Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12
Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12 - Celebrities having birthdays during the week of April 6-12 include actor Saoirse Ronan, musician Lil Nas X and talk show host David Letterman ...
Halle Berry Reflects on Being the Only Black Best Actress Oscar Winner: “Did It Really Change Anything for Women of Color?”
"The system is not really designed for us, and so we have to stop coveting that which is not for us," the actress says in the ...
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The Nation’s First Black Female Doctor Blazed a Path for Women in Medicine. But She Was Left Out of the Story for Decades
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstone ...
Othello and Iago, a Marriage Made in Both Heaven and Hell
Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...
At Black Colleges, a Stubborn Gender Enrollment Gap Keeps Growing
Only 19 percent of students at Howard University are Black men, whose enrollment levels at four-year colleges have plummeted ...
Halle Berry questions if being first Black Best Actress Oscar winner mattered: 'Did it really change anything?'
Halle Berry isn't sure how much it actually mattered to be the first — and only — Black performer to win Best Actress at the ...
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Martha S. Jones explores racial identity by looking at her own family history
While writing The Trouble of Color, historian Martha S. Jones saw how the complexities of her racial identity had been part ...
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In 'The Trouble of Color,' historian Martha Jones explores race by digging into her own ancestry
In The Trouble of Color, Johns Hopkins History Professor Martha Jones explores racial identity by digging into her own family ...
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Shakespeare goes up the country in ‘Ballad of King Henry’ at Swarthmore’s Players Club
A version of “King Henry IV” adapted into Americana folk songs has its world premiere at Players Club Swarthmore.
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Shakespeare's life is a fascinating 'Who did it?'
Edward de Vere’s life — as are his plays — was extremely complicated. Like many of his characters, he was impetuous and often ...
NYC repertory company brings August Wilson, Shakespeare to Popejoy
The Acting Company, a premiere repertory theater company in New York City for over 50 years, is bringing two esteemed plays to Popejoy Hall. On Saturday, April 5, they will perform "Two Trains Running ...
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Review: ‘Fat Ham’ at S.F. Playhouse reinvents ‘Hamlet’ with humor and flair
What a piece of work is a man,” sighs Juicy, the rueful hero of “Fat Ham,” nudging the theater’s imaginary fourth wall as he confides to the audience. The line is Hamlet’s, from the Shakespeare ...