UPI - The African American Experience 1930-1980
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Identifier
35160004311560
Creation Date
11-11-1973
Subject—Topics
Black history; Civil rights
Description
Standing in the center of the black ballet company of 23 dancers is Arthur Mitchell who, starting from scratch five years ago, created a racially integrated dance and music school in Harlem. Mitchell, the only black dancer to ever reach the top in a major classic ballet company, wanted to give his own people the opportunity for ballet training so that the American ballet would not remain overwhelmingly white.
Format
BW photograph, 7" x 9.5"
Source
United Press International
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Keywords
African Americans, history, United States, prejudice, desegregation, civil rights movement, Black Panthers