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The Chitlin' Circuit was a collection of performance venues found throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States. They provided commercial and cultural acceptance for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers following the era of venues run by the "white-owned-and-operated Theatre Owners Booking Association (TOBA)...formed in 1921."
The Ensemble Theatre is a non-profit organization founded by George Hawkins in 1976 as a touring company that rehearsed in a church basement. [2] In 2003, the company was awarded $250,000 from the Houston Endowment Inc., with which it retired its original capital campaign debt and made some improvements to the facility. Since 1991, Houston ...
The Texas Freeman was founded in 1893 and later merged to become The Houston Informer and Texas Freeman. [56] KCOH 1430 AM was a black-owned radio stationed started in 1953. [70] It was a focal point for the Houston black community located at the iconic "looking-glass" studios on 5011 Almeda in Midtown Houston.
Usher performed as the headliner for the concert in celebration of Black Heritage night at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. June 25–29, July 1–6, 2014 Summerfest: Usher performed as the headliner for the last night of the festival at Marcus Amphitheater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin with Bebe Rexha as his supporting act.
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EXCLUSIVE Playwright Keenan Scott II, whose play Thoughts of a Colored Man is a likely contender for a post-shutdown Broadway staging, has signed with A3 Artists Agency in all areas. Scott’s ...
Ten of her plays have been published in Black Drama: 1850 to Present, an on-line collection of 1,200 plays by Blacks. [1] Her book, Their Place on the Stage has been described as "a reference work important to anyone studying black women playwrights or black drama". [2] Brown-Guillory was formerly professor of English at the University of ...
But if the Chargers falter, Mike Tomlin and Co. would get a wild-card matchup against the Houston Texans. Houston has lost its last two contests and is the only team currently in the AFC playoff ...