Katherine Dunham, Pioneering Dancer and Activist, Inspires a Book

The choreographer, dancer and social activist Katherine Dunham made headlines in 1944, when, after reluctantly performing for a racially segregated audience in Louisville, Ky., she declared that if the theater wanted her to return, it would have to integrate. This scene introduces an in-depth, necessary new book on Dunham and her trailblazing career, “Katherine Dunham:… Read More Katherine Dunham, Pioneering Dancer and Activist, Inspires a Book