Author : joe bodego

Performance

Brenda Sykes

joe bodego
A Trailblazing Actress of the 1970s Brenda Sykes was born on June 25, 1949, in Shreveport, Louisiana, the daughter of a dedicated postal worker, though...
Performance

A Taste of Honey

joe bodego
The Disco Sweethearts Who Boogied Their Way to Stardom In the glittering haze of the late 1970s, when disco balls spun like stars in a...
Civil Rights

Belton v. Gebhart

joe bodego
The Delaware Precursor to School Desegregation In the annals of American civil rights history, few cases loom as large as Brown v. Board of Education...
International

Ndugu Chancler

joe bodego
Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, born Leon Chancler on July 1, 1952, in Shreveport, Louisiana, as the youngest of seven children, discovered his passion for drumming at...
International

Idi Amin Dada Oumee

joe bodego
Idi Amin Dada Oumee, often simply known as Idi Amin, remains one of the most notorious figures in modern African history. As the third president...
Performance

Robert Hooks

joe bodego
A Trailblazing Actor, Producer, & Activist Robert Hooks, born Bobby Dean Hooks on April 18, 1937, in Washington, D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood, is a pioneering...
Performance

Roscoe Lee Browne

joe bodego
Roscoe Lee Browne was a towering figure in American theater, film, and television—a baritone-voiced polymath whose career spanned over five decades. Born on May 2,...