on 11/10/1981 (2015-0002/RR263). Not becoming active in the arts until her 30s, Sandler worked as a clerk and political activist before beginning to study theatre at the Negro Ensemble Company in the mid-1960s. Although she landed a role in the television drama series, Black Girl, Sandler turned to a career in art, and in 1975 began working as a program specialist for the Department of Cultural Affairs and then began working for the Black...
Dates:
1981 November 10
Shihab, Sahib , 1986 - 1987
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Jazz saxophonist and flutist Sahib Shihab (birth name Edmund Gregory) delivered 2 lectures. He spoke on 9/9/1986 (2015-0002/RR266) and 9/1/1987 (2015-0002/RR267). Born Edmund Gregory, he changed his name to Sahib Shihab in 1946 after converting to Islam. Having an active performing and recording career in the US throughout the 1940s and 1950s, Shihab had the opportunity to play with Thelonious Monk, Art Blakey, Buddy Johnson, Tadd Dameron, Lucky Thompson, Dizzy Gillespie, Illinois Jacquet,...
Dates:
1986 - 1987
