93742, Kathrine dunham was an innovative dancer and coreographer Posted by ImanSaadiqa, Mon May-22-06 04:37 PM
who changed much of the way that modern dance was performed. She was also a major civil rights leader and helped put attention on what was going on in Haiti.
She is, unfortunately, one of the more over looked treasures of black history, even though you can see her influence in almost every kind of modern dance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Dunham
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